At a special meeting celebrating the centenary 💯 of the Committee on the Application of Standards (CAS) - one of the key elements of the @ilo.org ‘s vital supervisory system. Dr. Patrick Rochford, Ireland, noting the CAS’s creation by an Irishman in the aftermath of independence #ILC2026

I honestly just find the fact that we are even debating this *utterly* baffling.

Halfway through my speeches at the Committee on the Application of Standards this year.

“Democracy does not disappear overnight; it is chipped away over months, years and decades.”

OECD governments must now ensure this right is fully reflected in domestic law and in OECD standards. reuters.com/business/wor... 2/2

The International Court of Justice has confirmed—by 10–4—that the right to strike is protected under ILO Convention 87. Crucial to the ruling was clear evidence that global & regional human rights instruments, & states themselves—including the UK—have long recognised that C87 contains this right 1/2

The ICJ is close to giving its final opinion on the existence of the right to strike in connection with freedom of association (ILO Convention 87)

Work While They Sleep is a new Brazilian sci-fi play about the working lives of women in late capitalism & the relentless pressure to increase productivity We were a partner in an earlier attempt to get funding for this play, so we're delighted that it's made it to the UK stage! Ticket link below

The Conservative party’s “Alternative King’s Speech” claims unemployment has risen “every month” that Labour have been in government. We’ve fact checked this claim several times over the past year—it isn’t correct.

The day has finally arrived. You can now *officially* watch puffins live from the Farne Islands, 24 hours a day: bit.ly/4tRz72T Please enjoy these puffins kissing in celebration of this momentous event.

Signed.

I’m in there somewhere….

At the #Labour7 & @paulnowaktuc.bsky.social is introducing a presentation on inequality from economist & author Pr. Thomas Piketty (far left of picture), stressing the role of unions in fighting inequality. Piketty himself says "high inequality is not necessary for prosperity."

@tuc.org.uk condemns the dangerous escalation of military actions, precipitated by the attacks launched by the US and Israel over the weekend that flout international law, undermine diplomacy and the prospects for peace. www.tuc.org.uk/news/tuc-gen...

Really quite something that Farage spent 4 days whining and making wild unfounded accusations of election fraud, then completely skips the commons debate on the elections bill.

We don’t like workers being exploited either.

shotgun not me but think there's scope here for a proper, lengthy, meaty feature looking at every single policy area in Britain that's currently fucked specifically because of a decision George Osborne took, reckon you could make it an actual mag cover, his fingerprints are everywhere

On the 4th anniversary of Putin's full scale war on Ukraine, the TUC is proud to support the @ukrainesol.bsky.social -led trade union statement in solidarity with Ukraine, its workers and their unions.

Hey Reform, here's a conundrum for ya - as evidenced by commentary by experts at the UN's International Labour Org., until the ERA passed the UK had the weakest labour rights in Western Europe: so if scrapping rights fights the cost of living crisis, how did we end up with a cost of living crisis?

‘Everything is frozen’: bitter winter drags on for Kyiv residents as Russia wipes out power

The TUC is supporting the @ituc.bsky.social campaign to free trade union leader Lee Cheuk-yan. Lee was the general secretary of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions until it was dissolved following his arrest for pro-democracy activities. #FreeLeeCheukYan Defending democracy is not a crime!

The TUC is supporting the @ituc.bsky.social campaign to free trade union leader Lee Cheuk-yan. Lee was the general secretary of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions until it was dissolved following his arrest for pro-democracy activities. #FreeLeeCheukYan Defending democracy is not a crime!

Trade union @unison.org.uk and community action prevented the farright Reform party from closing down/privatising care homes in Lancashire Farright is never for working people We can defeat them Great news and fantastic example what struggle can achieve @epsu.bsky.social @teajarc.bsky.social

Former HKCTU General Secretary Lee Cheuk-yan faces trial today for “inciting subversion” (I.e. promoting democratic freedoms)

The TUC is supporting the @ituc.bsky.social campaign to free trade union leader Lee Cheuk-yan. Lee was the general secretary of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions until it was dissolved following his arrest for pro-democracy activities. #FreeLeeCheukYan Defending democracy is not a crime!

