Paul Nowak
@paulnowaktuc.bsky.social
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General Secretary of
@the-tuc.bsky.social
Family, unions, politics, canals, Everton FC, music.
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Paul Nowak
TUC North East, Yorkshire & Humber
8 days ago
‘Pride WILL take place on the streets of Durham this year!’. TUC General Secretary
@paulnowaktuc.bsky.social
leading a celebratory roar across
@equityuk.bsky.social
’s conference 2026. Trade unions are proud to have stepped in where the Reform led Durham County Council shamefully backed out.
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Tonight Matthew, I will be the ‘Shadow Home Secretary’…look, I’ve got a sign and everything…. Everton are going to get a shock when I announce myself as their new No 9. If you dream it you can make it.
3 months ago
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Paul Nowak
TUC North East, Yorkshire & Humber
3 months ago
Last week we met with Union reps and Officials at BAE Sytems Washington, alongside
@paulnowaktuc.bsky.social
To discuss the need for good unionised jobs in the North East. Industries in our region need investment, to protect good unionised jobs in crucial national industries.
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Reform: It’s time to take on the elite That ‘insurgent’ team in full….
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3 months ago
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What a turnout! Great to join
@ucu.org.uk
@unisontheunion.bsky.social
&
@unitetheunion.bsky.social
and students at University of Essex taking action to save jobs in Colchester and Southend. Time for the University to rethink its plans and engage positively with staff & their unions.
3 months ago
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Paul Nowak
Susanne Baumann
3 months ago
Thanks to the Trades Union Congress General Secretary Paul Nowak for a valuable discussion on social cohesion, AI in the workplace and shared challenges facing the workforces of the UK and Germany.
@tuc.org.uk
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@paulnowaktuc.bsky.social
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Paul Nowak
Kim Leadbeater MBE MP
4 months ago
Delighted to welcome
@paulnowaktuc.bsky.social
from
@tuc.org.uk
to
#SpenValley
to see the outstanding new HQ of West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service in
#Birkenshaw
& discuss the vital work of our firefighters, plus the importance of
#WorkersRights
for people in
#SpenValley
and across the country.
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Paul Nowak
AFL-CIO
4 months ago
Thank you to our union brother
@brucespringsteen.net
(the only Boss we stand with) for showing solidarity with the working people of Minneapolis. ✊
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Nothing to do with me Guv. I was only (checks notes): Minister for Immigration, 2022 to 2023 Minister of State for Health, September to October 2022 Secretary of State for Housing, 2019 to 2021 Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, 2018 to 2019 A Tory MP for over 13 years.
4 months ago
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It’s time for a debate about who owns our media and who has control over the algorithms that dictate the content on people’s phones. Read more at
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
x.com/nowak_paul/s...
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Paul Nowak on X: "It’s time for a debate about who owns our media and who has control over the algorithms that dictate the content on people’s phones. Read more at @BylineTimes https://t.co/jx7dS6Tuci" / X
It’s time for a debate about who owns our media and who has control over the algorithms that dictate the content on people’s phones. Read more at @BylineTimes https://t.co/jx7dS6Tuci
https://x.com/nowak_paul/status/1989354069144555864?s=12
6 months ago
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The British public are clear: It’s time for those with the broadest shoulders to pay a fairer share of taxes.
9 months ago
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There’s a lack of self awareness and then there’s this. The byline may more accurately read: Former Conservative MP & chancellor FOR 38 DAYS, who tanked the economy and drove up mortgage costs for millions to give tax cuts to the super rich. Most definitely ‘out of his depth’.
11 months ago
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AI is transforming the world of work, no matter what industry you work in. But throughout history, unions have shaped technology to protect & enhance workers’ rights, and deliver economic justice and social progress. We are ready to do it again.
observer.co.uk/news/busines...
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The rapid rollout of new technology must be met with an equally urgent response with workers at its centre
https://observer.co.uk/news/business/article/biz1506nowak
11 months ago
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Extending free school meals. Restoring the winter fuel allowance. £15bn for public transport in the North & the Midlands. Good steps in the right direction, and proof a Labour government can make a difference when it listens and acts.
12 months ago
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A reminder: The ‘costs’ of the employment rights bill include giving low paid workers the right to sick pay from day one. How many execs or senior managers in the big outsourcing companies who signed this letter have to worry about paying the bills if they take a day off sick?
