Defining the geekiness of social media posts: Maslow's Hierarchy of Skeets

If you care about improving equality + fairness in tech, this webinar is for you. 👇 👇 Join us online on 11th February to unpack this crucial question: what needs to change to achieve real gender equality in tech? 🔗 Register to be part of the conversation ➡️https://bit.ly/3NUxAJr 🗓️ 11 Feb 🕟 6pm

On this day in 1855 Eleanor Marx, a co-founder of our union, was born. She was at the forefront of the fight for the 8 hour working day and consistently fought for justice & equality. Today we celebrate all her achievements 👏

I had a red version aged 9 and being less ballsy a kid than Rob I was too embarrassed to wear it. Partly because my mum had given me a shirt that said 'shit' on it. But also it didn't really look the part with the pork pie hat and two tone scarf I'd saved up my pocket money for.

Erasmus changed my life 30 years ago by letting me study in Germany. It broadened my horizons, deepened my understanding and gave me friends across Europe. I'm so glad other UK young people will get this opportunity again - a peaceful, prosperous and happy continent needs it.

🚨BREAKING: Employment Rights Bill passes in the House of Lords and will become law. This is an historic day for working people across the country, and the trade unions who represent them.

Woohoo! The Employment Rights Bill has now passed Parliament, meeting the deadline for new rights like sick pay from day 1 to come into force in April. www.tuc.org.uk/news/tuc-hai...

I hate this for us

Really inspiring to help host a union event with Cory Doctorow @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy and some great tech activists this week. Looking at what #enshittification means for UK tech workers, and why tech unions have a huge role to play. Video online now at www.youtube.com/watch?v=m11h...

New laptop, which means new stickers! But despite diligently collecting union stickers for it, I still have unsightly sticker-free gaps! Anyone out there up for the cultural exchange of a union sticker swap? #1u

JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing. Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵

Very excited to be involved in this! Both in being a big fan of Cory's work and also in getting together some great tech sector union activists to talk enshittification - and what tech workers and their unions can do to push back against the worst impulses of monopoly platforms.

🚨Closing this Sunday🚨 Work in tech? 💻 Are your pay, conditions and training needs being properly heard at work? Share your experience in our short survey. Your input will help us influence government policy and improve the tech industry for workers. ⤵️ online1.snapsurveys.com/Interview/71...

I’ve just secured my Workplace Adjustments Passport. For autistic and disabled workers in the UK, this can be a game changer...1/5

Wes Streeting on the game-changing Fair Pay Agreement in social care: "The people who care for our loved ones should never have to struggle to care for their own". Acknowledges UNISON & GMB care unions' role in designing it "This is the difference that Labour, unions and government make" #Labour25

Reflections from union campaigners at @campaign-lab.bsky.social #Lab25 fringe - One thing political campaigning might learn is keeping momentum going outside a political cycle. Needs listening as much as leading, to be ready as moments arise.

🚀 AI is reshaping our industries but how do we make sure it works for workers? Join us Fri 26 Sept, 12.30–13.30 with Adam Cantwell Corn & @prospectunion.bsky.social 📍 Zoom 👩‍💻👨‍💻Free for Tech, IT & Telecoms workers 👉 Register: prospect-org-uk.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #AI #TechWorkers #FutureOfWork

Hundreds of content moderators are being laid off by TikTok. Now they're unionising and speaking out. @cwunews.bsky.social

Anyone at TUC Congress #tuc2025 today who wants to talk about how we get to this alternative, come to the fringe "Building a pro-worker AI future", 6.30pm in Brighton Centre room 8 - see you there! 🤓

What's Nigel Farage's problem with solar panels?

Very cool job alert: Policy & Campaigns Officer, Technology and AI, at the TUC - working with 48 unions and 5.5 million members (and me) to understand, negotiate and campaign on AI and new technologies. Short timeline to apply by 22nd September! tuc.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/...

