Good evening, FWs! We're back for another branch newsblast at Manchester IWW. Because no matter where you doomscroll, the union isn't far behind. 💪🧵💪

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sabotabby 🤝 priatetabby

Last few days for poster designers to submit entries to this competition: cymru-wales.unison.org.uk/news/2025/08...

Welcome, FWs, to Tribunal Tuesdays. It may feel like the struggle for a fairer world at work is more distant than ever. You are not alone. However, we often forget: When we fight, we can WIN. Read on about the victories workers like you took on the boss this week. 💪🧵💪

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Our October newsletter will be going out next week - check in with our website if you want to be copied in. If you sign up this week you'll still get the September newsletter. www.radicalpostercollective.co.uk

Starbucks is a symbol of American capitalism the world over, second only to McDonalds. They are the center of our struggle for a fairer world where labour is entitled to all it creates. Solidarity to the workers of @sbworkersunited.org , now and forever!

Comms admin here! I'm interested to hear if there are free (or VERY affordable) solutions for post-scheduling and multi-platform social media management out there? Right now, these pages are very laborious to run manually!

so it isnt MANDATORY for the comms officer to have a sabotabby but it certainly helps

what the boss sees when he tries to mess with a unionised workforce

Greater Manchester Tenants Union is presenting a report on the exploitation of Langley Estate (Middleton) Residents, and how their tenants are fighting BACK. t.co/D7zpYa1hWc 🎟️ (Free!) Rochdale Road, Middleton. October 2nd, 6-10pm

Good evening, FWs! Here's our first weekly newsblast: an update of all the stuff we've been up to within the Manchester IWW branch. We'll be posting these every Friday so no matter where you doomscroll, the union isn't far behind 💪🧵💪

#OtD 16 Sep 1965 1200 mostly Mexican farm workers voted to join a strike of predominantly Filipine grape farm workers in Delano, California for the federal minimum wage. Holding out for five years, they eventually won stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8845...

Ever considered using a burner phone or an alternative phone but weren't quite sure if you needed one (some people definitely do) or how to get one and set it up? @lhn.bsky.social and @mattburgess1.bsky.social have you covered with an exhaustively detailed guide:

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TEFL Members tell Malvern House: TIME TO NEGOTIATE! The IWW Manchester Branch voted last Sunday to support the Malvern House strike fund. Until the bosses come to the table, we'll be at the pickets!

The bosses may well tremble when the comms officer and unsupervised computer time unite !

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Teachers at Malvern House London are voting on strike action in a major escalation of their campaign for better pay, conditions and union recognition. The teachers are all members of the TEFL Workers’ Union (part of the IWW).  Read the full story here: iww.org.uk/news/malvern...

In solidarity with Palestine Action iww.org.uk/news/iww-in-...

Pleasure to be on Pod Save the UK talking about the need for rent controls & the mass transfer of public money into the pockets of private landlords. Clip here 👇

what the HELL is up, edinburgh ❤️

How can you make your job worth doing?

✅ Free school meals are vital But, we will never be close to equal opportunities whilst: +170,000 children are trapped in temporary accommodation +850,000 families are subject to chronic damp & mould +1.4m families are on the social housing waiting list

My latest paper is out. It traces the transfer of yet more public money to private developers via the Brownfield housing fund - all under the guise of solving the housing crisis of course! Read here 👇

There are decades of data now on the Nordic Model being a terrible failure. Countries that believe in science need to end this disastrous policy.

This is today! Liverpool-based followers get down! 🏡

The IWW officially launches in Finland! Solidarity fellow workers! ❤️ iww.org.uk/news/iww-off...

This friday @lraction.uk are hosting the formidable @city.bsky.social to discuss “Abolish rent” I have the honour of chairing the discussion, we’ll talk: rent controls, founding tenants unions, the concept of rent, landlords as “housing providers, organising across place & more Free event! ❤️‍🔥

This is great news. Well done to Co-Op members who passed this motion. The motion as we understand it was non-binding, so it's important to maintain pressure on the board to abide by the decision. 🇵🇸

17 May marks International Day Against LGBTQIA+ Discrimination. Today and always, Manchester IWW stands in unwavering solidarity with all queer comrades. Queer liberation is a class issue. An injury to one is an injury to all. 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 ✊🏼

Am a huge Eurovision fan, but will not be watching tonight, because I am not a huge fan of genocide. I hope you join me.

It's well worth reading for people who imagine the EHRC's only blind spot is on trans people, rather than it acting across the board to interfere with all human rights.

Manchester and Merseyside Disabled People Against Cuts have both jointly put out a statement criticising the EHRC for their active interventions against dealing with racism, disablism and transphobia under Kishwer Falkner. manchesterdpac.com/2025/05/16/s...

May day March, Manchester 2025

#OtD 6 May 1933 Nazis raided the Institute of Sex Research in Berlin. It was a pioneering org which supported LGBT rights, and equality for women. It employed numerous trans workers and pioneered gender affirmation surgery. Its library was then burned stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1064...

This is this week! We will be there with a stall as well as doing 2 workshops, on Prisoner Writing and collaborating with @northumbriaiww.bsky.social on workplace organising. Come say hello.

Some great photos from one of our members at the May Day march yesterday! ❤️

See folks at the May Day march later~

Hey there manchester

Members were out in Carlisle this weekend in solidarity with trans people in the face of this Supreme Court ruling. 🏳️‍⚧️

A few of our members were down at the Preston and Liverpool trans rights protests today. It's so heartening seeing so many folks at these events, and very little pushback from the usual weirdos. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

According to the UK legal system the rights of trans people are determined by their 'biological sex' (except when they aren't because vibes). www.equalityhumanrights.com/media-centre...

People need to start realizing that all this struggle to return to "normal", when that meant the West exploiting the global south while justifying imperial genocide of Palestinians as necessary. The world shouldn't go back to neoliberalism, it got us here. We need to build something better.

Well done today everyone! A proper write up on the demo will come soon. No arrests on our side. We are aware of two potential arrests from the fash: Ryan Ferguson, former EDL Organiser, and Sarah Jones, of Patriots of Britain.

Hi, wallet inspector here please open your pockets for the legal battles we have ahead. goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...

Bigoted bourgeoisie courts never cared about workers, whether cis or trans! iww.org.uk/news/bigoted...