sarah woolley
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B.F.A.W.U General Secretary, G.F.T.U President. TUC General Council Member, Unions21 and CTUF Vice Chair. Organise Now . My views are my own
Wakefield, England
Joined June 2012
Solidarity with everyone attending the demo in London today ✊️
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The man who told his employees to get a job in a supermarket so he didn’t have to pay them during a global pandemic, has been awarded a knighthood 🤯. The system is corrupt . (Thanks to @BFAWUOfficial members and MPs, workers in Wetherspoons did get Furlough) #UnionPower
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@Independent can you tell me why you have used my photo without permission?. Arthur Scargill joins striking rail workers on picket line | The Independent
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It’s disgraceful less than 3 weeks after telling the world ‘country before party’ that 7 MPs have been suspended for taking that stance, we stand in solidarity with Apsana,Richard,Becky, John, Zarah and Ian and demand they have the whip reinstated.
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Absolutely chuffed to have been elected onto the TUC General Council - not sure @BFAWUOfficial have had a full voting seat on there before!.
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Fantastic to meet @BernieSanders @mattduss and Mrs Sanders today to talk about the state of politics, workers struggle, the cost of living crisis and some of the work @BFAWUOfficial is doing - great people✊️
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There are now 3 damning reports about sexual harassment in Trade Unions in the public domain and I suspect many more are being dealt with quietly, internally. 1).
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Heartbreaking that this hero had to even explain his situation to Mogg - a person who will never understand what its like to struggle - this is what the Tories have done to our communities and why it’s important we come together as a trade union movement to fight back.
"You're an Eton millionaire who doesn't care about disabled people." . Jacob Rees-Mogg is confronted by Dominic Hutchins who says that he had to prove he had cerebral palsy to claim benefits.
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We are hearing that in some McDonalds stores workers are being told there is no union for them. This is a lie . Work at @McDonalds?. You should join the @BFAWUOfficial the largest independent trade union to specialise in representing foodworkers .
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Thank you to everyone who voted for me, truly humbled by the amount of support I received ❤️.
Congratulations to @sarahwoolley01 @BFAWUOfficial who has just been elected onto the @The_TUC General Council #TUC22.
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Extremely disappointed not to have been able to contribute to the #RightToFood debate this morning on behalf of the @BFAWUOfficial at #Lab21 .Our members have kept the nation fed through the pandemic and deserve a voice.
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The people pushing out lies and smears about @IanBFAWU obviously don’t know him and seem to have no understanding how trade unions work!. Let me be clear @IanBFAWU is no racist, he isn’t anti-semitic and @BFAWUOfficial are proud to have him as their elected National President.
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I was delighted to speak at @corbyn_project Towards Net Zero event last night. There can’t be just transition without working class voices being heard and there can be no environmental justice without social justice. Including ensuring the #RightToFood for everyone #COP26
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We tried to tell the Labour Party this last year at the conference in Brighton but they wouldn’t let me in to speak on the debate as General Secretary of the @BFAWUOfficial even though we had recently published our #RightToFood survey!.
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This wasn’t an offer its an attack on @RMTunion members and public safety.
🚨🚨🚨 BREAKING | RMT rejects Rail Delivery Group offer:.@RMTunion today rejected the @RailDeliveryGrp (RDG) offer and demanded a meeting tomorrow morning to resolve the dispute. #RailStrikes #SupportRailWorkers.
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Amazing 😍.
Little update from mum and dad miner…. our miner brothers…one in the infants and one in the juniors. Representing their great-great grandfather
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So proud of our negotiating team who secured an 8% no strings offer, an additional 1.6% for the lowest 3 grades & the ability to put an extra 2% in their pension pot which will be matched by the company. Our members at Greggs have had at least 15% increase in the last 2 years ✊.
Our members at Greggs convincingly agree deal for more bread on the table, more info can be found here:.
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Solidarity with @RMTunion members out on strike today!.
“It feels like a political strike” says representative of government who’ve given £900,000,000 of taxpayer’ money to train operators to prevent a settlement 🤔.
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Rest in power Ged 💔. I’m proud to have called you a comrade & that you were a BFAWU member . As others have said its a devastating loss to the trade union & antifascist movement, there will be lots of people grieving tonight & in the days to come, my thoughts & love to you all x
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Diane Abbott has faced more racism & misogyny than any other MP. The disgusting attacks she receives on social media would have some moving away from politics!. She fears she will not get fair treatment from her party, she deserves support. Stand with Diane. Reinstatement now.
