Dom Trendall
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@DianeDark2
@JulianSmithUK
Hi Diane, please tell me you understand the difference between apologising on behalf of an organisation and being personally responsible? This is serious stuff.
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Ahead of the strike action next week, we need to talk about the Socialist Workers Party.
The SWP are a misogynistic, rape apologist cult. They ought not be welcome on anyone's picket line.
Understandably, people don't always know loads about them, so here's a quick thread. 🧵
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The Labour Party must act to withdraw the whip from Rosie Duffield. It's been beyond a joke for some time.
Transphobic ✅
Disloyal ✅
Fit to be a Labour MP ❌
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The House of Lords has just now approved the Government's latest attack on trade union rights.
This really matters.
The way in which the Government has done this, sneaking it through with Statutory Implements, also matters.
Quick thread 🧵
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📢BREAKING: The Liberal Democrats have announced further anti-trade union measures in their manifesto, including capping donations to political parties without distinguishing between big businesses and trade unions.
They supported attacks on unions when last in government. 🧵
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🚨The nurses strike action WILL NOT leave services that provide life preserving care short - or those that prevent permanent disability.
This is not because of Govt rules, but because of the RCN's own rules. Standing Order 3.1, go see for yourself.
Don't believe the fake news.
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The SWP should not be welcome on picket lines.
-Never buy their paper
-Never provide them with quotes
-Never sign one of their petitions
When they ask to engage with you, politely decline (if you feel safe to do so) and simply reply with 'Comrade Delta.'
Say no to the SWP.
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What Therese Coffey fails to mention is that the Tories, in actuality, fought against the creation of our NHS, and voted against its introduction.
Another speech that offers nothing to nurses while her friends round the cabinet table give billions to bankers.
#CPC22
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The new Chancellor once claimed on expenses for a bill totalling £5,822.27 to cover electricity and heating oil for his estate in Warwickshire.
This was for his stables. For his horses.
This in a country where people cannot heat their homes.
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🚨 RCN STRIKE BALLOT RESULTS 🚨
-Nurses have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action
-The legal threshold has been met in all four nations, in all regions, at a majority of trusts
-This is unprecedented in the RCN's 106 year history
THREAD 🧵 with further details 👇
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This is clearly a sensitive topic, but it ill behoves us to remain silent and watch our colleagues unwittingly lending them credence by waving their branded signs.
Nursing is a profession dominated by women, and the SWP's unwelcome presence on picket lines must be called out.
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These are highly skilled jobs. You simply can't allow unqualified agency staff to cover for them safely.
Maybe, as a society, we should just think about paying these people properly in the first place?
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🚨 The Prime Minister missed the RCN deadline to meet with us and discuss pay.
As such, further strikes will take place on 18 and 19 January, in England.
Taking action on consecutive days will be a huge undertaking, but we are up for the fight. ✊
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The whole Comrade Delta thing is ridiculous in itself. It's funny how the SWP leadership had 'no faith in the bourgeois system' when it came to rape allegations but we are still expected to fear naming him for fear of frivolous law suits.
His name is Martin Smith.
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It is a particular affront to working people in Wales.
Overriding legislation passed by the Senedd using statutory implements and no proper consultation process is a slap in the face for devolution and for the union.
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My response to a Stand Up to Racism event.
The best way to stand up to misogynists is not to stand with other misogynists.
@SheffieldSU
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They previously made a big song and dance about opposing the Minimum Service Levels Act and the Trade Union Act, but their manifesto is completely silent on these issues.
When it comes down to it, you can never trust the Liberals to be on the side of working people.
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In Jan 2013, leaked minutes emerged showing how sexual assault allegations were dealt with by the party against 'Comrade Delta.' Friends of the accused decided there was no case to answer and declined to involve the police to avoid any co-operation with the 'bourgeois system'.
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This amends the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003, which was introduced by the last Labour government.
Working people should not be pitted against each other is a race to the bottom.
No one should be pressured to cross a picket line.
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Out again at Great Ormond Street.
The nurses are not going to give up. The same spirit and belief as the first strike day.
Threats to the right to strike will only embolden us further.
If you can, please donate to the strike fund:
…
@RCNLondon
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Another day, another picket, not giving up!
The nurses united will never be defeated!
@RCNLondon
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Delta was a leading figure within the party. In the party's 'investigation' into the allegations, offensive questions about the victims sexual past and drinking habits were asked. There were also further allegations of intimidation.
His alleged wrongdoing spanned back years.
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Following this, the SWP lost a great deal of its members and collapsed as a viable force within the NUS. Those who took the active decision to stay, despite the pervasive culture of misogyny and rape apologism, are still in control of the party to this day.
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Today is the day. ✊
The first ever ballot of
@theRCN
members for a nursing strike across Great Britain has started.
Our nursing staff have never let us down; it's now time for us to stand with them.
It's time to tell the Government:
#EnoughlsEnough
💙
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In March 2023, there was a special conference. The Central Committee insisted the report about the complaint against Delta 'that no rape had occurred' be accepted.
The leadership won and rape apologism won the day. Think about that. The conference sided against the victim.
