Peterborough TUC

Coach pickup from Peterborough - book here: bit.ly/4jAD87K

Peterborough Women’s Festival 7/3/26 at the museum 11-3pm:

Our next meeting is this Thursday at 7pm. It’s soon time to re-affiliate and also nominate for roles for 2026 ready for next month’s AGM - see emails for the relevant forms!

Say no to Palantir in the NHS NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir - fight back

The NHS is under pressure to adopt Palantir software.

Palantir’s founder openly despises the NHS.

You can push back – use our tool to see if your local trust is using the software, then send an email to say no to Palantir
https://goodlaw.social/658abc

The government handed an NHS data contract to Palantir – a spy-tech firm with links to war crimes and deportations.

We’re demanding that the NHS stops using Palantir’s toxic tech.

Find out if your local NHS Trust is using the software and say no to Palantir 👇
https://goodlaw.social/658abc

The disappointment when you replace the peace ribbons a second time but they are immediately cut down and replaced by a Union Flag … 😡😤😪 Here’s a picture of our lovely ribbons moments before they were removed by the “Peterborough Patriots”

Back again on Saturday - plus a planning meeting 6pm on Sunday on Zoom as we gear up for a bigger counter demo in the city centre for Oct 25th morning. Contact us for more info.

Join us this Saturday

A crowd of people gathered, some with placards, with a speaker gazebo in front of them and our PTUC banner displayed beside

Proud to stand together with members of our community to counter-protest the “Peterborough Patriots”. See our latest campaign here: peterboroughtuc.co.uk/2025/09/22/2...

We put @samcarling.bsky.social through his paces tonight at our annual Tom Browning meeting. Thanks for joining us, Sam!

Join us for our Peaceful Peterborough event this Saturday:

Our third Friday outside the Dragonfly Hotel, standing in solidarity with the asylum seekers - we outnumbered the “Peterborough Patriots” 2:1 and will continue to attend until they cease their protests.

Join us this Friday to share peace and solidarity rather than hate and division. 5pm outside the Dragonfly Hotel:

Sign this and let’s get the bill right for workers - thanks @strikemap.org for organising this!

actionnetwork.org/forms/employ...

We co-ordinated the counter-protest at a hotel in Peterborough last week and now need to continue fighting against racism in our city due to more threatened action from “Peterborough Patriots” - please get in touch if you want to join us in standing up for asylum seekers’ rights.

STOP UK HATE FEST - email the Home Office Over 5-6 September, Great Yarmouth is set to host the biggest neo-nazi music festival in over a decade. We’ve stopped gigs like this before, now we need to put pressure on the Home Office to block the...

Please complete this online form to send an email to the Home Office to stop this far right hate festival from taking place in Norfolk: secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/176528/...

Monthly meeting is tonight from 7pm in the Peterborough Unite office or on Zoom - see you then

Billionaires have broken Britain. #MakeThemPay to fix it.

On Saturday 20 September, thousands of us will take to the streets to demand the government:

✅ Tax the super-rich
✅ Protect workers, not billionaires
✅ Make polluters pay

Spread the word today!

Tommy Robinson: Exposing the Lies HOPE not hate has been at the forefront of exposing Tommy Robinson's lies, from his libellous claims against a Syrian refugee to his relentless efforts to evade justice. Our investigations have brough...

HOPE not hate has exposed Tommy Robinson’s lies, from libellous claims against a Syrian refugee to efforts to dodge justice. Our investigations uncovered key evidence that helped ensure he was held to account.

Read more: hopenothate.org.uk/tommy-exposed/

One for your diary:

At a time when many people are having to choose between heating and eating, it’s outrageous for train companies to increase rail fares by more than the rate of inflation.

www.tssa.org.uk/news-and-eve...

ORGREAVE INQUIRY ANNOUNCED!

The government have announced an inquiry will take place into Orgreave. Please see and share our press release. otjc.org.uk/orgreave-tru...

Join us at Burston Strike School in September - see poster for coach and booking details:

We’ve been invited to join this march for women’s rights in Kings Lynn on 9th August:

We will be remembering Srebrenica at our next open meeting on 17th July, from 7pm at the Unite Office.

Have a look at just two of many of our local schools suffering from the lack of education funding. Our children and young people deserve better. Find out more here: schoolcuts.org.uk

Protest and vandalism are not the same as terrorism. It’s a dangerous conflation.

Sign the Petition TAX WEALTH – DON'T CUT DISABILITY SUPPORT

. @richardburgon.bsky.social will be presenting his petition for Wealth Taxes, Not Disability Cuts in Parliament Monday night just hours before vote on Disability Cuts Bill. Over 75,000 have already signed. Let’s get that even higher by Monday! Please sign & share 🙏

www.change.org/p/tax-wealth...

Read our motion on winning a new deal for working people here:

peterboroughtuc.co.uk/2025/06/25/n...

We oppose the disability benefit cuts! Our delegates passed a motion on this key issue earlier this month - read more here: peterboroughtuc.co.uk/2025/06/26/o...