Someone has to say it. The amount of racism directed at World Cup players - including in the England squad - online is out of control.

No Irish Sea Border for Workers’ Rights!

"It tells voters something about the access which really matters - not for workers to access support from a trade union, but for business lobbyists' access to the corridors of power" www.ictuni.org/news/busines...

Read our full statement.

Prospect is calling on the Government to leave X following ongoing political interference and the promotion of far-right content on the platform. Civil servants and communications workers should not have to read racist content while trying to do their jobs and communicate with the public.

Pharmacists, their patients, and their colleagues must be able to go about their lives in peace. The PDA Union is a proud member of the ICTU.

The hospitality industry wants their VAT cut to 10%. It will cost £12bn Who benefits? ❌ The smallest most vulnerable businesses? Nope. 45% get nothing. ❌ Consumers? Nope - prices won't fall. ✅ Nearly half the cash goes straight to large chains. McDonald's gets £400m. 🧵:

ICTU stands with communities afflicted by fear and violence as we have done so many times in the past and will continue to do so. www.ictuni.org/news/nic-ict...

It’s time for the #GoodJobsBill Time for @niassembly.bsky.social to debate and legislate Time to stop lobbyists vetoing popular legislation Time for Stormont to deliver for working people @irishcongress

"Trade Union rights are not some kind of optional add on that can be removed from this bill, they are fundamental to it. Without TU rights, 000's of workers across NI will be locked out from accessing many of the rights that deputy First Minister says she supports" www.ictuni.org/news/unions-...

🤝 Right to #CollectiveBargaining In #SriLanka, more than 1,400 NEXT factory workers were dismissed via WhatsApp after a factory closure breached a collective bargaining agreement. 💸 Workers are not disposable ⚖️ Respect collective agreements and workers’ rights 👉 buff.ly/N1PrbRU #RightsIndex26

This one's for the Sikhs who have supported Reform: did you think they would not come for you?

There is time for our elected MLAs to progress the Good Jobs Bill if the will is there "What this moment requires now is political leadership and a willingness to look beyond narrow interests of a few" Gerry Murphy About the Good Jobs Bill: www.ictuni.org/news/unions-... @nic-ictu.bsky.social

Join a union 💪

"What this moment requires now is political leadership and a willingness to look beyond narrow interests of a few" ://www.ictuni.org/news/unions-there-time-our-elected-mlas-progress-good-jobs-bill-if-will-there

Not sure if this is one of my most rightwing or my most leftwing takes, but if you believe there is such a thing as “excessive profits” in a sector you really should just go ahead and insource the service you’re paying for:

The most dangerous wrong ideas in public policy are the ones that sound so intuitively true that any attempt to push back or even nuance them can be sneeringly dismissed as academic foolishness that flies in the face of 'common sense'. I... may have written a book about this. 👀

I can excuse @iaindale.bsky.social's ignorance here. Just because anyone with a very basic economics education should recognise the lump of labour fallacy doesn't mean he should. But the arrogance combined with the absolutely deliberate refusal to think is quite remarkable.

Curse of Private Equity Morrisons to close 100 stores. Blames govt, silent on PE looting. PE loaded company with £6.6bn debt, cut staff, sold-off petrol stations, indulged in sale and leaseback of assets, extracted returns, devoured. To tackle PE - End tax tax relief on interest payments.

Tomorrow we’ll be at Stormont calling for action on the Good Jobs Bill. Workers have waited long enough for secure work, stronger rights, and a real voice at work. Join us. 📍 Stormont 📅 Monday 18 May ⏰ Noon

Greta Thunberg, Gary Lineker sign letter defending Southbank Centre chair

BREAKING: Our statement on the election of a new Welsh Government. #SeneddElection #Senedd

Even as employment rights are becoming stronger, non-compliance with existing rights remains a concern. Hundreds of thousands of workers don't receive the basic rights they are owed. Read more about how the Fair Work Agency can address this👇 buff.ly/2cPqeAG

Finally, a major American newspaper whose editorial board is courageous enough to stand up for the rights of big tech companies.

RTÉ’s boycott of this year’s Eurovision goes beyond simply not sending a contestant to Vienna, as the broadcaster will not be showing any of this week’s shows. Instead, RTÉ2 will broadcast the classic Father Ted episode A Song for Europe during the usual Eurovision timeslot.

Since Oct 7, Palestinians in Israeli prisons face unbelievable levels of torture and abuse. They are starved, exposed to disease, beaten up, and some are sexually abused, as described here. Dozens have died. It's been going on for 30 months. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/o...

Curse of Private Equity Modella Capital, owner of former WH Smith stores, charging stores £2.9m royalty fees to use fictitious ‘family’ brand. PE shifts profits, disguises returns, dodges taxes. Methods include: Royalty fees Management fees Intragroup interest payments Transfer pricing Opacity

revenge of the humanities graduates, you love to see it

Nigel Farage has been invited to speak in the event against Antisemitism on Sunday. If you are a British Jew or a Israeli in the UK who thinks this cannot be happening, this is the letter for you.

A Belfast food company has been fined £100,000 for breaches of workplace safety linked to the death of an employee. The penalty was imposed on Lee Feng T/A Lee Foods by Judge Patrick Lynch KC at Belfast Crown Court.

🚨BREAKING Deal agreed to end bins strike after 15 months! It is an absolute abhorrence that this deal has been blocked by unelected council commissioners. ✊ Congratulations to the Unite members who stood firm throughout, backed by their union

www.ictuni.org/news/workers... Full statement @economy-ni.gov.uk

Join a union, get active, organise and fight for a pay and system that works. Join a tenants’ union, fight for decent housing for all. The far-right offer no answers to the pressures that households are facing. [3/3]

Despite the UK austerity policies of the 2010s, Scotland expanded universalism through their school meals program, leveraging public procurement to draw in the private sector and improving children’s health and educational attainment.

in Poland it was the moment the populists shifted from the dangers of migrants to the dangers of "gender ideology"

A mucker and a colleague lays his pen to rest and his typewriter is now silent. Why do we do it he often asked his journo colleagues and muckers and his reply "for the romance." Thoughts and love to the McDowell clan. www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/local/belfas...

Israel’s Knesset has passed legislation that allows military courts to impose the death penalty on Palestinians living under Israeli control. I have signed a parliamentary motion calling on the Government to condemn this law and to ensure accountability for serious human rights violations.

The pay premium of the median teacher, or university lecturer, has also fallen

The striking stained glass window in Belfast City Hall commemorating the International Brigades. 48 mainly working class men volunteered from the city. Gandesa, Belchite, Madrid, Brunete, Teruel, Córdoba.... Thanks to Paul Mullen for this photo.

The only firms who will benefit from the Good Jobs Bill being stalled are those who are undercutting good employers. Pass the Good Jobs Bill! #GoodJobsBill @nic-ictu.bsky.social @caoimhearchibald.bsky.social