🍎 #ThrowbackThursday – Orchard Branch Style 🍎 Remember 2019? Snow, thermals, and the sweet sound of car horns outside the hospital gates? When Orchard Branch members stood shoulder-to-shoulder on the picket lines and showed Stormont that healthcare workers don’t bluff — we win.

Voting starts today, look out for your ballot paper.

...while his hosts murdered more school children in Gaza.

How can we organise for safer workplaces? How do we challenge? We need a Health & Safety system fit for Purpose. UNISON reps will be finding out at the TUC Health and Safety Seminar today in Leeds. Find out more about H&S at work 👇 buff.ly/BL66xmr

#WASPI hit three front pages this morning with the news of the Government U-Turn on its defence for not paying compensation for the lack of notice we received. Considerable new coverage last night and this morning on radio and TV.

Male violence against women is an endemic problem in NI and we need action, not promises from Stormont. I've signed this petition to stand up against men's violence towards women - will you sign too? my.actnowni.org/petitions/stan… via Act Now

236 days strong ✊ UNISON's Christina McAnea, TUC's Paul Nowak and union leaders joined striking phlebotomists on Gloucester rally for fair pay. Christina praised the striking workers’ courage and determination and called on hospital bosses to pay the ‘right rate for the job’

NIC ICTU Mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls 2025. WHERE’S OUR SAFE LEAVE? RALLY FOR SAFE LEAVE: 25 NOVEMBER AT 12.30, OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS, STORMONT. NIC ICTU BelfastTradesCouncil NICVA Equity Human Rights Consortium NI

NIC ICTU Mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls 2025 NUJ Belfast & District Branch derrynorthwestnuj NIC ICTU NICVA Human Rights Consortium NI BelfastTradesCouncil Craigavon TC

For those wondering, sunrise times will keep getting slightly later until the end of the month. The winter solstice on December 21 marks the shortest day of the year, after which daylight gradually begins to increase.

Francesca Albanese - "I will not be silenced till I will have breath in my lungs. I will continue to advocate for justice. Not as a lawyer, not as the special rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territory but as a mother, I cannot accept as a mother that this is normalized"

Our first speaker is Kevin Lucas, head of the national strategic organising unit, on how we can use organising to win to strengthen the union and win for members. We've seen tremendous success with OtW in the pay fair for patient care campaign. ✊ #UNPD26

Next we have Mavreen speaking on the migrant worker campaign. The campaign aims to improve the conditions and treatment of migrants workers. #UNPD26

Great speech by Angela Rayner to the Labour🌹Unions event at the Pitman’s Parliament in Durham on the Employment Rights Act and challenging right wing populism

“8 in 10 people believe that everyone should be able to access a trade union in their workplace for help with employment issues 99% of The SDLP 96% of Sinn Féin 92% of Alliance Party voters along with 6 in 10 DUP & Ulster Unionist Party voters. LucidTalk polled 2,975

This is a game changer for workers in NI. Voters in all parties want stronger workers rights+betters rights for TUs to organise+bargain. The people lead politicians must act! I anticipate the sentiment is the same in ROI. We need to ensure an uplift for ALL workers on the island

99% of The SDLP 96% of Sinn Féin 92% of Alliance Party 61% of DUP 60% Ulster Unionist Party voters.

💬 “Hard-pressed NHS staff will be downright angry at another below-inflation pay award.” UNISON says today’s announcement leaves workers feeling ignored and undervalued. Read more ⬇️ unison.org.uk/news/2026/02/n…

In an advance for the peace process, Colombia's govt has extended regional development programmes - created to address the roots of conflict - by ten years. This ensures the agreement's benefits continue to reach the communities that most need them. justiceforcolombia.org/petro-governme…