@yourparty.scot Can you tell me who will be livestreaming the Dundee conference on 7-8 Feb? Thanks, Gregor

The Battle of Wapping began on 24 Jan 1986: 6,000 workers at News International went on strike over plans to move operations from Fleet Street to east London. It turned out to be the 2nd major industrial confrontation of 1980s & another major defeat www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...

#strikes #unions Big rise in strike levels in November 2025 - 155,000 days not worked in 249 strikes by 44,000 workers. You'd have to go back to early 2024 to see similar levels. Not all this will have been accounted for by BMA 5 day strike.

@scotnational.bsky.social My National piece called 'Labour’s workers’ rights laws have altered very little' - about why the most restrictive anti-union laws of the 1980s remain in place & why workers still not lawfully able to fully flex their industrial muscles www.thenational.scot/politics/257...

My piece in The National today called 'Labour’s workers’ rights laws have altered very little' - all about why the most restrictive anti-union laws of the 1980s remain in place and why workers are still not lawfully allowed to fully flex their industrial muscles www.thenational.scot/politics/257...

Sacked TikTok workers in UK launch legal action over ‘union busting’: Moderators accuse social media firm of unfair dismissal after it fired hundreds in UK just before vote to form union www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

@timeshighered.bsky.social Quoted in this Times Higher Education article on redundancies in universities called 'Pay-off spend up by two-thirds as universities shed 13,000 jobs' www.timeshighereducation.com/news/pay-spe...

Quoted in this Times Higher Education article on redundancies in universities called 'Pay-off spend up by two-thirds as universities shed 13,000 jobs' www.timeshighereducation.com/news/pay-spe...

Gerry Gable obituary: Founder of Searchlight magazine who was a formidable figure in the fight against fascism and the extreme right www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

FTSE 100 CEOs earn more than average worker’s yearly pay by noon on 6 January: High Pay Centre calculates bosses will pass milestone on third working day of 2026 with median pay of £1,353 an hour www.theguardian.com/business/202...

GMB union in fresh turmoil over claims by senior female leaders. Exclusive: union facing claim for unfair dismissal from one of two women who complained of bullying and harassment www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

@scotnational.bsky.social My Sunday National piece on fundamental & fatal Farage flaw: thinking reaction against Reform UK in Scotland will itself do the heavy lifting in struggle for independence - much more than this is needed by laying out progressive options www.thenational.scot/politics/257...

My Sunday National piece today on the fundamental & fatal Farage flaw: namely thinking the reaction against Reform UK in Scotland will itself do the heavy lifting in struggle for independence - much more than this is needed by laying out the progressive options www.thenational.scot/politics/257...

#RMT #EddieLynch Good response from RMT union: 'We condemn the illegal military attack carried out by the United States of America on Venezuela which resulted in President Maduro being kidnapped by US special forces.' www.rmt.org.uk/news/rmt-sta...

@manchesterup.bsky.social My biography of now former RMT union leader, Mick Lynch, was published two years ago today. It's called 'Mick Lynch: The making of a working-class hero' and is still available at manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526173096/

My biography of now former RMT union leader, Mick Lynch, was published two years ago today. It's called 'Mick Lynch: The making of a working-class hero' and is still available at manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526173096/

@manchesterup.bsky.social My biography of now former RMT union leader, Mick Lynch, was published two years ago today. It's called 'Mick Lynch: The making of a working-class hero' and is still available at manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526173096/

My biography of now former RMT union leader, Mick Lynch, was published two years ago today. It's called 'Mick Lynch: The making of a working-class hero' and is still available at manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526173096/

@heraldscotland.bsky.social My Herald piece on - to quote XTC - the plans I'd like to make for Nigel, variously entitled: 'Farage: Here are the plans I want to make for Nigel in 2026' & 'The only plans I want to make for Nigel in 2026 is for him to disappear' www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

My Herald piece today on - to quote XTC - the plans I'd like to make for Nigel, variously entitled: 'Farage: Here are the plans I want to make for Nigel in 2026' & 'The only plans I want to make for Nigel in 2026 is for him to disappear' www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

Joe Ely, country compadre of and collaborator with Joe Strummer, has died www.theguardian.com/music/2025/d...

@fbu-ags.bsky.social @fbu-onc.bsky.social @fbunational.bsky.social Unions are key to facing down the far right: FBU general secretary STEVE WRIGHT explains why unions are at the forefront of the new Together alliance against a rising far right morningstaronline.co.uk/article/trad...

#Unitetheunion @unitetheunion.bsky.social In Dec Facts & Figures, Sharon Graham says: 'Since I was elected GS in Aug 2021, more than £620m has been won for members from successful disputes involving 267,000 Unite members in 1,600 disputes with an 83% win rate'. www.unitetheunion.org/media/osujes...

#Unitetheunion @unitetheunion Sharon Graham, Unite general secretary says: 'Since I was elected General Secretary in August 2021, more than £620m has been won for members from successful disputes alone. 83% of disputes have been won'. www.unitetheunion.org/media/osujes...

