Kiri Tunks

TOGETHER Alliance Toolkit [LIVE] The Together Alliance is made up of hundreds of civil society organisations representing over 7 million people. We’re backed by thousands of everyday people from all over the country who’ve put their…

Access the toolkit for templates, resources + more to get your workplace talking: bit.ly/mobilisation-toolkit

From St Albans to St Asaph, we need everyone to know what we’re marching for and how they can join us.

Today marks a major milestone. Figures show the number of homicides of young people under-25 were the lowest this century.

Data also shows homicides of young people were three times higher when we were set up than they are today.

🔗Read more: bit.ly/49yotoS

Later this month, join us for a Women-only tour of the Marx Memorial Library & workshop on Annie Mills, the little-known activist of the National Unemployed Workers' Movement.

🗓️ Wednesday 28th January 6pm
📍 Marx Memorial Library
🎟️ bit.ly/FiLiAAnnieMillsMML

#UnionsForWomen #London

#OtD 21 Dec 1916 Mexican-American strike leader, Emma Tenayuca, was born in San Antonio. Most famously, she led a successful strike of 12,000 pecan-shelling women in 1938 stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9359...

Insightful 🧵on Government #VAWG strategy from @filiacharity.bsky.social - things to welcome and things to work for...

Insightful 🧵on Government #VAWG strategy from @filiacharity.bsky.social - things to welcome and things to work for...

👇👇❤️❤️👊👊

Are you interested how the budget will impact women and gender equality? Join our discussion tomorrow at 10am online.

Tickets still available - get yours now 👇

www.wbg.org.uk/event/autumn...

#MVAWG accounts for at least 15.8% of all recorded crime, has been declared a national threat and the Gov't has committed to halving this within 10 years.

In Making Policy Work for Women, we made several recommendations to Gov't📑➡️ bit.ly/FiLiA-Making-Policy-Work-For-Women

#16Days #16DaysOfActivism

Really looking forward to this. Spaces limited so book early! #UnionsForWomen #AnnieMills

Sir Lenny Henry and Paloma Faith lead celebs backing anti far-right campaign TOGETHER, an alliance of campaigners, unions and civil society groups, is being launched to counter the rise of Reform and street protests led by far-right agitator Tommy Robinson

"TOGETHER, an alliance of campaigners, unions and civil society groups, is being launched today to counter the rise of Reform and street protests led by far-right agitator Tommy Robinson." @dailymirrornews.bsky.social www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

March TOGETHER on 28th March

London

Stand up to the Far-Right

For more info and updates see
@togetheralliance.bsky.social

#TogetherAlliance

Unity is stronger than division.

That’s why we’ve formed Together Alliance with 50+ organisations and thousands of individuals — all pushing back against the far right.

#Together we show where this country really stands.
Join us: togetheralliance.org.uk

Read our round-up of union activity in the UK and from around the world, including recent Labour impacts on workers, more on the Birmingham bin strikes, and fashion brands exposed by Amnesty International.
www.pcs.org.uk/news-events/...

Violence against women is a trade union issue IT IS clear from a casual search that unions in Britain understand that violence against women is endemic. Many union websites provide easily accessible guidance, toolkits and model policies.

#VAWG is a trade union issue... ‘the trade union movement itself – still need to take the crisis of violence against women more seriously’.

@kiritunks.bsky.social of the FiLiA TU Women’s Network writes for @mstaronline.bsky.social for #IDEVAW & the #16Days

morningstaronline.co.uk/article/viol...

General Council Statement on tackling and preventing sexual harassment Trade unions have played a vital role in highlighting the scale and impact of sexual harassment in the workplace. We have pioneered research on the issue, and led campaigns to change the law, laying t...

But words only go so far and mean nothing if trade unions don't also tackle the issues so prevalent in the movement. The @tuc.org.uk
General Council Statement outlines steps unions should take. What has your union done? www.tuc.org.uk/general-coun... #16DaysOfActivism /3

FiLiA Trade Union Women's Network — FiLiA

The latest
@filiacharity.bsky.social
Trade Union Women's Network newsletter has links to a good sample of policies and actions that unions already have on challenging sexual harassment, abuse and violence. You can sign up here to the network here www.filia.org.uk/filia-trade-... /2

Violence against women is a trade union issue IT IS clear from a casual search that unions in Britain understand that violence against women is endemic. Many union websites provide easily accessible guidance, toolkits and model policies.

Good to see
@mstaronline.bsky.social
has a good cluster of articles to mark #16DaysOfActivism and the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. My contribution on why violence against women and girls is a trade union issue. morningstaronline.co.uk/article/viol... /1

Fabulous thread and photos from the
@filiacharity.bsky.social
parliamentary launch of FiLiA's excellent new report Making Policy work for Women. Link to report here t.co/Y7BufYXZgk

The #FiLiA newsletter is out now, with an update on the next conference in #Blackpool, our event in Parliament, our new research project, a @filiahaguemums.bsky.social campaign and more!

🔗 mailchi.mp/filia/next-conference-in-blackpool-first-parliamentary-event-and-more

#Sisterhood & #Solidarity

A great reception and a really great report into why policy isn't working for women and what FiLiA projects are doing to put that right. Congratulations! ♥️✊

Since forever, women's needs and rights have been ignored by policy makers. Read the
@filiacharity.bsky.social
report 'Making Policy Work for Women' and join us in taking action. bit.ly/FiLiA-Making...

Fantastic launch of the FiLiA Womens Assembly in Parliament today & report, Making Policy Work for Women.

Thanks to @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social for sponsoring us & all who came for the enthusiastic reception @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social

Read the report: bit.ly/FiLiA-Making-Policy-Work-For-Women

RMT warns of widespread welfare failures leaving women transport workers without safe toilet access RMT today exposed widespread failures in welfare provision for transport workers, with new survey evidence and frontline testimony showing that women in particular are being denied safe, clean and acc...

RMT warns of widespread welfare failures leaving women transport workers without safe toilet access

Coinciding with UN World Toilet Day, RMT is highlighting inadequate welfare for provision for transport workers.
rmtunion.org/47ZiM2t

Fighting for Women's Liberation in 2025

@mstaronline.bsky.social
Conference in Glasgow

Sunday 30th November, 12-4pm

Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/morning-st...

Clydebank TUC Public Meeting on the Far Right's manipulation of the issues around women and children's safety, including grooming gangs, upsurge in racism, how to respond. Monday 24th November, 7pm Clydebank

Women's Liberation Alliance webinar:

Violence Against Women and the Mainstreaming of the Far Right,

Tuesday 25th November, 7-9pm

#16Days
#antiracism
#EndVAWG
#VAWG

Register here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/violence-a...

Support the Phlebotomists - on strike for 236 days - the longest strike in NHS history.

All they're asking for is the right pay for the job. Other Trusts have stepped up, time for Gloucestershire NHS Foundation Trust to do the right thing.

Rally today Shire Hall, Gloucester GL1 2TG ✊💜