The industry using AI ads to rally against unions is really packing it in and representatives should vote against them because it's obvious they're packing it in and just plan to run a referendum with their infinite cash. #CALeg

There's so much in the Employment Rights Bill that would set a new fairer starting point for workers rights. Tory & Lib Dem peers' amendments would undermine some fundamentals that the government really shouldn't be compromising on. Please help ask them to hold their nerve letter.megaphone.org.uk

So… Wonderful didn’t even pay their fake anti-union protesters the full amount they promised? Lmao this is depraved, but also clown town

Bezos Wedding Guests Given Monogrammed Plastic Bottles To Urinate In During Ceremony theonion.com/bezos-w...

Post a banger that's not in English youtu.be/4CI3lhyNKfo?...

Strong labour history work from @mrcwarwick.bsky.social here. Can just about forgive the Beeb mixing up May Day and bank hol if they come bearing union cats.

wouldn’t it be so fun if my podcast, weird little guys, won a webby?

Not a @unison.org.uk member, but if I were I would deffo be getting my member discount on a holiday at the union's Croyde Bay resort. Here for a conference tomorrow and had a hugely reinvigorating walk on the dunes this evening, just lovely.

Boss wanted to make me "redundant" so she could give my position to her son at 2x what I'm paid. I had my cousin pretend to be a union rep & brought him to a meeting with her. She changed her mind about the redundancy & gave me a raise. Now joined a proper union seeing it works.

Tho Darth Vader pebble is a close second.

Stone of the day, Hastings beach

How do we protect the creative industries from the threat of AI? Here's how: 👇

Had to scrape the barrel so deep to justify my Dragon to Speccy/Beeb mates. They agreed it was nice to code music in BASIC by typing the letters for the notes rather than pitch codes, then went back to playing Jetpac and Elite.

Great work by the @jointogether.online team and NEU. A laser like focus on user experience (UX) is critical if we're going to recruit and retain members to unions and grow our movement.

This is why CEOs don't like the phrase 'work-life balance'.

each time you say "Liz Truss crashed the economy" she releases another lynx into the Scottish highlands

Nice to see! @gmb.org.uk members at Amazon can be very proud of the impact their activism is having.

Feel compelled to speak up for the Theatre Royal's Tempest production, which I really enjoyed. Critical savaging aimed at Sigourney Weaver means it's far from filling up but I reckon the Graun's lone good review got it spot on. Staging was the star for me (and Mason Alexander Park's Ariel)

Zero hours contracts is enabling abuse of fast-food workers. It’s time for McDonald’s to make a guaranteed hours contract the default for all workers. Please help their union @bfawu.bsky.social call for change and sign the petition 👇

WATCH: Amazon bosses can’t explain 1,400 ambulance call outs to Amazon sites in 5 years.

Aaron Swartz died because rapacious capitalists insisted that sharing knowledge and ideas — not for profit but to enrich society — was theft. Now we have a whole Silicon Valley industry devoted to undoing artistic copyright, and for what? Fake emails and shitty advertising copy.

WATCH: Amazon bosses squirm and repeatedly FAIL to answer the question: If Amazon is such a great employer, why have your workers gone on strike so much?

Great work by @zosunited.bsky.social members in launching their union! And v interesting to see impact of the @aflcio.org Microsoft agreement in making a slightly more level playing field for them to do the hard work of organising on.

Both OpenAI and Google are releasing unfinished products (Notebook, Sora being the latest) and expecting the market to find a use. As I said on R4 PM, no one asked for these things - so seems reasonable they should be highly taxed esp as the public are working for free to finish development for them

Well done to the KP workers for refusing to be paid peanuts!

Is there a bigger snowflake than Nigel Farage?

Our local Methodist church's Christmas light display is unerringly on target again this year.

I've been proud to meet some brilliant @gmbunion.bsky.social activists from Amazon in Coventry. If Amazon think people that brave, compassionate, wise and positive are giving up, a quick listen to some of their stories will disabuse them of that. Happy Black and Orange Friday to all who celebrate!