#JoeStrummer died 23 years ago today. Rest in power for his politics which I analyse the impact of in my 'The Punk Rock Politics of Joe Strummer: Radicalism, resistance and rebellion' book published in summer of 2022 manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526148988/

#JoeStrummer died 23 years ago today. Rest in power for his politics which I analyse the impact of in my 'The Punk Rock Politics of Joe Strummer: Radicalism, resistance and rebellion' book published in summer of 2022 manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526148988/

#JoeStrummer died 23 years ago today. Rest in power for his politics which I analyse the impact of in my 'The punk rock politics of Joe Strummer: Radicalism, resistance and rebellion' book published in summer of 2022 manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526148988/

#JoeStrummer died 23 years ago today. Rest in power for his politics which I analyse the impact of in my 'The punk rock politics of Joe Strummer: Radicalism, resistance and rebellion' book published in summer of 2022 manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526148988/

#UNISON Andrea Egan to be next UNISON general secretary: Five-year term begins in January 2026 www.unison.org.uk/news/2025/12...

Left breakthrough in UNISON: Andrea Egan has today been elected as the next general secretary of UNISON. Andrea will begin her five-year term on 22 January 2026. Voting in the ballot was as follows: Andrea Egan 58,579 (59.82%) Christina McAnea 39,353 (40.18%)

#Unison Andrea Egan has today been elected as the next general secretary of UNISON, the UK’s largest union. Andrea will begin her five-year term on 22 January 2026. Voting in the ballot was as follows: Andrea Egan 58,579 (59.82%) Christina McAnea 39,353 (40.18%)

#strikes #union Monthly UK strike statistics out today showing for October 2025 continued lower level of action: 39,000 days not worked in 37 strikes by 6,000 workers.

'We were sacked from Rockstar North for trying to unionise' www.bbc.com/news/article...

@scotnational.bsky.social Whether it's Britain, France or the US, the radical left has become the preserve of old white men but there is some hope from the likes of Zarah Sultana and Zohran Mamdani - see my piece in The National today www.thenational.scot/politics/256...

Whether it's Britain, France or the US, the radical left has become the preserve of old white men but there is some hope from the likes of Zarah Sultana and Zohran Mamdani - see my piece in The National today www.thenational.scot/politics/256...

@scotnational.bsky.social Whether it's Britain, France or the US, the radical left has become preserve of old white men but there is some hope from the likes of Zarah Sultana and Zohran Mamdani - see my piece in The National today www.thenational.scot/politics/256...

Whether it's Britain, France or the US, the radical left has become preserve of old white men but there is some hope from the likes of Zarah Sultana and Zohran Mamdani - see my piece in The National today www.thenational.scot/politics/256...

Watered down and 2.5 years after general election: UK workers will get unfair dismissal rights after six months from 1 January 2027 www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

#UCU Quoted in this piece in the Times Higher on the 60% that did not vote in the national UCU ballot on pay so the simple majority turnout threshold was majorly missed www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ucu-str...

@timeshighered.bsky.social Quoted in this piece in the Times Higher on the 60% that did not vote in the national UCU ballot on pay so the simple majority turnout threshold was majorly missed www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ucu-str...

Quoted in this piece in the Times Higher on the 60% that did not vote in the national UCU ballot on pay so the simple majority turnout threshold was majorly missed www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ucu-str...

#UNITE #Unions #FightingBack According to the latest UNITE 'Facts & Figures' (Nov 2025): Since Sharon Graham was elected General Secretary in August 2021, over 267,000 members involved in 1,600 disputes, members winning won 83% of them and £620m www.unitetheunion.org/work-voice-p...

Resident doctors in England to go on strike in run-up to Christmas: Five days of strike action over jobs and pay to take place from 17 to 22 December www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

@bma.org.uk Labour government lied with statistics on level of support for last resident doctors' strike - pollster Peter Kellner (who actually opposed the strike) explains how Labour did this www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

#BMA Labour government lied with statistics on level of support for last resident doctors' strike - pollster Peter Kellner (who actually opposed the strike) explains how Labour did this www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

@timeshighered.bsky.social Quoted on prediction of further job cuts in universities: Is 'dented shield' strategy best that can be hoped for?: 'There is no ‘white knight’ riding over the hill any time soon with a Labour government overseeing all of this'. www.timeshighereducation.com/news/uk-univ...

Quoted in Times Higher here on prediction of further job cuts in universities: Is the 'dented shield' strategy best that can be hoped for?: 'There is no ‘white knight’ riding over the hill any time soon with a Labour government overseeing all of this'. www.timeshighereducation.com/news/uk-univ...

Government to ditch day-one unfair dismissal policy from workers’ rights bill www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...

@heraldscotland.bsky.social My piece: 'Why the SNP will be able to talk the talk without walking the walk' - about SNP being on course to be next governing party at Holyrood but with lowest vote share since 2007 & so able to continue stasis of Scottish politics www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

My Herald piece today called 'Why the SNP will be able to talk the talk without walking the walk' - about SNP being on course to be the next governing party at Holyrood but with lowest vote share since 2007 & so able to continue stasis of Scottish politics www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...