12 months ago
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Paul Nowak
Oh God, What Now? – the politics podcast
12 months ago
📳 ”Farage knows who he needs to keep happy.“ 📳
@paulnowaktuc.bsky.social
of
@tuc.org.uk
talks to
@dorianlynskey.bsky.social
about Reform’s far-right support system 📳 To hear the podcast go here and scroll down to FAKING PLANS FOR NIGEL –
linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
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Paul Nowak
Independent Voices
12 months ago
A credible migration plan means investing in UK skills, enforcing fair rules, and building a country where all workers – wherever they’re from – are treated with dignity, writes
@paulnowaktuc.bsky.social
of
@tuc.org.uk
www.independent.co.uk/voices/paul-...
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It is time the left made a case for immigration – and how to control it
A credible migration plan means investing in UK skills, enforcing fair rules, and building a country where all workers – wherever they’re from – are treated with dignity, writes Paul Nowak
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/paul-nowak-tuc-immigration-labour-keir-starmer-b2761196.html
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A difficult night for the government. Labour can’t try to out-Reform Reform - but the government will be rewarded if it delivers the change working people are crying out for.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Paul Nowak - 'Labour has nothing to gain from trying to out-Reform Reform'
TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak urged Keir Starmer to push through popular reforms that will cut through Nigel Farage's hallow posturing - rather than shifting to the right
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/paul-nowak-labour-nothing-gain-35161986
about 1 year ago
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Nigel Farage is a political fraud ‘cosplaying’ as a working-class champion. Judge him by what he does, not what he says. He and his mates in Reform have voted against commonsense laws that would boost rights at work for millions.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Nigel Farage is a political fraud ‘cosplaying’ as working-class champion, TUC chief says
Exclusive: Paul Nowak acknowledges voters’ frustrations but says Reform UK hasn’t got the answers, and urges Keir Starmer to resist any move to the right
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/apr/27/paul-nowak-tuc-reform-nigel-farage-workers?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
about 1 year ago
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Last week this political chancer was an expert on steel. Now he’s an authority on special educational needs. This isn’t about what’s best for kids. It’s about what’s best for Reform’s poll ratings.
about 1 year ago
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The government should build on its decisive move to save British Steel & act to bring down electricity prices for our energy intensive industries. Good for jobs - key to securing our industrial future. Read more from @The_TUC & @MakeUK_ here:
www.thetimes.com/article/23e0...
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More industries may need British Steel-style rescue, Labour warned
Unions and manufacturing bosses have joined forces to warn the chancellor of the grave threat posed by ‘exorbitant’ electricity prices
https://www.thetimes.com/article/23e00303-affc-4a8b-9c4d-f2de61f1e217?shareToken=31b98abcab400f61719bf17ff02d2a60
about 1 year ago
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A gentle reminder that the arc of history doesn’t always bend toward justice. Child labour making a come back in the richest nation on the planet.
about 1 year ago
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I’ve just come back the West Bank where I spoke to the PGFTU Congress. I also met 🇵🇸 workers & unions, politicians, human rights defenders & Israeli unions. We need a renewed & lasting ceasefire & a safe, secure 🇮🇱 and a safe, secure, free 🇵🇸. I’ll post more over the next few days.
about 1 year ago
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Donald Trump has just made the strongest possible argument for 🇬🇧 to positively reset its economic relationship with the 🇪🇺, our largest market. In the face of punitive & arbitrary 🇺🇸 tariffs, the government must do everything it can to protect British jobs & industry.
about 1 year ago
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I haven’t seen Adolescence which means I’m about as qualified to comment on it as Kemi Badenoch. But… Regurgitating right wing conspiracy tropes isn’t a great look for the Leader of the Opposition. It sort of makes you look a *little* unhinged? Weird? Daft? Supply your own adjectives below.