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It's clear that the Govt has ignored the RCN's request for serious pay negotiations. Therefore, strike action will take place tomorrow.
I will be at Great Ormond Street tomorrow helping to organise the picket.
Hope to see some of you there (other pickets are available)!
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Nurses are out on strike today, standing alongside Unite members as we fight for fair pay for all NHS staff.
Fighting unions fighting for their members on May Day.
@RCNLondon
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On this, both employment businesses and trade unions agree.
In a joint statement, the Recruitment Employment Confederation and the TUC urged the government to 'leave the current ban in place as a key element of a sustainable national employment relations framework.'
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Context also matters here. The International Labour Organisation Committee of Experts has already concluded that British law does not do enough to protect strikers from being replaced. This is because of the inadequate nature of our unfair dismissal law.
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The Minister was asked, in the House of Commons, 'what assessment has my made of the availability of spare teachers, nurses and train drivers to fill the gaps during a strike?'
She did not answer. In fact, she did not mention teachers or nurses or train drivers, even once.
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Consider what they are proposing: the Liberal Democrats want the state to intervene to prevent trade unions from engaging in politics on behalf of their members.
They have the luxury of promising anything, and this is what they choose to promise.
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I've often heard it said that the last Labour Government didn't do enough to reverse the tide of anti-trade union legislation. In fact, it completely transformed the legal landscape for TUs.
The Labour Party needs trade unions. But TUs also need the Labour Party.
THREAD🧵👇
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And let's be real here. Trade unions in the UK are not planning unlawful strikes.
These laws are in place in the hope that a technical error can be established in relation to the, deliberately hard to comply with, balloting procedures trade unions must follow.
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This type of fine has been available to the courts since 1982. How many times has this power been used, I hear you all ask?
The answer is zero (0) times.
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The Socialist Party of England and Wales, former members of the Respect Coalition, the Stop the War Coalition and TUSC all have some questions to answer, however.
Why did they ever seek to cooperate with the SWP? Are these people really your 'comrades?'
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These changes are being imposed across Great Britain through secondary legislation.
It probably goes against international law, (ILO Convention 87) in one last hurrah for Johnson's rules(breaking) based approach to the business of government.
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Utterly outrageous that
@RLong_Bailey
supporters are continuing to criticise Lisa Nandy for not voting against the Welfare Bill when she was on MATERNITY LEAVE, including at Streatham CLP tonight
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The most important aspect of this is removing the ban on employment businesses from introducing or supplying a work seeker to an employer to perform the duties normally provided by a worker who is taking part in lawful industrial action.
Bare with me, this is important...
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One might think that important changes like this might be subject to proper scrutiny, in a process that allows amendments to be suggested and where the Parliament Act would apply. This is not the case.
This is an undemocratic attack on the rights of working people.
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My Mum is a teacher. The Government says it's safe for her to go to work with 30 kids, but not safe to see her own children at Christmas.
#CloseTheSchoolsNow
#COVID19
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Everyone knows I'm a Labour supporter and don't have much time for any of these extremist rumps. Nonetheless, the SWP are different. There can be no comparison between the cult of the SWP and most other leftist sects.
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I proudly wear a poppy every year, but symbols mean different things to different people and the guy is literally from Derry - leave him alone.
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@carla_denyer
There is no need for tactical voting in Bristol Central: that is obvious for all to see.
The choice is, do people want to vote for Labour's New Deal for Working People, or an opposition MP to sit alongside the Tories.
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@jfefleming
The issue is that some individuals have the ability to donate more than others. Trade unions help to address this imbalance.
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The second measure increases the limit on the maximum damages award which may be made against a trade union where industrial action is found to be unlawful. For Unions with 100,000 members or more, the limit is increased to £1,000,000.
But why?
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Tomorrow is the last vote in Parliament on the first set of minimum service levels measures - which severely limit the right to strike.
@theRCN
has been clear on this from the start. This is a historic attack on the rights of working people, including nursing staff.
Thread🧵
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Back on the
#labourdoorstep
canvassing for
@olivercoppard
for South Yorkshire Mayor.
Wild horses couldn't keep us away!
#betterforsheffield
(Please note that the hill has absolutely done me in here).
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The Liberals supported the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act and opposed the National Minimum Wage.
It is clear as day where they stand.
It is also clear who stands with them, with the Greens having done deals with them.
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@TheSun
This headline is simply wrong. The dropping of charges is not the same as him being cleared.
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No one who knows what they're talking about would describe an Early Day Motion as "meaningful politics".
Sensible, meaningful politics of utter importance to the welfare of this country for decades to come.
So of course it’s being pushed from the margins. Great job
@johnmcdonnellMP
@carla_denyer
@AdrianRamsay
@sianberry
@jeremycorbyn
@EllieChowns
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It was great to welcome
@johnmcdonnellMP
to Sheffield today, and talk about
@ShefLabStudents
!
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Great PMQs today.
When Keir Starmer says: "Nurses going on strike is a badge of shame for this Government," he is right.
The Government must agree to the RCN's reasonable demand for pay negoitations to avert the first mass nurses strike in British history.