As a Black woman, and someone on the left of the Labour Party, I have unfortunately been forced to reach the conclusion that I will not get a fair hearing from this Labour leadership.
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How awesome is this hand made @swunion_uk banner??. @BFAWUOfficial SWU Members hand made this with felt, glue, pins and a whole lot of ❤️❤️
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Congratulations to these two brilliant Branch Officials, for pulling together the action this week - Superstars ✊️❤️✊️.#KingsmillStrike
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Solidarity with the @unitetheunion Arriva bus drivers into week 3 of indefinite strike action ✊️✊️
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As we head into the final 2 weeks of madness before Christmas please remember; . • The person behind the counter is doing their absolute best. • The person waiting your tables is probably exhausted . • Its not the checkout assistants fault the queue is down the isle
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This is heartbreaking and absolutely why we need a #RightToFood and a minimum wage of £15 per hour. No one should be living in poverty in one of the richest countries in the world, shamefully thanks to over a decade of austerity millions of families are and working ones at that. .
“It wouldn’t be fun living on the streets because you have to beg people for food and they’ll say no.”. Eight-year-old Kai is among the thousands of British kids growing up in poverty.
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Heavy police presence in Wakefield at Cedar court, peaceful rally by the anti fascists ❤️
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My speech to TUC Congress calling out Sexual Harassment in the Trade Union Movement
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Today will be mostly spent drinking out of my new birthday mug ❤️ I went crazy and put in earrings and sprayed my ‘posh’ perfume this morning, its only your birthday once a year 😉
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Its been brilliant to see all the photos of @BFAWUOfficial activists and officials supporting the @RMTunion strikes today - the only way to enact change is to stand together shoulder to shoulder in solidarity and do it ourselves ✊️❤️✊️.
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To all the sisters that have come forward in this report and previous ones, thank you for being so brave and for having to live through your trauma again to do it. #MeTu.
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Not being able to budget properly, or cook food from scratch isn’t the root cause of the problem, low pay, derisory sick pay, precarious work, the mountains to climb to access support systems such as UC & the sheer price of decent healthy food is. #HungerIsAPoliticalChoice
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We face the deepest #costoflivingcrisis in living memory, yet the are Tories are more interested in doing the bidding of their rich backers than saving jobs & livelihoods. Join trade unionists, MPs & movements online on March 16 to demand real action now.
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Trade unions aren’t grinding our economy to a halt,Greedy bosses are!. Oh and @KwasiKwarteng I don’t know if you and the other Tories realise this but trade unions are the workers - they democratically choose to remove their labour as a last resort because they are the union ✊️.
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Why do some men feel the need to try & tarnish women’s achievements?. It happens everywhere (including the trade union movement) & it stinks. ‘No offence’ doesn’t make it not offensive. Good on Mary,inspiring young women & girls that they can achieve anything ❤️. #InspiringWomen
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To all my friends, comrades, family members and trade unionists I’ve never met. Solidarity today and always ❤️.Stand tall ✊️.Stand strong ✊️.Stand together ✊️. Find your local picket line at #EnoughlsEnough #strikemap #OrganiseNow!
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We have a massive problem of misogyny,abuse & harassment that wont go away whilst ever we pretend that it isnt our problem because we havent witnessed it happening. Perpetrators have no place in the trade union movement. Survivors should be listened to,believed and supported.4).
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Flag ✅.Home made placard ✅.Sunglasses ✅.Bottles of juice ✅.Wakefield NEU Coach Ticket ✅. Must mean one thing!. I’m ready to represent @BFAWUOfficial with some of our members at tomorrow’s @The_TUC demo in London - See you there ✊️✊️
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Suspending @AndyMcDonaldMP for saying the below on Saturday at the demo in London is disgraceful . Solidarity Andy ✊️ you keep being you and representing our class
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Shying away from the fact that a significant culture change is needed in our movement or that we shouldn’t air our dirty linen in public in case the Right or the Media attack us has to stop now!.2).