about 1 year ago
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Paul Nowak
Resolution Foundation
about 1 year ago
The minimum wage has been a huge success story since its introduction in 1999 – but 2025 might be its trickiest year yet. Join
@paulnowaktuc.bsky.social
, Louise Hellem, Attila Lindner,
@nyecominetti.bsky.social
&
@ruthcurtice.bsky.social
to discuss its future. Tickets 👉
buff.ly/GXFr8XR
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‘It’s definitely politically motivated’ Not the casually expressed hope that someone should murder the Mayor of London Or the racism. Or the misogyny. Politically motivated 😐🙄 And of course his excuse is ‘mental health’…I think Charlie would normally ascribe that to ❄️
about 1 year ago
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Paul Nowak
The Bunker podcast – News without the nonsense
about 1 year ago
👷🏽 Why isn’t work working for so many people? As Labour get the benefits stick out, where are the carrots to get people back into jobs? 🧑🏼💻 TUC gen sec
@paulnowaktuc.bsky.social
talks to
@nndroid.bsky.social
about Labour’s plans, A.I. and the future of work. 👩🏻🔬 Listen
linktr.ee/bunker_pod
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🚨Non-serious post alert: Blast from the past photo of me and the new PM of Canada (a staunch Evertonian as you’d expect of a man of good character) If you look carefully you can see the ceremonial
@evertonfc.bsky.social
mug I presented him with. I’m sure he still has it 🤣💙
about 1 year ago
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Paul Nowak
Show Racism the Red Card
about 1 year ago
Today, we held our last
#AntiRacism
event at Goodison Park—what an incredible day! Thanks to our amazing panellists, featuring
@paulnowaktuc.bsky.social
&
@mrchrisfoy.bsky.social
, for answering our young attendees' questions on racism Big thanks to
@evertonfc.com
&
@evertoninthecommunity.org
🙌🏾
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Really enjoyed spending a couple of hours with
@srtrcengland.bsky.social
@evertonfc.bsky.social
@tucnorthwest.bsky.social
& dozens of primary school children talking about how we challenge racism in football and society. To be fair, the questions were pretty tough!
about 1 year ago
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It’s time for a commonsense trade deal that works for workers and business in the UK and EU. After years of muddling through, we need a new approach that honours the referendum result while giving us a much-needed closer trading relationship with EU.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Britain’s biggest unions call for much closer UK-EU ties amid ‘volatile’ global economy
Exclusive: union umbrella body calls for new cooperation agreement ahead of Keir Starmer’s reset talks with Brussels
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/mar/07/britains-biggest-unions-call-for-much-closer-uk-eu-ties-amid-volatile-global-economy
about 1 year ago
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Inheritance tax was paid on just over 4% of estates last year. I won’t have to pay it on my estate. Odds are the overwhelming majority of people reading this won’t pay it. I tell you who will though. Rupert Lowe, his mate Nigel, Richard Tice & the rest. Self interest much?
about 1 year ago
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The truth sidelined. Journalists bullied. News faked. It’s time to stop the billionaires using media organisations as their own personal playground.
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about 1 year ago
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Paul Nowak
Politics.co.uk
about 1 year ago
Quote of the day from
@paulnowaktuc.bsky.social
via this afternoon’s Politics@Lunch newsletter Free sign-up:
www.politics.co.uk/subscribe/
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If you honestly think ‘censorship’ is the biggest current threat to democracy then you may be in hock to the… checks notes… Tax dodging, regulation hating, union busting, narcissistic social media billionaires who helped win you an election.
over 1 year ago
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Nigel Farage and Reform aren’t on the side of working people – they’re on the side of bad bosses, zero hours contracts and fire and rehire.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Labour urged to defend workers’ rights bill as poll shows huge public support
Exclusive: Poll reveals 72% of UK voters favour ban on zero-hours contracts, including majority of Tory and Reform supporters
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/feb/09/labour-urged-to-defend-workers-rights-bill-as-poll-shows-huge-public-support
over 1 year ago
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Paul Nowak
TUC North West
over 1 year ago
We were back on the picket line at Livv Housing this morning with our general secretary
@paulnowaktuc.bsky.social
, Knowsley MP
@anneliesemidgleymp.bsky.social
and importantly,
@knowsleyunison.bsky.social
and
@unitenorthwest.bsky.social
members The support is growing and will until they win✊
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Paul Nowak
Ros Wynne-Jones
over 1 year ago
Love seeing the Daily Mirror on the picket line this morning on the eve of
#HeartUnions
week. Thanks to
@paulnowaktuc.bsky.social
,
@anneliesemidgleymp.bsky.social
and solidarity with striking workers.