#PMQs
#RCNStrike
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@PushTheSutton
Trade union donations come from workers pooling resources for fair representation, unlike big business donations aimed at influencing policy for profit. Unions empower workers, not corporate interests.
To say "all donations in politics are the same" is silly.
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Disputing unreasonable deposit reductions from an unscrupulous landlord and feeling ALIVE
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@SundayMargot
I find this, people hate it when you don't call it the 'Post-18 Education and Funding Review'
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I'm running to be a Student Director of NUS because I believe that the board should always be accountable to our movement!
#NUSNC17
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The William Hague challenge begins.
Contact me to be part of the sweepstake.
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Labour won Sheffield Hallam because of the ground work put in by
@olivercoppard
- a campaign inspired me and changed my life.
Proud.
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🚨 TODAY: Labour's manifesto promises to implement their New Deal for Working People 'in full'. Legislation laid within 100 days. No other party offers such a comprehensive package on workers' rights.
💼 If you want Labour's New Deal, vote for it! 🗳️
1/ 📢 On Friday, Labour published the final version of the New Deal for Working People.
This document, on its own merit, is worth fighting for. It's got me excited. It's not perfect, but it is class. We all have
@labourunionsuk
to thank.
🧵Here are some of the key pledges:
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After 2 weeks of multiple health screens and asking everyone to quarantine, I surprised my closest inner circle with a trip to a private island where we could pretend things were normal just for a brief moment in time.
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1/ 📢 On Friday, Labour published the final version of the New Deal for Working People.
This document, on its own merit, is worth fighting for. It's got me excited. It's not perfect, but it is class. We all have
@labourunionsuk
to thank.
🧵Here are some of the key pledges:
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My tortoise woke up from hibernation yesterday after 3 months - he's missed absolutely nothing
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The Government might be happy leaving nurses in the cold, but the public is with them - amazing reaction from the public. 💙🪧
#NursesStrike
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It's 50 years of pride today. Please give this a read.
'Collectivism was crucial to bringing the LGBT+ movement to its present victories and if we want to continue the process of liberation, it will prove key to the future ones, too.'
@Liam_Beattie
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🚨BIG ANNOUCEMENT:
The RCN has announced further strikes dates: 6 and 7 February 2023.
Crucially, there will be significantly more strike sites than before. This is set to be by far the largest strike in NHS history.
This is an esculation of the dispute.
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.
@ChriswMP
So the people of Derby North voted for the Conservatives as an anti austerity alternative? Time to take some responsibility.
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This all started as an attack on rail workers, and now they are coming for the rights of all working people with the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill.
If the Tories force the bill through tonight, we will keep fighting!
United we stand ✊🏻
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The RCN is many times larger than GMB in NHS.
RCN has 9 votes on the Staff Council, compared to the GMB's 3. The GMB aren't even the third largest, Unite have 4. Three other unions also have 3 votes.
Describing GMB as one of the two largest NHS unions is demonstrably wrong.
Big news GMB have accepted the government’s NHS pay offer.
GMB and UNISON - the largest NHS unions - backing the deal leaves the smaller RCN and Unite out in the cold.
Likely now we’ve seen the end of significant Agenda For Change strikes.
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The prime minister boasted last night that doctors were offered more than nurses.
Says all you need to know about the contempt he feels towards a 90% female profession.
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The RCN wrote to the Prime Minister yesterday and it has been published.
The message is clear: act, or face the biggest day of industrial action in the history of the NHS.
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As President Sheffield Students' Union, I can tell you: Clegg is in trouble because students are making their voice heard.
#GE2017
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It felt appropriate to post this again today -
#WeAreInternational
#YouAreWelcomeHere
@SheffieldSU
@sheffielduni
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We go again!
And if the Government doesn't agree to meaningful talks, we will keep going.
Especially proud to be back in Herts, supporting our nurses 🦌💙
#NursesStrike
@RCNEastern
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Would really appreciate it if people could stop calling Dominic Cummings 'Dom.'
He's a Dominic if ever I saw one.
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Who's that you see in the background...
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Absolutely buzzing that pubs are opening - because I'm an absolute legend (and want to make this clear).
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Piers Corbyn here comparing the vaccine to the Holocaust.
One question: how dare you?
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They backed down - we won
Disputing unreasonable deposit reductions from an unscrupulous landlord and feeling ALIVE
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If they think this cheap marketing trick is going to work on me, then they are absolutely right.
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I am absolutely appalled that
@natalieben
spoke at an event organised by associates of the SWP. I declined an invitation.
Shameful.
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@UNISONOurNHS
members are also now being balloted.
The
@MidwivesRCM
,
@TheBMA
,
@GMB_union
,
@unitetheunion
and
@thecsp
are also looking to take action.
Unremitting solidarity. We will stand up tall, and stand together✊
#TogetherWeRise
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Therefore, the RCN is calling on Parliament to uphold its duty to defend our hard-won civil liberties.
If the govt brings forward further measures that will effect an even larger proportion of nurses, we will continue to fight.
Watch this space. We are not going to give up ✊
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