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It’s no surprise the War Criminal has received the highest honour from the Queen,just goes to show how out of touch the system actually is. The only way to challenge back is to organise. Make sure Joining a union is your New Years resolution ✊️.
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Furlough ends today as does the £20 UC uplift, we know @BFAWUOfficial members as well as millions of other low paid key workers have struggled to survive the last 18months - removing both on the same day is cruel and will push millions further into poverty . Shame on the Tories.
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Its a disgrace there are more food banks in the UK than McDonalds stores. The 5th richest country in the world yet millions can’t afford to feed themselves or their families . There is more than enough to go round,it’s a political choice that it doesn’t . We need a #RightToFood.
Map of food banks in the UK!.More food banks than McDonald’s restaurants! . I hope this makes you realise that right to food needs to be enshrined into law now. #RightToFood .✊🏴
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And relax! @BFAWUOfficial conference 2022 has finished!.Now the real work starts to action the motions passed and grow our union .Cheers 🍻
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Today on International Workers Memorial Day, we remember all those that have gone to work and not returned home, those who have become ill as a result of the work they do and the families of those no longer with us that are left behind #IWMD2022
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Its 21 degrees out but the numbers are holding and the support has stayed strong ✊️💪 #KingsmillStrike
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Out of 24.4m working people in the Uk, only 6.56m are in unions. Rather than stepping on each other toes through sweetheart deals and partnership agreements,should we not be concentrating on all those workers who dont know what a trade union is?. Complementing not Competing?.
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Tomorrow morning 7.00 our members are back out on the gates in Liverpool for 48 hours, you can find the details through the link below #KinsmillStrike .
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Women in our movement have gone through hell, then have been disbelieved and/or silenced when they try and speak out about it. These reports show without doubt their experiences and many more who havent been spoken to are valid and true. 3).
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7.00 tomorrow morning @BFAWUOfficial members at Allied Bakeries in Liverpool are going out on strike for 48 hours, then again 7.00 Saturday 3rd for another 48 hours. If you’re in Liverpool come down and say hello ✊️✊️
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Waiting for my train to Leeds for the @youthfight4jobs demo wearing my @Dis_PPL_Protest T-shirt thanks @relish_hendy ✊️
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The clear message from todays BBC story on McDonalds is the need to be in a trade union. If you do nothing else today #JoinAUnion preferably the @BFAWUOfficial 😁.
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It was brilliant to finally get to meet up with @Ronniebfawu to thank him properly for everything he has done for the union and the retiring @BFAWUOfficial exec members, who stopped on an extra year through the pandemic to guide the union through ❤️
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The cars full, it must mean its annual conference 😍. Safe journey to all the @BFAWUOfficial delegates travelling today, see you soon ✊️
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Solidarity with @ASLEFunion members taking industrial action today!. Also a big shout out to @BFAWUOfficial members in Liverpool on their 48 hour walkout ✊️❤️✊️
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There are so many powerful sisters in the TU movement, in our communities, our families, internationally. Historically, currently and those of the future we have yet to meet. Today we celebrate each & every one & continue our work to make the world safer ❤️
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This bank holiday, spare a thought for the workers in the food industry producing, delivering & serving the food & drink you’re enjoying!.If you’re working in the industry and aren’t in a union get in touch with @BFAWUOfficial and let us support you organising your workplace ✊️
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✊️❤️✊️.
BREAKING: Workers at @McDonalds in LA have walked off the job ON STRIKE due to inside heat of nearly 100 degrees. Workers at this store helped launch a strike wave that spread to over 350 stores statewide in 2020 through 2022. We're reminding our bosses who has the power.
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Now the real work begins;. Organise your workplaces . Organise your communities . We can’t rely on politicians to make the changes we need to make things better for working people, we need to work collectively as the 99%, in solidarity and do it ourselves ✊️.#DemandBetter
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I remember the last time Christmas was on a Weekend when I was still in the shop. The week running up to it was busy, people were grumpy and it was exhausting keeping staff (and customer’s) spirit’s up and that was without COVID. Be kind this week, it doesn’t take a lot. .
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Solidarity ✊️.
I sense it could be a hard day for the media if they keep asking the same tired old questions. Mick Lynch on top form today!.#SupportRailWorkers
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I can’t be with @RMTunion friends today physically, but definitely with them in spirit - Solidarity to everyone taking action ✊️✊️
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Solidarity with @ASLEFunion members taking action against today - keep strong ✊️.
