Sharon Graham
@UniteSharon
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I’ve been calling for the fiscal rules to be changed to allow us to 'borrow to invest' so we can get money into our industries and jobs. Finally
@UKLabour
listens. Let's start by getting money into
#Grangemouth
to save jobs now!
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The Labour Party was founded by the trade unions and we expect Labour MPs to defend workers, by words and by actions. To instruct Labour MPs not to be on picket lines with workers speaks volumes. 1/2
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David Lammy has chosen to launch a direct attack on British Airways workers. This is a group of workers who were savagely attacked by their employer during Covid. ‘Fire and rehire’ led to thousands of unnecessary job cuts and pay being slashed. 1/3
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It's time for the rebirth of the trade union movement. The trade union movement now needs to be reborn! We now need to act together.
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.
@trussliz
has declared war on the trade union movement and working people.
Let’s be clear, her mad-cap proposals are an attempt to all but ban strike action and outlaw effective trade unions. 1/4
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You don’t lead by hiding. No one respects that. It’s time to decide whose side you are on. Workers or bad bosses? 2/2
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The
@GOVUK
is spinning a web of lies to divert the blame for who's really responsible for the economic crisis engulfing the country. The unions ‘holding the country to ransom’ is another to add to their long list.
@BWallaceMP
's comments are puerile. 👉
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Let me be very clear - the remaining financial support of Labour Party is now under review. Your behaviour and mistreatment of our members will not be accepted. It's time to act like labour, be the party for workers.
#CovBinStrike
@coventrycc
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🚨
@UKLabour
leadership blocks
@unitetheunion
winter fuel conference motion!
Right now it is fair to say that the Labour leaders have tried to silence the voice of pensioners, workers and communities at party conference in this blatant manoeuvre to block debate on winter fuel
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The 50 richest families in Britain worth £500billion. That's the same amount of money that half of Britain is worth. A 1% tax on the top 1% in society could raise around £25billion a year.
#WealthTax
| Andy Green: Chair
@unitetheunion
Executive Council ⤵️
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📢 UNITE WINS WINTER FUEL PAYMENT VOTE AT LABOUR CONFERENCE
People do not understand, I do not understand, how our new
@UKLabour
government can cut the winter fuel allowance for pensioners and leave the super-rich untouched.
My full speech ⤵️
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Moving the
#WinterFuelPayment
motion to Wednesday when the 'lights are out' at conference is a tin-eared approach by
@UKlabour
. People are talking about the fuel allowance and to shut it down at your own conference is not a good look.
#LabourConference2024
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This comment is precisely why workers are turning away from
@UKlabour
when a Labour mayor attacks workers. It's about time the
@MayorofLondon
did the right thing and stood up for workers not just at election time but when it matters.
This unnecessary strike action by RMT is causing widespread disruption for millions of Londoners and will also hit London’s retail, culture and hospitality at the worst possible time.
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In all my 25 years of negotiating deals with employers, I have never seen such an abdication of responsibility as that by the prime minister
@RishiSunak
today. It is well beyond time for him to intervene and break the deadlock in the
#NHS
dispute. ➡️
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If
@grantshapps
had his way we would all still be in the workhouse.
His intervention is just the latest in a growing list of political attacks on trade unions and the most fundamental rights held by working people. 1/6
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The PM talks about a 'wage-price’ spiral. Wages are chasing prices, not putting them up. It's a ‘profits & profiteering spiral’ that's responsible for this inflation surge. Maybe it’s time we started talking about profiteering restraint not wage restraint.
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If I was speaking to Keir right now I would say to him: which side are you on? We are trying to defend workers with every fibre of our being and the party who is supposed to be echoing that in parliament is doing the exact opposite.
#JobsPayConditions
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This win shows the new direction of
@unitetheunion
. We will defend our members pay and conditions, however long it takes. This continuous action has delivered real terms pay increases for our members.
#covbinstrike
#JobsPayConditions
1/3
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Supporting bad bosses is a new low for Labour and once again shows that politicians have failed. It is now down to the trade unions to defend working people. We are their only voice. 3/3
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**Another Win**
Liverpool docks dispute ends as an improved offer of between 14.3% and 18.5% is accepted tonight by
@unitetheunion
members. Very proud ✊
#DockersDemandBetter
#JobsPayConditions
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I've been overwhelmed with all of the messages of support after becoming the first elected female General Secretary of
@unitetheunion
. The hard work begins today. Thank you for all of your kind messages.
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We are now forced to put the
@GOVUK
on notice.
@unitetheunion
will not sacrifice the protection of our members’
#JobsPayConditions
on the altar of
#Partygate
. If you force our legitimate activities outside of the law, don’t expect us to play by the rules.
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📢Unite Win - pay rise worth 15.8 percent!
