Kemi Badenoch knows someone who is having a lovely gap year in Rwanda.

Phew, that’s put my mind at ease then.

Presumably they also have a British passport, a home to return to, a return ticket, a few bob, and aren’t fleeing persecution or war?

Important move by FDA union

This government may consider it appropriate to play fast & loose with international law & the Civil Service Code, but they shouldn’t ask civil servants to.

May Day greetings from Trades Union Congress to workers here in the UK and around the globe.

Together we fight - and we win - for hundreds of millions of people.

It seems crazy to deny those waiting for asylum claims to be processed the right to work.

Instead the government forces them into destitution & unsafe, exploitative, informal employment.

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This…

The idea that our PM has any idea about ‘the ordinary difficulties of life’ faced by millions is utterly laughable.

Fighting for retail workers each and every day.

A real privilege to join UsdawUnion activists for their annual conference today.

Great to welcome Paul Nowak to #Usdaw24 this afternoon.

Paul is a great supporter of Usdaw and I look forward to building on the excellent work we’ve already done together.

'The work you do every day, makes a difference to hundreds of thousands of workers' - TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak paid tribute to Usdaw reps during his speech to #Usdaw24

Real terms average pay lower in most UK local authorities than in 2008.

Not inevitable. Not unavoidable. The direct result of wrong & ideologically driven choices made by this government. theguardian.com/business/2024/…

On International Workers' Memorial Day, we remember every life lost to unsafe work and commit to fighting for the health and safety of every worker.

#IWMD

Black and ethnic minority women are twice as likely to be on zero-hours contracts as white blokes.

It’s time for a new deal for workers. itv.com/news/2024-04-2…

Rail in public ownership…

Good for passengers, taxpayers, UK economy, rail staff, the environment.

Not so good for the shareholders who’ve extracted profit from our railways for decades but can’t run trains on time.

Works for me.👏👏 ⁦Louise Haigh⁩
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There are 2 related stories in The Mirror today:

Our public buildings are falling apart. It is only sheer luck that there hasn’t yet been a deadly crush, killing hundreds.

The government is refusing to act.

That’s why unions are now taking action in hundreds of workplaces.

A man of my age, with my cholesterol, my blood pressure and my weight should be watching re-runs of the Great British Sewing Bee (boss btw), not the Merseyside Derby #COYB

Hundreds of union reps are carrying out building safety inspections this week:

'when some people step through the door of their workplace, they step into danger. We are calling on government to speed up the removal of Raac and asbestos' - Paul Nowak
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Good meeting this afternoon with Austrian 🇦🇹Ambassador Bernhard Wrabetz on need for high standards of workers' rights to be respected in 🇬🇧 and 🇪🇺, working with trade unions Austrian Embassy London

Important ⁦CMI survey showing more than 70 per cent of managers support Labour’s ambitious plans to improve employment rights.

Front line managers know the value of treating their staff well.

Good for workers. Good for business. Good for 🇬🇧 inews.co.uk/news/politics/…