@mirror.co.uk
@politics.mirror.co.uk
#RealBritain
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Paul Nowak
Tom Jenkins
over 1 year ago
@the-tuc.bsky.social
GS
@paulnowaktuc.bsky.social
slams Farage as 'political fraud' who must be exposed as an ‘NHS-Privatising Putin Apologist’
bylinetimes.com/2025/02/05/n...
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Nigel Farage Is a 'Political Fraud' Who Must Be Exposed as an 'NHS-Privatising Putin Apologist', Says TUC Leader
Attendees at the Hope Not Hate event in Westminster heard that Reform now “presents a genuine threat” to the UK
https://bylinetimes.com/2025/02/05/nigel-farage-is-a-political-fraud-who-must-be-exposed-as-an-nhs-privatising-putin-apologist-says-tuc-leader/
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The best way of ensuring Reform don’t make inroads at the next election is for the government to deliver on the manifesto which secured a massive majority last July. Rising living standards, better public services, new rights at work & a growing economy.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Reform UK can win scores of Labour seats in England and Wales, says study
Analysis of a mega poll shows Keir Starmer would lose more seats than Tories amid voter discontent with main parties
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/feb/02/reform-uk-can-win-scores-of-labour-seats-in-england-and-wales-says-study
over 1 year ago
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The extreme hoarding of wealth is sociopathic. Example below. It amazes me that people can argue the toss that hospital cleaners shouldn’t get sick pay from day one, and argue just as vehemently that the super rich shouldn’t be asked to pay their fair share of tax.
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over 1 year ago
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Weirdly James Dyson is less scathing about the impact on the UK economy of those who choose to offshore manufacturing jobs and relocate their head offices to the far east. 🤔🤷♂️
over 1 year ago
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As we mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz & the 30th anniversary of the genocide in Bosnia past we recommit to challenge hatred in all its forms & the need to build a peaceful world rooted in compassion, understanding and justice.
www.tuc.org.uk/blogs/holoca...
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Holocaust Memorial Day: Remembering the Past, Striving for a Better Future
On January 27th the UK will observe Holocaust Memorial Day. It is a day we remember the millions murdered by the Nazis during the Holocaust, and in the genocides which followed in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bo...
https://www.tuc.org.uk/blogs/holocaust-memorial-day-remembering-past-striving-better-future
over 1 year ago
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Paul Nowak
Oh God, What Now? – the politics podcast
over 1 year ago
📳 NEW EPISODE 📳 How should Britain handle Trump’s politics of chaos? Guest
@paulnowaktuc.bsky.social
(General Secretary of
@the-tuc.bsky.social
) on the Employment Rights Bill. And should Judge Dredd defund the police…? We talk to writer
@robwilliams71.bsky.social
📳 Listen
linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
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Public school boys like Farage love to pass off their casual racism and misogyny as just a bit of ‘bants’. In every golf club, pub, office & boardroom, theres always a tedious boor who demands the right to be offensive.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/jan...
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Farage criticised for claim workers’ rights bill could spell end of pub banter
Unions accuse Reform leader of being ‘on the side of bad bosses, zero-hours contracts and fire and rehire’
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/jan/16/nigel-farage-reform-labour-workers-rights-bill-pub-banter?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
over 1 year ago
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The
@the-tuc.bsky.social
welcomes reports of a ceasefire deal including the release of hostages. After 15 devastating months we need the international community to provide urgent aid to the people of Gaza and to help secure a lasting peace. 1/2
over 1 year ago
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If one in six workers are skipping meals because of a lack of cash, there is something fundamentally wrong with our economy. And it’s why it is vital the government delivers its plans to make work pay, in full.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Millions of workers are skipping a meal at least once a week to save cash
The TUC hit out at poor wage growth under the Tories as they released polling that shows working people are having to cut back on meals, heating and hot water to save money
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/millions-workers-skipping-meal-least-34465446.amp
over 1 year ago
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🚨 Non-work thought… After decades of missed opportunities, poor governance & underperformance let’s hope new owners, manager & stadium put us on the road back to challenging for silverware. Tbh I’d take some half decent footie and the odd goal for starters. COYB
www.evertonfc.com/news/2025/ja...
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Moyes Returns To Everton
Manager back in charge of the Blues.
https://www.evertonfc.com/news/2025/january/11/moyes-returns-to-everton/
over 1 year ago
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