We have nominated our own branch member Helen O'Sullivan for the female seat in the Unison SGE election. Helen is a social worker and one of our most dedicated branch officers. She wants to continue much needed change in Unison, building a union that stands up for its members.

School uniform grant from There for You - a great benefit for Unison members.
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We have been working with Welsh Gov and the employers on a sector collective bargaining model for outsourced social care in Wales and there is a lot to work through - inc. around representation, mechanisms for implementation and where to begin when it’s mainly SME employers

Israel destroyed all the universities in Gaza.

Dividend payments to rich shareholders have grown 14 times faster than workers’ wages. This explosion in inequality is not an accident — it's the result of an economy designed to reward corporate greed. tribunemag.co.uk/2024/05/inequa…

People of all ages and walks of life will join the weekly march for Palestine.

This week's march honours the student protest encampments that have spread to over 100 U.S universities, and now to the UK and internationally.

#Cardiff #Wales #Protest #Gaza

WTUC figures shows workers are losing £152 per week
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✊Great to see our recognition deal with Adferiad reported in Morning Star!

💷Care workers get better pay if they’re in a union recognised by an employer.

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Join Gemma Southgate TSSA at our #Newport book launch at Barnabas Arts House 8 May, 7pm.

Free | £5 with pamphlet | £10 solidarity with pamphlet

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The first recorded strike in history took place 3,178 years ago!

The ‘Strike Papyrus’ records that tomb workers of Ramesses III at Deir el-Medina in Egypt, downed their tools over pay and conditions in 1155 BC.

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Nelson Mandela's grandson joins the Freedom Flotilla set to sail to break the Israeli blockade on Gaza.

The renationalisation of our entire railway network cannot come soon enough. Only a publicly owned railway network will deliver the world class transport system that Britain so badly needs 🚂🚂🚂

ZIONIST SAY THEY DON’T FEEL SAFE ON CAMPUS

Here is Israel blowing up the Al-Israa University campus in Gaza.

Reinstate Abbott, unions tell Starmer
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In South Wales on Saturday 4th May - come to our Mayday march and rally in Cardiff or SwanseaTradesCouncil march and rally in Swansea. Support the steelworkers!

Our latest issue, ‘Civil War Without Guns,’ is out soon.

Arthur Scargill, Seumas Milne, David Peace and more explore the social fabric that fought and sustained the miners’ strike, what we lost in defeat, and how we rebuild.

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For the general seat, our branch nominated Martin Chapman, a social worker in Swansea Council and Swansea Unison branch chair. Martin will work to bring further much needed real change to Unison, fight hard against service and job cuts, and for all members facing low pay in Wales

We have nominated our own branch member Helen O'Sullivan for the female seat in the Unison SGE election. Helen is a social worker and one of our most dedicated branch officers. She wants to continue much needed change in Unison, building a union that stands up for its members.

Unions, MPs and campaigners urge Starmer to restore Diane Abbott's whip one year on
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