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Paddy Magill

@padraigpostal.bsky.social

CWU- Standing Orders Committee. Likes Liverpool FC, Celtic. 'Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?'

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We Own It@weownit.org.uk · 11h ago

Water companies in England prioritised shareholders over customers for years. Now we're all paying the price. Enough is enough. Water in 90% of the rest of the world is publicly owned. It’s time to end the failed ideological experiment, and bring England’s water into public ownership.

Reform Gaming Now@reformgamingnow.bsky.social · 21h ago

An u[date from the IWGB about the ongoing effort by Rockstar workers to organize in the UK! Their lawsuit against Rockstar is still ongoing, so support them if you can: actionnetwork.org/fundraising/... bsky.app/profile/iwgb...

Support Rockstar Workers Fighting Unfair Dismissals!

Last week over 30 members of staff at Grand Theft Auto VI developer Rockstar were fired en masse in a “calculated attack on workers”. The IWGB described Rockstar’s actions as ‘the most blatant and rut...

actionnetwork.org

IWGB@iwgbunion.bsky.social · 2d ago

Rockstar workers in @gameworkers.co.uk are determined to push union recognition over the line by whatever means necessary, so we can continue making progress on our key aims: an end to ‘crunch’, pay transparency, flexible working, and commitments to no AI or layoffs. 1/5

Prem Sikka@premnsikka.bsky.social · 18h ago

Palantir paid just £2m corporation tax in UK in 2024 despite £247m revenue, £25.3m profit. Doesn't pay much anywhere, effective global tax rate is 1.4% Shifts profits through intragroup transactions, enjoys tax breaks. UK Govt rewarding it with public contracts, enriching execs & shareholders.

Palantir paid just £2m corporation tax in UK in 2024 despite lucrative public sector contracts

Software group benefits from global systems and accounting practices ‘that enable tax to be shirked’, says union boss

theguardian.com

LabourStart@labourstart.bsky.social · 2d ago

04-08-1934 COSTA RICA: Over 100,000 workers from 30 separate unions declared the Great Banana Strike. The workers won concessions which the United Fruit Co refused to implement. Guerrilla action followed as strike leaders took to the jungle. growjungles.com/united-fruit...

united-fruit-company-in-costa-rica | GrowJungles

GrowJungles manages 5 data types including projects. Helps you organize, track, and share your work in 1 place for teams and solo users.

growjungles.com

Lizzi Collinge MP@lizzicollinge.bsky.social · 3d ago

This is a great piece, which acknowledges that mass attempts at entering Ceuta are nothing new, shows how this event happened and which actually acknowledges the tragedy of the poor people who drowned.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · 3d ago

Good BBC piece by Sarah Rainsford on what we do & don't know about the causes and consequences of the flashpoint crisis in Ceuta She opens with the 72 deaths: a death toll of this scale has been largely treated as an incidental detail in a news event + political clash www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

United Tech & Allied Workers@utaw.tech · 5d ago

"Collective action is our best enforcer of rights, not the courts. Using the same muscle trained in workplace action, we can project power into the political arena to change laws to our collective benefit. We have no option other than to get organising. It’s the only way the working class can win."

United Tech & Allied Workers@utaw.tech · 5d ago

"The overburdening of the tribunal system is not due to a surplus of rights but rather the decline of unions and their power in the workplace over the past 40 years. We have the opportunity to rebuild and reverse that decline, and we must sieze it."

United Tech & Allied Workers@utaw.tech · 5d ago

Our branch secretary Duncan wrote about the limits of legalism and why organising is the way forward for workers, have a read: utaw.tech/news/anti-le...

“Can my boss do [bad thing]?” is a question often asked by workers to their union reps. It’s an important question – one of our tasks as a union is to ensure we understand our rights as workers. It should be rephrased though, because people and organisations can and do breach workers rights and behave in all sorts of ways they shouldn’t. The real question is “what can we do when my boss does [bad thing]?”. A right is as good as our ability to enforce it.

utaw.tech

Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · 6d ago

538,659 votes cast in Greater Manchester: 25% turnout (just over 2 million eligible) in this by-election, compared to 32% turnout (663k) when this coincided with the May 2024 local elections www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...

Greater Manchester mayoral by-election: Counting under way in contest

The contest was triggered when now-Prime Minister Andy Burnham stood down from the role following his election as an MP last month. Results are expected later today.

bbc.co.uk

@caromackzie.bsky.social · 6d ago

My feelings exactly!! Great show! After years of listening, was great to see everyone and, agree, even better in person!🙂 below for different Binface angle...🗑

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Co-operative Party@coopparty.party.coop · last wk.

Infantino's moves to sell stakes in the World Cup to private investors threaten the beautiful game. We don't think fans should pay the price for private greed in sports. Co-sign our letter to FIFA if you agree. ✏️ party.coop/campaign/fifa

Co-sign our letter: Tell FIFA the World Cup isn’t for sale

FIFA is planning to sell stakes in the World Cup to private investors. Tell President Infantino now that football belongs to the fans – and the World Cup isn't for sale.

party.coop

Clara Hill@claraish.bsky.social · last wk.

Of course, taking Rockstar to court for sacking 31 workers without warning is about the human cost outlined by my comrade Will right here but we are also fighting for the right to organise at work! We need your money to do this David and Goliath battle!!!!! actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...

Support Rockstar Workers Fighting Unfair Dismissals!

Last week over 30 members of staff at Grand Theft Auto VI developer Rockstar were fired en masse in a “calculated attack on workers”. The IWGB described Rockstar’s actions as ‘the most blatant and rut...

actionnetwork.org

IWGB@iwgbunion.bsky.social · last wk.

Listen to fired Rockstar worker Will Masilane detail how losing his job meant losing the life he had built in Edinburgh, with his girlfriend and his beloved dogs Abby and Lonnie The four of them had made the move to the Scottish capital from Australia two and half years prior.

Prem Sikka@premnsikka.bsky.social · 2w ago

England water bosses’ pay rises despite bonus ban - public fury over bills & pollution. All circumventing rules, reclassifying bonuses as retention payments, making payments through other companies in the group. Govt was forewarned. Why no enforcement, fines, prosecutions?

Water bosses’ pay rises despite bonus ban and public fury over bills and pollution

Exclusive: Eight companies expect to be covered by the ban for 2025-26, the Guardian can reveal

theguardian.com