This inflation-busting pay rise at Stagecoach in Worthing is Unite in action, delivering for our members and helping them through this cost-of-living crisis by getting more money into their pockets.
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When P&O broke the law this
@GOVUK
never even gave them a slap on the wrist. When trade unions defend jobs pay and conditions and win this Government takes stock, and then viciously attacks workers’ rights. 1/3
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1/5 - I am honoured to have been elected as General Secretary of
@unitetheunion
by our members, and I understand that the trust that they have placed in me brings with it tremendous responsibility.
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The 50 richest families in Britain are worth £500 billion, the same as half of Britain. To tax them 1% more is nothing but £300 is a lot of money for pensioners trying to put their heating on.
#TUC2024
#WealthTax
.
@LBC
interview with
@NickFerrariLBC
➡️
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Workers across the country are fighting back against the attacks on their living standards.
Unions are now setting the agenda.
#JobsPayConditions
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It’s time to pull the plug on the energy profiteers by taking the entire energy network we all rely on into public ownership. Unite is showing it’s no longer a question of ‘can we afford to’, it’s how long can we afford not to.
@UniteEconomy
#Energy
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This dispute is not about a pay rise – it’s about restoring money taken out of workers’ pockets by an opportunistic employer. British Airways and its parent company IAG hold billions in reserves and assets and are predicting a return to profit this quarter. 2/3
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Supporting bad bosses is a new low for Labour and once again shows that politicians have failed. It is now down to the trade unions to defend working people. We are their only voice.
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Despite record profits, Dubai-based DP World has launched a pre-meditated ‘economic attack’ on British workers. Today I have instructed £10 million to be allocated to a new campaign fund. If any employer attacks my members, no action will be ruled out. 👉
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📢A game-changing deal for our members.
It will see the reversal of the 10 percent cut to their wages made during the pandemic & a substantial increase in their pay.
I strongly advise other aviation employers, including
@British_Airways
to take note.
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The case is being made before our own eyes that selling off our energy sector to the private profiteers has ended in tears. A piecemeal approach won’t work. 1/5
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Where is
@RishiSunak
? He is abdicating his responsibility as Prime Minister. The
#NHS
crisis is unfolding under his eyes, if he's struggling to find a date to get round the table and negotiate we can meet him on 25th December. He should have no meeting clashes then.
#WhereIsRishi
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What is emerging from
@UKLabour
is a pattern of behaviour to literally take out any MP or mayor who backs key manifesto demands on the re-nationalisation of
#energy
, action on rampant
#profiteering
and investment in UK steel. 🧵1/3
@bbclaurak
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The Parliamentary Labour Party will not win pay rises for members. Our power comes from the workplace.
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Which side are you on? If you’re on the side of workers, you need to defend workers. Actions speak louder than words. You need to show that you absolutely believe in defending workers.
@UKLabour
@DailyMirror
#PickASide
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It is now down to the trade unions to defend working people. We are their only voice.
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Heathrow-based cabin crew win an 18% pay rise
It will see the reversal of the 10% cut to their wages made during the pandemic & a substantial increase in their pay.
I strongly advise other aviation employers, including
@British_Airways
to take note.
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For the first time we have laid out the full costs and savings of taking the entire energy network into public ownership.
If the energy system had been run for the benefit of all not the profits of a few, households could have saved £45 billion. ➡️
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Today I put
@coventrycc
councillors who are members of Unite on notice. They will receive their membership suspension of holding union office. We now will investigate your behaviour.
#CovBinStrike
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I stand full square in solidarity with Britain’s rail workers taking action against cuts to their jobs, pay and conditions.
#railstrike
@RMTunion
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📢 Unite's Economy for the future vote passes
People simply don't understand how a
@UKLabour
@GOVUK
can cut the
#WinterFuelAllowance
for pensioners and leave the super-rich untouched. This is not what people voted for. It's wrong and needs to be reversed.
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Public ownership should not be dirty words.
It is absolutely ridiculous that as energy bills rise to over £3,600 per household that this nonsense is allowed to continue. No regulation. Just a short-term tax! That’s why I think we need to talk about who owns UK PLC.
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Last year alone, private firms reported profits of £45 billion from our country’s domestic energy system. If that money had been kept in the hands of the hardworking public, it could have been used to save each household almost £2,000 on their
#energy
bills.
#PublicOwnership
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The baton has been passed onto us, workers and their communities are watching, it is time to stand on our own two feet, stop apologising, be proud of who we are and do our job and fight for working people!
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What we’re seeing now is the rebirth of the trade union movement.
That doesn’t mean a rehash of what we did in the 1970s — we have to be more organised than ever before!
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Massive 92% yes vote for strike action at Felixstowe Docks.
@unitetheunion
is focused on defending the jobs, pay and conditions of its members. Workers should not be paying the price for the pandemic.
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It is now down to the trade unions to defend working people. We are their only voice.
