Andy Pike

You do not defeat the far-right by moving to the right.

You do not defeat the far-right by moving to the right.

You do not defeat the far-right by moving to the right.

You do not defeat the far-right by moving to the right.

You do not defeat the far-right by moving to the right.

In the 12 months leading up to September 2023, there were 13,600 equal pay claims made in the UK.

In 2024, workers at five of the UK's largest supermarkets, Asda, Tesco, Morrisons, Sainsbury's and the Co-op, were pursuing equal pay cases.

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Some of the Ford machinists on the picket line. They are white women and are carrying banner that include "equal pay for equal work"

The laws were passed in May 1970 but did not come into effect until December 1975, giving employers time to prepare. One of the triggers for the laws was the 1968 Ford machinists strike.

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1975 advert showing a man and a woman both dressing shop dummies. Headline reads "after 29 December it will be against the law for Jill to be paid less than Jack"

#OnThisDay, 29 Dec 1975, the Sex Discrimination and Equal Pay Acts came into effect in the UK. These made it unlawful to discriminate based on sex or marital status, and made it a requirement to pay men and women equally for equal work.

#WomenInHistory #History #WomensHistory 🗃️

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UK Still Taxes the Poorest More Than the Richest - Equality Trust New data from the Office for National Statistics shows that the poorest 10% of households in the UK are still paying a higher proportion of their income in tax than the richest.

UK's regressive tax system.
Poorest 10% of households paid 48% of income in tax; richest 10% paid 39%.

Poorest 10% paying 12% of income in VAT; richest 10% pay 3%.

Council tax: Poorest 10% paying 7%; richest 10% pay 1.2%.

No govt plans to end inequity.
equalitytrust.org.uk/news/press-r...

The destruction in Dahieh, Beirut Lebanon is insane. This is what Israel does.

Lama Al-Arian / IG

I did not feel the rain this morning!

I live in Clare, I'm not an FF voter personally. However, I would have a lot of respect for Timmy Dooley. He took political risks supporting the Repeal Campaign when many here didn't, he has consistently opposed the Far Right and racism. Loughrey is a less than useful idiot.

Info for members – what happens now? Your colleagues, the elected representatives of Fórsa members in the Health & Welfare division, will meet to decide the next steps. This includes what type of industrial action (up to and including strike action) will happen and when. 3 weeks’ notice has to be given for industrial action in health services. Members will be emailed directly with updates. ******** Well done to you all for the protests and the ballot turnout. The determination to fight for what’s right is incredible.

🚨93.6% voted YES for industrial action in the ballot on the HSE Pay & Numbers Strategy.

Well done to you all for the lunchtime protests and the ballot turnout. The determination to fight for what’s right is incredible.

What happens now? 👇🏿

No surprise

Over the weekend, a lot of people were angry at how a disability support worker was treated by Simon Harris. He apologised.

But in reality, workers like her are still fighting for equal pay.
And they are still not being treated fairly by the government.

Here's the backstory:

Today is International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls.

I won’t stop campaigning and voting and advocating for survivors until every woman and girl is safe from male violence

Proud to represent a party that will start by halving violence against women

Belfast this coming Saturday
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We've launched the UNEE partnership at an event hosted by
@stephmcgovern.bsky.social

We outlined our commitment to work with our partners to drive growth in the North East & expand access to higher education.

www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articl...

#WeAreNCL

Slow. Clap.

Word of the day is ‘sequaciousness’ (16th century): the slavish and reckless following of another person in matters of thought or opinion.

Trump’s talk of tariffs raises fears of hit to economies worldwide Tariffs on Mexican, Canadian and Chinese goods threaten not just those nations but global economic growth

Trump’s talk of tariffs raises fears of hit to economies worldwide

Hi, I’m God.

Vaccines save lives.

Love,

God

Raise your hand if you’re totally okay with sending Elon Musk to Mars. ✋

On Elon Musk’s repeated attacks on Keir Starmer’s government Sky’s @samcoatessky.bsky.social rightly points out

“If we were talking about a figure close to the Kremlin or the government in Moscow we would be asking the question whether this was foreign interference”

@sophyridge.bsky.social

Hi surprised, welcome to the consequences of your actions.

Today we pay tribute to one of the greats: Emilio Gabaglio.

General Secretary of the ETUC from 1991-2003.

A life in the service of the trade union movement: www.etui.org/publications...

Andrew Tate got banned from Bluesky in less than one day.

Another reason things are so much better here than Twitter.

Remind me why we have a housing crisis....

Still finding my way around here, its proving to be a nice experience. The absence of hatred is very welcome, as is active and balanced moderation. I could get to like this !

I heard that Andrew Tate tried to come stretch his awkward wings here and got banned in just one day.

Sorry, hate has no home here. Stay in the bad place, thanks.

Case is significant for all unions with DAS / check off agreements with employers