Kiri Tunks

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 ✊💜

FiLiA Trade Union Women's Network — FiLiA

Seems like a good time to plug the
@filiacharity.bsky.social
Trade Union Women's Network again. Join us to make unions work for women www.filia.org.uk/filia-trade-...

"If we don’t acknowledge biological women, then rape, sexual violence, domestic abuse, false marriage, female genital mutilation, honour killings, the gender pay gap & so on are not recognised as crimes against women. The labour and TU movements have got this desperately wrong.”

Communists will fight for recognition of women’s sex-based rights across trade unions, party congress agrees THE Communist Party agreed to “develop a strategy… to reverse gender identity policy capture in the trade union movement” at its weekend congress.Mary Davis of Hackney & Tower Hamlets branch welco...

"THE Communist Party agreed to “develop a strategy… to reverse gender identity policy capture in the trade union movement” at its weekend congress." Great to see this position agreed by Communist party. morningstaronline.co.uk/article/comm... #UnionsForWomen

Strikes led by women deserve universal support PHLEBOTOMISTS at Gloucestershire Hospitals have been on strike since March 17. As of this week, at more than 200 days, that makes it the longest strike in NHS history.Not that you would really know fr...

"Is this dispute not getting either the profile or support it deserves because we are talking mainly about women workers?"

Roger McKenzie on @unison.org.uk strike by NHS phlebotomists. morningstaronline.co.uk/article/stri... #UnionsForWomen

The photo shows PCS General Secretary Fran Heathcote standing to address the PCS women's seminar in Birmingham today.

PCS General Secretary Fran Heathcote had inspiring words for delegates to our women’s seminar in Birmingham today: “It’s all about giving women the confidence and support to get involved in their union and think they can do this and encourage them."
#PCSEquality25

Child poverty rates across the UK. 31% in England and Wales, 23% in Scotland and 24% in Northern Ireland.

The two-child limit is the main driver of child poverty across the UK. We urge the Chancellor to act in the Budget and in the upcoming child poverty strategy.

The autumn Budget is the moment to act – for every child, in every nation.

UK to announce plans to emulate stringent Danish immigration system Shabana Mahmood’s proposals draw scorn from some Labour MPs, while others want government to go further

🚨 The Government has announced plans to emulate Denmark's harsh asylum system - widely recognised for its cruel and harmful approach.

For some Danish politicians, the openly stated goal is 'zero asylum-seekers'.

This should alarm us all.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... 1/🧵

"Our members have a right to feel safe and valued at work.

"Women and girls have a right to travel without fear.

"And the public deserves a transport system where safety is a priority not an inconvenient afterthought." @rmtunion.bsky.social GS Eddie Dempsey