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Unite will establish permanent bases on the ground to work with workers within their communities. We will help deliver practical change that people can touch and feel. And we will develop our own programme - a Workers' Manifesto.
@UniteEconomy
#WorkersEconomy
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We make no apology for holding Labour’s feet to the fire.
@UKLabour
need to make the right choices! Taking money off pensioners on as little as £220 a week, while the 50 richest families in Britain own a combined £500 billion go untouched, isn't one of them.
#LabourConference24
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The top 50 families have more wealth than half our population. The profit margins of the average British firm have rocketed by 30% since before the pandemic. If we taxed 1% on the wealthiest 1%, the so-called black hole would be gone.
#WealthTax
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In all my 25 years negotiating deals I have never seen such an abdication of leadership as that of the current posted-missing PM and the out of touch hapless health secretary.
#NHS
#AmbulanceStrikes
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.
@UKLabour
leaders have tried to silence the voice of pensioners, workers and communities - this is a cruel policy and
@unitetheunion
will continue to campaign against it, we won't be silenced.
#WinterFuelPayments
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.
@unitetheunion
will not bow to threats and any attempt to place us outside of the law will be met with fierce, prolonged resistance. 4/4
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Undocumented workers: We organise these workers, if someone is working, they're a worker. They may be labeled as something else to other people but that's not how we see them.
#UPC2021
#JobsPayConditions
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You need to show that you absolutely believe in defending workers
@UKLabour
.
And if you don’t do that you are no longer the party for workers - that’s the reality.
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The 50 richest families in Britain are worth £500 billion, the same wealth as half of Britain. Taxing just 1% more on the richest 1% would create £25 billion in one year. Why is that not the choice being made instead of cutting the
#WinterFuelAllowance
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Why are
@UKLabour
picking the pockets of pensioners on the winter fuel payments instead of making those with the broadest shoulders actually pay?
@UniteEconomy
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Today,
@unitetheunion
Policy Conference voted to support Proportional Representation for the first time in our history. Our political class has failed working people and our system is broken. It is time to change our democracy.
#UPC2021
#JobsPayConditions
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The idea that ‘fire and rehire’ is legal is abhorrent to me. What do they expect us to do - put a press release out saying we don't like it?
#MembersGS
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🚨 𝗪𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗮𝘅 𝗻𝗼𝘄!
How can the pockets of pensioners be picked while the 50 richest families worth £500 billion are left untouched.
#wealthtax
#tuc2024
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There are no politicians coming over the hill to save us. Why should we give members money if we are not getting something? The political fund should go into issues that need sorting, for example,
#FireandRehire
a National Care service in Scotland.
#UPC2021
#JobsPayConditions
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Arriva bus drivers secure 11.1% pay rise after weeks of strike action.
Our members stood strong. They thoroughly deserve their magnificent victory. This is how Unite responds to the
#CostOfLivingCrisis
, with a win that will put an extra £55 p/w in our members’ wallets.
#strike
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Tough choices cannot be code for cuts. People do not understand why a government would choose to pick the pocket of pensioners and ignore a
#WealthTax
.
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Workers don't want a General Secretary who plays games & who chooses whether or not to defend members depending who the employer is. They don’t want their Union to give money to people who attack them. None of this should be a surprise to anyone outside of the Westminster bubble.
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.
@Keir_Starmer
and
@UKLabour
- Don't play it safe, stand with workers. Britain is in the middle of a horror story. When the
@GOVUK
talks about 'difficult decisions' this is code for ‘workers and communities will pay’. 1/2
#Labour
#TUC2022
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To say that ambulance unions have taken a conscious choice to inflict harm on patients is a blatant lie. The unions have negotiated critical cover, including 999 calls, at a local level with hosts of
#NHS
trusts. That is how it is done.
#Ambulance
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The only way workers can fight for ‘a better share of the pie’ is by building union strength and the power of collective bargaining in all sectors. We
#DemandBetter
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Workers, the working class are the ones sent out to deal with crisis, and then when the crisis is over they expect us to pay for it. Well, let's give a clear message - Absolutely, no more!
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We are determined that anyone being brave enough to withdraw their labour is not starved back to work. I upped the daily strike rates to £70 when I became General Secretary. These funds have facilitated action by over 450 groups of
@unitetheunion
members.
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P&O mass sackings: It is shameful that our political system is so broken that in the 21st Century, workers have no real legal protection against the predatory instincts of global corporations. Unions need to take over the reins.
#JobsPayConditions
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The wealthiest in this country have been at the front of the queue for 14 years, I want to see workers and communities at the front.
@UKLabour
must u-turn on winter fuel payments and introduce a
#WealthTax
.
#TUC2024
@BBCr4today
@bbcnickrobinson
➡️
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It is profits, not wages that drive inflation. There has been deafening silence - a wall of silence about rising profits. It’s time to call it out.
