Following today’s story by Novara Media the RMT has called for the immediate suspension of the ITF general secretary. morningstaronline.co.uk/article/rmt-ca… #morningstaronline

Important thread on Caerphilly- lots of stuff on social decay, death of the high street, etc

We need a statutory right to collective bargaining for all workers and a legal mechanism for creating sector-wide collective bargaining. Join over 1,400 trade unionists & 15 organisations calling for an #EmploymentRightsBill2 ⤵️ bit.ly/DemandERB2 #StrikeMap #EmploymentLaw

Ahead of my appearance on Panorama tonight, I was on #PoliticsLive talking about how the government aren’t fixing the housing crisis. They’re ignoring 172k children in temporary accommodation, refusing to address *astronomical rents* & siding with developers (but denying it!)

Soldier F's aquittal does not vindicate him. It indicts the system that protected him. tribunemag.co.uk/2025/10/the-bl…

Peter Watkins, 1935-2025 The maverick filmmaker and pioneer of the docudrama, whose anti-establishment works redefined political cinema and challenged the very language of mass media, has died aged 90 bfi.org.uk/features/peter…

Didn't take Bridget Phillipson long to drop the working class hero family photographs and revert to type as a union-bashing right-winger now she isn't begging for the @uklabour deputy leadership votes of affiliated trade unionists any more.

The winner of Bridgwater carnival was a float based on the 1912 coal strike. Civic pride dopamine boost!!

*BREAKING* Clinical Support Workers are lobbying the board meeting of Wirral Teaching Hospital Trust. UNISON Members are angry that the Trust is failing to adhere to agreements made following their dispute.

A real treat to be featured in the mighty Tribune pushing back against the notion of cultural stagnation with Chal Ravens, a real legend of the game

Rally with us to support the Gloucestershire Phlebotomists’ fair pay fight ✊ 📰Read and share our call to join us on 17 November in Gloucester in this weekend’s Morning Star : morningstaronline.co.uk/article/rally-… ✍️RSVP and join us in Gloucester: megaphone.org.uk/events/solidar… #StrikeMap

💥 236 days on strike. The longest in NHS history. Join phlebotomists in Gloucestershire - still fighting for fair pay. 📍 Shire Hall, 17 Nov, GL1 2TG 🎤 With TUC’s Paul Nowak & UNISON’s Christina McAnea ✊ Bring your banners & solidarity. 🔗 RSVP: unsn.uk/GlosRally17Nov

Given that grotesque distortion of the 1970's is the crucible upon which the neoliberal counter-revolution was forged, this is quite the turnaround in popular memory. Thatcher and what she wrought has been a historic failure, a complete and total disaster for the country.

Strikes led by women deserve universal support - ROGER McKENZIE calls for greater support from trade unionists and the general public for female workers involved in industrial disputes morningstaronline.co.uk/article/strike…

"We are the life blood Mr. Manager!" Invoking the spirit of Grunwick at today's UNISON - UK's largest union solidarity rally for the striking Gloucester phlebotomists. #StrikeMap is proud to support these incredible strikers. 📸 (c) Henry Fowler, Strike Map

Agency workers to join Birmingham bin strike pickets morningstaronline.co.uk/article/agency…

New film footage of the Spanish poet Federico García Lorca has been discovered showing the writer smiling in the back of a car as he toured the country with his popular-republican theatre company La Barraca in 1932 - 4 years before he was murdered at the hands of Francoist forces

RMT demo at City Hall calling on Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan and TfL to bring Tube cleaners back in-house. 2,000+ cleaners are denied sick pay, stuck on poverty pensions and forced into hardship while contractors profit. Apologies for the poor sound 🔊

Wild to be in a situation where a former Tory Home Secretary attacks the Labour government, entirely correctly, for their "assault on our liberty". All democrats must defend our juries and extend them: we need a right to a jury trial for all criminal offenses.

Absolutely passionate response to the two-child benefit cap being scrapped from lan Byrne MP on BBC Merseyside right now. He says children don't deserve to be in poverty as a result of what he calls a "cruel" policy. He says family's circumstances can change in a heartbeat.