Solidarity with our ASLEF members taking action today half a decade without a pay rise with those responsible hiding away #sortitout
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@MickWhelanASLEF was great this morning on GMB 💪. Solidarity with @ASLEFunion members out on strike today ❤️✊️❤️.
.@MickWhelanASLEF :"Apparently if a trade union dares to stand up for itself against a govt thats interfering in its collective bargaining, we're the villains. Can you tell me what else we can do? Would you be talking to me this morning if we weren't on strike?". Spot on! #GMB
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The trade union movement lost a legend today. Pat Rowley was an inspiration, a dedicated BFAWU member who would be seen on picket lines, protests and marches, would be the first to offer to go leafleting or talking to young people about the importance of joining a union. 🧵1.
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This is why we need a Right To Food, no one should be going hungry in one of the richest nations in the world!.Thats why @BFAWUOfficial is fully committed to the #RightToFood campaign.
“Wake up, mum. I’m hungry!” This is the opening line to the recently published children’s book, It’s a No-Money Day, by Kate Milner, a powerful exploration of food banks and life below the poverty line.
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Sexual harassment, violence and misogyny has no place in the Trade Union movement - how do we hold employers to account when it’s happening within?. Believe and support sisters who speak out, investigate, deal with the perpetrators . Don’t silence survivors with NDAs. #MeTu.
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Solidarity with Holly and every other nurse and health professional who are taking a stand and fighting back ✊️❤️✊️.
Little me, dreaming of becoming a #Nurse one day. Along with my colleagues, I’ll never stop fighting for the profession I love, and the patients we are completely dedicated to. There will be #NHSStrike action on 15, 20, 21 & 28 of this month. Support at a picket if you can 💙
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Solidarity with each and every member of university staff, Royal Mail group and sixth form college taking action today . You are inspiring millions of other workers to demand better too. We stand with you ✊️❤️✊️. @ucu #ucuRISING @CWUnews #StandByYourPost @NEUnion #PayUp
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Solidarity with @RMTunion and @unitetheunion at Wabtec out on strike against Fire&Rehire!.@GazJacksonrmt @EisnerHarriet ✊️
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Disappointed that the MP for Wakefield didn’t vote the way his constituents wanted, instead bowed down to the party leaders dictatorship. Well done to those MPs who did listen and who voted the right way regardless of the consequences and threats. #CeasefireNOW.
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Today I had the privilege of speaking at the David Jones and Joe Green Memorial along with Bill Adams at the amazing NUM offices in Barnsley.#1
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Solidarity with @ApsanaBegumMP @Imran_HussainMP @RLong_Bailey @IanByrneMP @RichardBurgon and @zarahsultana . You are all on the right side of this, having the whip removed for voting to improve lives os shocking. Disappointed that others who were there didn’t join you. .
- Apsana Begum .- Imran Hussain .- Rebecca Long Bailey .- Ian Byrne .- Richard Burgon .- Zarah Sultana .- John McDonnell.Suspended for wanting to take children out of poverty. They are the MPs with the most talent and integrity in parliament. My respect to all of them.
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Demonstrating is NOT. - Turning up with metal bars&bricks. - Setting fire to hotels,trapping workers &residents inside. - Robbing shops or burning down libraries . - Pulling black people out of cars to beat them. - Targeting specific religions . This IS far right fascist riots
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Its toasty warm on the Wakefield Westgate @RMTunion picket line this morning ✊️.Quick stop off before Xmas shopping 🎄
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Just home from my first TUC Women’s Conference. I’m so inspired by the many amazing sisters who have spoken over the last few days, openly and honestly about their experiences (not all positive) in life, at home, at work, in their community and their trade union. #1
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👀 just look at all the strike action happening today ❤️. Solidarity with each and every one of you ✊️✊️✊️. Find your local picket here Wrap up warm!
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Solidarity with each and every @CWUnews member taking action today ✊️.@BFAWUOfficial members join your local picket if you can - I’ll be visiting mine shortly!
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Thanks UnionNews for the great picture 🙈.
Unions back campaign to tackle food poverty @BFAWUOfficial @BDA_TradeUnion @unitetheunion @sarahwoolley01.@annieagentmg
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