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"We build boats here but we've also built our lives here." The RNLI are closing Fin's boatyard & expect workers to find new jobs on the Isle of Wight or relocate to a more expensive area without financial help. "The behaviour of the RNLI in this dispute has been a disgrace" @unitesharon.bsky.social
The work of the Inquiry – into deceitful ,and possibly criminal, activity by police officers – is far from complete. Will you support the victims of spycops? Take action here: policespiesoutoflives.org.uk/where-we-sta...
💰💰💰 Energy giants are making record profits while households face record bills. 📈 BP's quarterly profits more than doubled to £4.27bn in just three months to the end of June ⏰ Time to tax excessive profits and wealth!
🏦 "It's getting close to as good as it gets" says Jamie Dimon 💰 And well he might. He's an exec at JP Morgan. The big four Wall St banks have raked in nearly £32 billion in net profit in just three months! There IS enough money to go round. Read just how much: www.unitetheunion.org/fandf
🚨BREAKING: BURNHAM ACTS ON SOCIAL CARE🚨 "Britain's social care system has been turned into a cash cow for profiteers making money on the back of suffering. Fixing social care will need a serious plan with real money, that puts workers, pensioners & everyday people first” @unitesharon.bsky.social
💰 “There has never been a better time to be a billionaire” says @forbes.com There are now 3,428 billionaires in the world, up 400 on 2025. Instead of being taxed the super-rich are spanking this wealth on super yachts. There are 210,000 of them bobbing on the sea, costing between $500k & a billion
📣 Tax the rich and renationalise utilities. These are what our supporters told us should be Andy Burnham's new government's priorities. Here's what some of Unite's Executive members say should take priority ⤵️
💰“Extreme wealth sitting idle in the hands of a few can be put to work: reducing inequality, investing in sustainable jobs, strengthening hospitals, schools and social care…” Not us saying it but 120 millionaire supporters of @patmillsuk.bsky.social ⏰ Time for a #Wealthtax
🚨Ulster University is planning to scrap 450 jobs. 😡Terrible news for workers 😡Terrible news for students 😡Terrible news for communities in Northern Ireland 📢You can help: Share & comment on Edward's appeal; contact Ulster University; write to your MP or MLA
⌛ You'd have had to start working in 1896 for the average UK worker to earn the same as the average FTSE100 CEO! 📈 Executive pay went up another 8.6% last year 💰 AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot pocketed £17.7m
🤯2 headlines to blow your mind! 💰Thames CEO trousers a £100k rise And demands clarity on ownership of his company, debt-ridden and accused of pumping sewage into our rivers & seas. 🚰It’s not just bosses who want urgent clarity water ownership. We do too. Will you bring water back into public hands?
🚫"It's always been a melting pot round here." Kay's grandparents fought off Moseley's fascists in Cable Street 90 years ago. Her message to the far right today? "You didn't win then. And you ain't gonna win now!"
Working in a hot kitchen is tough at the best of times - but during a heatwave... 🌡️ As people flock to bars for the world cup, we spoke to a chef about working in extreme heat 🥵 Download our 'Beat the heat' guide: actionnetwork.org/forms/do-you...
GOOD NEWS! (if you’re a CEO) 📈 Profits are booming. Unite analysis of quarterly results shows firms raked in profits of £730 bn! Not bad for just three months. 🏦 The UK's big four banks made profits of £11 bn in that period. Read more in Facts and Figures, from Page 54 www.unitetheunion.org/fandf
“Nigel Farage is no friend of the working class. A privately educated ex-banker who moved from trading in the City to trading in fear. The rise of Reform & Restore is down to Labour's non-delivery. It is time for Labour to deliver. This diversion must not distract from that” @unitesharon.bsky.social
🩺 "The NHS will last as long as there are folk left with faith to fight for it" Nye Bevan ✂️ The #NHS is 78 years old today & Unite is battling cuts to jobs and services to ensure it remains for another 78 years. 📣 Please support us. Sign our petition and get involved cutt.ly/NHSCutsNo
🚨 BREAKING: ITV reveals secret plans to sack striking Birmingham bin workers "This is an absolute abhorrence" @unitesharon.bsky.social "I said at the time (@bhamcitycouncil.bsky.social ended talks) this was either incompetence or sabotage. Now we know it was sabotage" cutt.ly/xt6sINqB
⚡ We need thousands of electricians to install solar panels, windmills, car chargers... So here’s the choice: 🤩 Invest now. Create quality apprenticeships & build the green economy of the future Or 😥 Do it on the cheap. Condemn a generation to unemployment
📈Energy bills go up again today – 13%! 💡That brings average bills to £1,862 and adds roughly £18 a month to your bills ⚡Electricity bills are now 79% higher than in winter 2020/21
🚨 Starmer resigns: "Everyday people are literally on their knees. Labour has one last shot to learn from the errors of the last two years. A failure to act, will result in a doomsday scenario for Labour. In the short term we need policies that make workers’ lives easier." @unitesharon.bsky.social
🤝 The deal to end the Birmingham bins strike is done and waiting to be implemented. @bhamcitycouncil.bsky.social Get the Deal Done!
🚨 Burnham wins in Makerfield: “Britain needs a vision. We must invest in jobs, stop everyday people paying for crisis after crisis. Policies such as capping energy prices, introducing a wealth tax to fund public services & an industrial plan for jobs would be a good start” @unitesharon.bsky.social
What's in the 📦? You won't believe this employers' answer to workplace fatigue! Really!! 👀
🚰 Around 90% of the world’s water is publicly owned - but England and Wales still run on a failed privatised system. The result? Polluted waterways, high bills and a system that isn’t working. 📣 It’s time to end this failed experiment and bring our water back into public hands
📈 Pay rises of up to 27% 🤢 Sick pay schemes ✊ Union recognition Won in: ✈️ Aviation 🎓 Education 🩺 Health 💰 Finance… 💥 Unite members are organising and winning better #JobsPayConditions Read how www.unitetheunion.org/fandf Get a piece of the action join.unitetheunion.org #FightbackFriday
⚡One last question for Ed Miliband: UK Households & businesses pay some of the highest energy costs in Europe. Much of that is driven by profits, which are then distributed to investors in dividends & share buy-backs. Will you take UK energy into public hands to end profiteering & reduce costs?
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MPs are discussing the energy industry this morning. So we’ll be tweeting some questions we think need answering. Feel free to ask your own. 1 Where are the new, green jobs for a ‘just’ transition to green energy Ed Miliband?
3 stories on the water industry. Can you spot the link? 🚰 Thousands without water 💩 Sewage pumped into the sea in a 'storm overflow' during a drought 💰 Record profits How long do we have to put up with this?
⚡ The energy price cap will go up 13% OFGEM announced today 📈 That’s £18 a month. £221 a year 💰 Meanwhile, the UK energy industry reported over £3bn in profits in the first 3 months of 2026 “It’s time to pull the plug on the energy profiteers” @unitesharon.bsky.social Agree? 🗣️Comment & ♻️ Share