@gawainlittle.bsky.social
General Secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions. @gftu.bsky.social gftu.org.uk
SIF Executive Board member, Dr Orlando Mardner, has written a powerful article as we mark Black History Month. In his own words he describes his lived experiences of being a black security worker.
You can read more here 👇
sif.org.uk/being-black-...
Promotional poster for a town hall event on 24 November featuring Sarah Woolley and Gawain Little from the GFTU. Details at gftuet.org.uk/friends.
🚨 Join our first-ever Virtual Town Hall
✅ Speak with @gftu.org.uk's @gawainlittle.bsky.social & @sarahwoolley1.bsky.social, receive updates on our work + live Q+A.
Become a #Friend: https://gftuet.org.uk/friends
🔗 RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/friends-of-gftuet-townhall
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Promotional poster for the GFTU Educational Programme 2025-26, for October, featuring a schedule of courses and guest speakers. Events include lectures on trade unions, politics in the labor movement, new trade order, militarisation, and arms industry. The poster includes images of several speakers and the GFTU Educational Trust logo at the top. Instructions for registration are provided at the bottom.
Join us in October🍂
🔴 Empowering Workers | @ieruk.bsky.social
🔴 Politics and Parliament | @gawainlittle.bsky.social
🔴 Political Economy International School sessions 1 & 2
🔴 YMDW
Sign up before places run out: https://gftuet.org.uk/education
#GFTUET
Our general secretary, @gawainlittle.bsky.social , and our president, @sarahwoolley1.bsky.social , at this afternoon's ¡Viva la Solidaridad! Stand with Latin America Against Trump hosted by Arise festival.
#GFTU #InternationalSolidarity #Solidarity
We are writing to you in support of ASLEF members in relation to your vile victimisation of a trade union member who raised health and safety concerns with you. After 73 days of action, which have seen growing support for the unfairly victimised trade union member, we are urging you to reinstate the member affected and to end this dispute now. Trade union activity, including raising vital health and safety concerns, is fundamental to the role of effective trade unions in the workplace.The actions of Hull Trains management could damage safety culture across the rail industry. Today, on 29 August, we stand in solidarity and will be encouraging our members to join the solidarity rally. We will continue to use the full power and ‘weight’ of our movement to make sure Hull Trains is held to account for these actions. We urge you to reinstate the colleague affected and ensure an end to escalating levels of action and wider campaigning from our whole movement.
We look forward to you doing the right thing by your staff, commuters who use your trains, and the wider community. We stand in solidarity with all trade union members at Hull Trains. Yours Sincerely
BREAKING 🚨 | 30 trade unions have written to Hull Trains warning their actions could damage safety culture across the rail industry.
Our movement is united in rejecting attacks on union members.
We stand with all @aslefunion.bsky.social members.
Read & share the letter👇
#StrikeMap
The General Federation of Trade Unions @gftu.org.uk will be giving its full support to this solidarity rally. Victory to the Hull Trains strikers!
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Dear Donna I am writing to you to offer congratulations on your election as General Secretary of the Association of Educational Psychologists (AEP) on behalf of the General Federation of Trade Unions (GFTU). We have a long and proud history working closely with the AEP, most recently supporting the historic industrial action taken by all members. We know the vital role that Educational Psychologists play within our whole society, from supporting those affected by trauma, to supporting the most vulnerable in our communities. We look forward to welcoming you at the next GFTU executive meeting and continuing our close working relationship together. If you need anything from the GFTU, please do not hesitate to get in touch with us. Good luck and congratulations again, you will be excellent. In solidarity
Our general secretary, @gawainlittle.bsky.social , has sent this letter to Donna Wiggett, congratulating her on her recent election as general secretary of our affiliate, @aepsychologists.bsky.social.
#GFTU #Solidarity
And that’s a wrap 🎬
A fantastic two days with education officers from trade unions, at Quorn Grange .