Nadhim Zahawi and family fled to the UK from Saddam Hussein's Iraq as a child refugee in 1978. Unable to speak English when he arrived, he became a hugely successful businessman and an MP before serving as Chancellor of the Exchequor. His origin story is the very antithesis of the Reform narrative.

Excellent piece by @stephenkb.bsky.social. UK citizenship is a right for those who qualify, not a privilege. If you have it, you are entitled to the full protection of the British state - at home and abroad. What you believe and what you say are entirely irrelevant. Anything else is despotism.

"Workers on the ships described physical violence, including hitting or strangulation, wage deductions, intimidation and debt bondage – a system that in effect traps them at sea. Many reported working excessive hours with little rest." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The TUC joins the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and ITUC-Americas in expressing our ‘absolute and unequivocal rejection’ of the US military attack in Venezuela, and the abduction of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores. Yesterday's statement:

We have long supported the calls of Myanmar's unions for UK companies to end complicity with the trashing of labour and other human rights by the junta. This disturbing but essential analysis (by the Business & Human Rights Centre) says exactly why everyone should have listened to them all along.

So remember that ECHR has only stopped deportation 13 times! So perhaps Farage, and the Tories want us to leave the ECHR because they want an end to the follow 14 articles!

Hungary's Viktor Orbán is looking for ways to keep power if he loses next year’s election, Bloomberg reports. He is considering shifting into the presidency and turning the largely ceremonial office into Hungary’s dominant political post, an idea he raised after meeting Trump.

I'm sure the free speech brigade will be out in force to defend our trade union colleague, CGT leader Sophie Binet, who is facing an investigation - prompted by a complaint by an employers' association hilariously named 'Ethic' - for calling CEOs quitting France "rats leaving the ship."

Remember: if a legal opinion is sound then it matters not how “great” or “distinguished“ the lawyer is. And if it is not sound, it is not saved by the lawyer being “great” or “distinguished“.

“It broke my heart, that was my savings towards a new car,” one woman who paid Milne tens of thousands of pounds told us. “He has just wiped me out.” Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners? www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...

Farage gets voted down on leaving the ECHR… for now. Ed Davey quite rightly tears a strip off him. But really, the corrupt leader of a racist party threatening to remove our protection from abuses of power by our own government, should be the biggest red flag going. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community. Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.

‘A colony of the US’: Argentinians contemplate future after Trump-backed Milei coasts to victory

Federal workers keep America’s national parks beautiful. Threatening to fire thousands of those workers will destroy these national treasures and leave working families—who are already hurting from the government shutdown—scrambling to pay their bills. https://bit.ly/48Hlf3M

The very fact that MI5 - and the security services generally - are accountable to our domestic courts flows from the ECHR decision of Malone. One of many ways that Convention has benefitted our legal order.

Pledges to cut regulation are constant unless there's just been a disaster/failure. Then everyone calls for more regulation.

Why does Nigel Farage want us to be like Argentina?

Just brace for what we will see in terms of US interference in European electoral politics soon

NEW What the Chinese spying case witness statements reveal The Crown Prosecution Service appears to have made at least one serious error, while the government's position now makes sense By me emptycity.substack.com/p/what-the-c...

Neither Labour nor the Conservatives have made Farage bear any of the political costs of Brexit that they themselves have endured in terms of intra-party divisions and wider public discontent.

Uncooperative Federalism is here! open.substack.com/pub/cmarmita...

AUSTRALIA: Collective agreement coverage soars to record 2.8 million workers ieuqnt.org.au/collective-a...

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

It would at least explain why they (and the Tories) are keen to leave the ECHR.

So the argument is that authoritarian governments using slave labour and crushing dissent is good but democratic countries freely debating ideas is bad?