Let’s talk about capping prices and profits, not wages.
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Labour should focus on the issues that are facing workers and communities not rule changes to elect a leader.
#MembersGS
"Why are we talking about rules changes in Labour in a crisis. They should focus on the issues that are facing workers and communities and how they can affect change."
@UniteSharon
#MembersGS
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It’s beyond belief that
@UKLabour
is refusing either to commit to paying public sector workers a fair salary or to pledge it will accept the recommendations of the independent pay review bodies if it wins the next election. 🧵1/2
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1/2 My first task as
@unitetheunion
General Secretary will be to bring together all the reps who are currently in dispute so I can personally involve myself in their fight and ensure they have all the support they need.
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Workers up and down Britain and Ireland are sick to death of being told to take a pay cut whilst employer after employer is guilty of widespread profiteering. No more. Solidarity - see you on the picket line ✊
#LiverpoolDockers
#LiverpoolDocksStrike
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Why are we making the choice to pit pensioners against workers?
I'm calling on
@UKLabour
to change course and look at introducing a
#WealthTax
and borrow to invest for British industry. ⤵️
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Why is the governor of the
@bankofengland
, who's sitting pretty in his own scenario only talking about pay rises causing inflation. Profits have a place, it's never spoken about.
An employer who can pay should pay fair wages and
@unitetheunion
will fight for that.
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It is quite frankly remarkable that the prime minster is asking workers to pay for massive energy company profits. The economy is broken and workers will see through this plan to boost profiteering yet again.
#energybills
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The Chancellor says we need a new approach. He’s right. So let’s have pay rises for the people not bonuses for the bankers. It’s time for a workers' economy, not more deregulation and a race to the bottom. Trickle down doesn’t work and attacking Unions won’t work. 1/2
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We’re calling on the
@GOVUK
to think again. When people don’t understand why
@UKLabour
are picking the pockets of pensioners rather than introducing a
#WealthTax
then they need to think again.
@The_TUC
@SkyNews
⬇️
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We are the 6th richest economy in the world; we have the money. Britain needs investment, not austerity mark II. We won’t get any gold badge for shaving peanuts off our debt.
The winter fuel cut is the wrong decision and it needs to be reversed.
@guardian
#LabourConference24
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Workers can't pay for this crisis while profits soar. We can stop this from happening, we have the power in our unions and in our communities. The only way we can fight for a rightful share is by building union strength and the power of collective bargaining.
#DurhamMinersGala
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Now is not the time for unions to be victims, or for us to hurry back to Westminster with our
begging bowls. Instead, we must have real plans to win and build effective resistance as necessary.
Our job is to defend jobs and protect pay and conditions.
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It’s Steve Barclay who is holding the country to ransom. He will have to carry the can if patients suffer because he thinks this is his Thatcher moment. Mr Barclay is in for a “rude awakening” if he refuses to negotiate on pay.
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You don't need a focus group to feel an elderly woman going round on a bus to keep warm. If
@UKLabour
can't feel this, they're in the wrong job. Politicians don't really understand what's going on out there. They're literally disconnected from real life.
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The Dagenham Ford women machinists went on strike 52 years ago with a simple demand - pay women the same rate as men doing the same job.
#EqualPay
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The Felixstowe Dock & Railway Company are an extremely wealthy one that can fully afford to give its workers a pay rise. Instead it chose to give bonanza pay outs to shareholders touching £100 million. Unite will give 100% support to our members. ➡️➡️➡️
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This council needs to make a decision. Our members will get full support from their union.
@unitetheunion
will escalate this. If we have to knock on constituents doors we will. It's time for labour to act like labour. Be the party for workers.
#CovBinStrike
“Coventry Labour council has time and again totally misrepresented the union’s claims for its bin drivers...If we have to escalate, we will escalate and I personally will be getting involved…. our wallet is closed to bad employers.”
@UniteSharon
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🔥 Gatwick Airport bus drivers secure 21.5% pay increase.
This is an excellent pay increase and it delivers on Unite’s commitment to secure a fair day’s pay for its members.
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Wage restraint? How about calling on the UK’s millionaire bosses to show restraint. In the last year of the pandemic, the UK’s top CEO’s hiked their own wages by an average 29% to £2.6 million.
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.
@Harrods
could be the first employer Unite has come across to threaten low-paid staff with the recent government legislation designed to break strikes. Attempts to use this to bully members doesn’t change a thing. Unite is prepared for all eventualities.
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Fiscal rules are self-imposed. You can change the fiscal rules if you want to. In 1945 we had double the debt-to-GDP, more than double we’ve got now, and we built the
#NHS
and the welfare state. We went on to be prosperous.
#LabourConference24
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If Labour attacks our members then we don't support that MP. It's outrageous to give money to someone who's behaving that way.
#UPC2021
#JobsPayConditions
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