✊Activist education and development
🖥️ @ericblanc.bsky.social on ‘Worker to Worker’ trainings
🍿Showing of the film ‘UNION’
👀Sneak peak at our new programme
#GFTUET #GFTU #TUed #Education
🚨BREAKING | CODIR has condemned Israel's military attack on Iran as outrageous.
"This action is not only a provocation in the Middle East but a threat to world peace.” - @gawainlittle.bsky.social.
Read the full press release: gftu.org.uk/codir-condem...
#GFTU #CODIR
Our GS, @gawainlittle.bsky.social, addressing the #BGCM2025 at the end of #Day2.
"The measure of our trade unionism is the #Solidarity we show to disputes and I am proud that GFTU has been at the forefront of coordinating solidarity from other unions for #BirminghamBinStrike".
#BGCM #GFTU
Our GS, @gawainlittle.bsky.social, along with many other leaders has signed the below letter to Colombian governmental authorities over recent threats against a number of trade unionists who have worked with @jfcolombia.bsky.social.
We support organised labour in Colombia and offer #Solidarity.
“An attack on low paid workers is an attack on all of us."
Billy and John, striking bin workers, addressing yesterday's @pcsunion.bsky.social conference in #Brighton
The solidarity tour continues. Victory to the bin workers!
#BirminghamBinStrike #StrikeMap
youtu.be/BAwf5zTCfjE
Our GS, @gawainlittle.bsky.social , has joined the Birminham bin strikers this morning. The strike is solid with over 100 on the picket and nothing moving in and out.
🌹Solidarity to the #BirminghamBinStrikers
#BirminghamBinStrike #BrumBinStrike #StrikeMap
"This dispute isn't just about one group of workers, which is why it's so vitally important that the whole movement rallies behind them."
🎧Listen to @sarahwoolley1.bsky.social on why @bfawu.bsky.social have signed the letter to Angela Rayner and Cllr John Cotton.
#BirminghamBinStrike #StrikeMap
GFTU is proud to be a signatory to this letter in support of the #Birmingham Bin Strikers. Their dispute is crucial to the fight against cuts and to protect workers' standard of living. That is why the whole movement supports them.
#Solidarity #GFTU @unitetheunion.bsky.social @gftu.org.uk
The full text of this letter can be read by clicking the link in the post: https://bit.ly/BrumBinStrikeLetter
The full text of this letter can be read by clicking the link in the post: https://bit.ly/BrumBinStrikeLetter
The full text of this letter can be read by clicking the link in the post: https://bit.ly/BrumBinStrikeLetter
BREAKING 🚨| 25 unions, representing over 1 million workers, have written to Angela Rayner MP and Cllr John Cotton to stop cuts in #Birmingham.
The movement is behind the #BirminghamBinStrikers
Read the the letter in full: bit.ly/BrumBinStrik...
#StrikeMap #BrumBinStrike
"Every time Farage votes against improving our rights at work and in favour of deregulation and privatisation, they're about dividing communities, pitting worker against worker, while the rich get richer."
@gawainlittle.bsky.social at Tyne & Wear #MayDay.
#MayDay2025 #ReformUK #GFTU
Our general secretary, @gawainlittle.bsky.social , at today’s Tyne and Wear #MayDay2025 rally.
Solidarity with all workers this #MayDay bank holiday weekend 🚩
#GFTU
"Solidarity greetings to all the #BirminghamBinStrikers. Join our Megapicket on 9 May."
@gawainlittle.bsky.social, @gftu.org.uk.
🪧Join the #Birmingham Megapicket on 9 May, Lifford Lane Depot, B30 3JJ.
Tell us you are coming 👉 bit.ly/BrumMegapick...
#StrikeMap
Our GS, @gawainlittle.bsky.social spoke at the Manchester #IWMD event along with Emma Runswick, Suzanne Humphries of @thompsons.law and Alison Treacher, Northwest @unitetheunion.bsky.social Organiser.
