@tucneyh.bsky.social
The Trades Union Congress for the North East, Yorkshire, and Humber region. Changing the world of work for good. www.tuc.org.uk/neyh
Productive meeting with Rachel Reeves MP discussing the issues of division promoted by the far right, how the government is trying to reduce the cost of living challenges facing workers in our region and how the Employment Rights Act which will benefit workers and their unions
20.02.2026 14:48 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Great to meet with @ynymayor.bsky.social and Councillor Peter Kilbane in York last week to discuss how the combined authority and trade unions can work together to help the region prosper. And of course, celebrate how brilliant trade unions are #heartunions ❤️
19.02.2026 13:39 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
📣 RESCHEDULED! Reclaim the Night Newcastle & Gateshead
Join us for an evening of solidarity, protest and empowerment!
🪧 Let's raise our union banners and demand an end to violence against women and girls.
Full event details 👇️ fb.me/e/3C3ntP4TQ
Last week we met with Union reps and Officials at BAE Sytems Washington, alongside @paulnowaktuc.bsky.social To discuss the need for good unionised jobs in the North East.
Industries in our region need investment, to protect good unionised jobs in crucial national industries.
Thank you to @fbunational.bsky.social North East region for inviting us to their exec and out to meet their members. Seeing the challeges fire fightera face, and hearing the need for pay reform and real investment.
Our communities deserve a fire service fit for the future!
Thank's to Oliver Coppard for his support for #HeartUnions week, and our work to ensure the voice of working peolple is heard in our region. South Yorkshire is built on unionised jobs!
13.02.2026 15:20 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Day 5 of #HeartUnions week! Joining retail workers with @usdawunion.bsky.social at Tesco in Sheffield. Joining new members up, as we arrived!
13.02.2026 15:12 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A busy day in the #heartunions week! While up in the north of the region we’ve been out on the pickets, down in the south we’ve been with @chrismcdonaldmp.bsky.social highlighting the role of trade unions in securing good green energy jobs ❤️ 🌳 ❤️
12.02.2026 17:55 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Back to basics for day 4 of #heartunions week, joining
@ucunorthumbria.bsky.social members on the picket line ✊
Cutting pay & pensions is bad for staff, bad for students & bad for the city.
Support members by writing to Prof Andy Long, Vice Chancellor 👉 qrcc.me/t5z6wzqmb36u
As #heartunions week reaches day 3, we’re celebrating the fact that trade unions don’t just give workers a voice in the workplace, but in shaping the future of their region too ❤️
11.02.2026 16:22 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🚨This Saturday! Love Newcastle, Hate Racism Unity Rally
⏰12 noon
📍Grey’s Monument, Newcastle NE1 5AF
Join the Unity Rally this Saturday to send a clear message: no to racism in all its forms - refugees are welcome here!
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Day 2 of #heartunions week and we've been out on the streets of Leeds with @unitecommunity.bsky.social spreading the word that unions are for everyone ❤️ And that when we stand together, we stand stronger💪
10.02.2026 15:38 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0🌉 Reclaim the Night Newcastle & Gateshead has been rescheduled!
📢 Join us on Friday 27 March to reclaim our streets, speak out against sexual harassment and demand an end to violence against women and girls!
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Happy #heartunions week! 🩷
We all know unions are brilliant. But this is the week we get to shout even louder about the importance of joining one!
We can't wait to see lots of you out and about across the region! First stop...Unite Office Sheffield 🩷
Its LGBT+ History Month, and this Feburary we need your support for our Save Durham Pride UK Campaign
save-durham-pride.raiselysite.com
#LGBTHistoryMonth #Pride
And that's a wrap! Time to take today's discussions back to our workplaces and communities and organise!
31.01.2026 17:23 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
An afternoon full of important conversations at the NEY&H TUC & @racequalitynetwork.bsky.social Black Workers Conference.
Discussions covered:
✅ Black women sexual harassment in the workplace
✅ Difficult conversations & workplace hostility
✅ Defeating narratives of division
And much more!
The 2026 NEY&H TUC & @racequalitynetwork.bsky.social Black Workers Conference is go!
Great to see delegates from across the region coming together in Bradford to discuss anti-racism, collective power and communities.
"Work related stress is rising fast, and the North cannot afford to ignore it" @tucneyh.bsky.social www.tuc.org.uk/blogs/neyh/w...
15.01.2026 14:26 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Thank you to @organising4achange.bsky.social for inviting me on their Podcast.
As Trade Unionist we build hope among our members, we can and must be ambitious for what we can achieve – listen to our chat about our plans for the @tucneyh.bsky.social;
open.spotify.com/episode/4wFB...
Sheffield University must reverse the threat to lockout UCU members without pay following their legitimate strike action.
Please sign our petition to support our call to overturn this dickensian era approach to industrial relations.
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/no...
Our Regional Secretary @davepikesheff.bsky.social speaking over the weekend at a rally to support @unisonyh.bsky.social members striking over pay at the National Coal Mining Musuem.
Sign our petition to support their call for the Cheid Exex & Trustees to go - www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/ch...
Yesterday I had the honour of representing the @tucneyh.bsky.social at Durham Pride's World Aids Day event.
The politicisation of queer peoples health care, and its impact, is a trade union issue, and solidarity is the answer. Proper funding for HIV/Aids medical intervention must be our demand.
Thank you to the young trade unionists from across our region who came together for our annual Youth Patrol in Sheffield this weekend. Joined by a delegation from @social.verdi.de speaking to hundreads of young workers across the city, about their rights and why they should join a union
01.12.2025 17:38 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Thank you to @ucu.org.uk members at Sheffield University for welcoming us on their picket lines this morning. Solidarity in their fight against redundancies.
Managment meed to stop playing games and make meaningful offers.
Victory to UCU members in Sheffield!
A moving statement of solidarity with the Trans community to mark Trans Day of Rememberence.
Thank you to Alex Summerson from the NEU, and our regions LGBT+ seat holder for expressing our message on this important day of commemeration.
#TransgenderDayOfRemembrance #transrightsarehumanrights
Victory to @ucu.org.uk members at Sheffield Hallam & University of Sheffield
Management must wake up and listen to staff, vanity projects and six figure salaries wont cut it!
Our universities are a economic lynchpin for our region, and an engine of social mobility
Solidarity to UCU members!
As the nights get darker, the Earth will turn back toward the sun.
But the darkness that fuels violence against women and girls won’t fade on its own.
It’s time to act to reclaim the Night, and reclaim our lives.
#saferwestyorkshire#women#ReclaimTheNight
Asbestos Support and Campaign Group marks ten years of life-changing support
22.10.2025 14:28 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0 No woman should have to risk harassment or assault to earn a living.
#Reclaimthenight #WomenEmpowerment
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