"Even one death due to work is one death too many."
Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpjE...
#GFTU
Happy International Workers' Day to all workers across the world.
We have nothing to lose but our chains!
#MayDay #MayDay2025 #iwd2025 #GFTU
🔥 PACKED public meeting in #Birmingham
Why we should back the bin workers ✊🗑️
Solidarity to the #BirminghamBinStrikers
#BrumBinStrike
🔥Our Political course was so popular, it's back for a second time
Workshops with @gawainlittle.bsky.social and @johnmcdonnellmp.bsky.social .
✊ Learn how unions can influence the political process.
🚨 Sign up whilst places last - gftuet.org.uk/courses/political-course
#GFTUET
“We need an end to the austerity that keeps our children in poverty, that keeps our families in poverty and that shuts off future progress for future generations.”
@gawainlittle.bsky.social at yesterday's #MakeEqualityReal petition hand in.
#AntiAusterity #GFTU
Dear Matt I am writing to you to offer congratulations on your election as General Secretary of the NASUWT on behalf of the General Federation of Trade Unions (GFTU). We are clear that we support all those that work in education, including all members of NASUWT, especially with the significant challenges the sector faces. We have really valued the involvement of the NASUWT in the Make Equality Real campaign and look forward to working with you further. We share your commitment and dedication to ensuring the trade union movement works hard to deliver on workers’ rights and on building trade union strength. This is undoubtedly an area where GFTU and NASUWT could work more closely in the future. If you need anything from the GFTU, please do not hesitate to get in touch with me. In solidarity Gawain Little General Secretary General Federation of Trade Unions (GFTU)
Our general secretary, @gawainlittle.bsky.social , has just written to Matt Wrack on his election as General Secretary of @nasuwt-official.bsky.social.
Read the full letter below 👇 #GFTU
Today, the #MakeEqualityReal campaign went to Parliament to hand in our petition and meet with MPs.
⏰It’s time for a commission to commence the socio-economic duty & help end austerity.
Thank you @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social for hosting and all the MPs that joined us.
#AntiAusterity
Our @gftu.bsky.social #SummerSchool is heating up 🔥
@tajali1.bsky.social, @sarahwoolley1.bsky.social, @hodderandy.bsky.social, @gawainlittle.bsky.social, @hwanheebae.bsky.social, @redrunswick.bsky.social, @cwunews.bsky.social, @pcsunion.bsky.social
🚨Join us: gftuet.org.uk/courses/gftu...
#GFTUET
15/04/2025 Dear Joanne I am writing to you to offer congratulations on your election as General Secretary of USDAW on behalf of the General Federation of Trade Unions (GFTU). It is a fantastic achievement to be the first ever woman elected to the role of General Secretary of USDAW. We agree with you that the strength of our great movement is in our members and workplace reps, their solidarity and that comradeship is really important. We wish you every success in this new role, and want to put on record the GFTU is always hear for you and all USDAW members. If you need anything from the GFTU, please do not hesitate to get in touch with us. In solidarity Gawain Little General Secretary General Federation of Trade Unions (GFTU)
Our general secretary, @gawainlittle.bsky.social, has just written to @joannethomas.bsky.social, congratulating her on a historic election.
The first ever woman General Secretary of
@usdawunion.bsky.social
Read the letter in full below 👇
#GFTU
“The Employment Rights Bill, whilst welcome, is already watered down from the original New Deal for Working People."
@gawainlittle.bsky.social
Read and share this article in today's @mstaronline.bsky.social
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/mini...
#EmploymentRightsBill #GFTU
Yes to workers’ rights, no to the far right: join the May Day march
Read and share Mary's article on why you should join our march and demonstration, in today's @mstaronline.bsky.social: morningstaronline.co.uk/article/yes-...
#MayDay #MayDay2025 #LondonMayDay #LDNMayDay
