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Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary

@andreaegangs.bsky.social
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Social worker. Straight-talking working class trade unionist. UNISON General Secretary. Join me: andrea4gs.org.uk

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Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary @andreaegangs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
My message to the Home Secretary: End the trauma faced by migrant workers. Fair visas now. Solidarity forever.
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Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary @andreaegangs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary @andreaegangs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Proud to speak at the Cuba Solidarity Fringe last night. Now is the time to turn that solidarity into action —by raising our voices, mobilising our members, and demanding that the British government and the international community speak out. Hands off Cuba.
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Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary @andreaegangs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary @andreaegangs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
'I'm in chains, you're in chains too / I wear uniforms and you wear uniforms too / I'm a prisoner, you're a prisoner too, Mr. Jailer.' Inspired by the power, emotion, and determination of the UNISON migrant care workers at the rally yesterday in Liverpool.
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Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary @andreaegangs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary @andreaegangs.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
At 2pm on Monday 28th September, UNISON will hold a rally outside Labour conference to send a message – you can't build a National Care Service while attacking migrant workers.
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Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary @andreaegangs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Real security starts at home – investing in decent work, quality public services, equality, climate action, democracy and peace. That's why UNISON is supporting the UCU's motion to the TUC to oppose increases to military spending.
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Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary @andreaegangs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
TUC backs UNISON drive for insourcing across the public sector.
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Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary @andreaegangs.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
TUC backs a new economic settlement
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Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary @andreaegangs.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Inspired by meeting Dr Santiago Badía González and Osnay Miguel Colina of the Central de Trabajadores de Cuba. They told us off the hardship cause by the US's illegal siege of Cuba. End the blockade. No to US intervention. Hands off Cuba.
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Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary @andreaegangs.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
TUC says: Migrant rights are workers' rights
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Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary @andreaegangs.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The Government should absolutely introduce a wealth tax and increase taxation of the banking sector. Working people cannot take any more pressure on their purse. Time for the wealthiest pay for the investment our communities need.
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Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary @andreaegangs.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
In just a few weeks, the first budget of Andy Burnham’s premiership will tell us a lot about the future of our country – but one thing is clear already, it has to be bold. My blogpost on UNISON's expectations for the upcoming budget. unison.org.uk/blogs/we-nee...
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We need to bail out our public services | UNISON - the public service union
We are just weeks out from Andy Burnham’s first budget, and UNISON is clear in our expectation: we need policies that are as bold as the analysis the prime minister has set out.
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Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary @andreaegangs.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I was honoured to meet Omar Barghouti, co-founder of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement and leading human rights activist at #TUC2026. The labour movement has played a key role in moving the UK's position but we have much more to do to end UK complicity in genocide and Apartheid.
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Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary @andreaegangs.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Wishing UNISON members, staff and their families celebrating #RoshHashanah a happy and peaceful New Year. May the year ahead bring health, happiness and hope. Shanah Tovah.
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Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary @andreaegangs.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary @andreaegangs.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Violence and aggression have no place in public services. My article following the fantastic #Hazards2026 Conference, the UK's largest educational and organising event for trade union safety reps and activists. unison.org.uk/blogs/violen...
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Violence and aggression have no place in public services | UNISON - the public service union
Last week, I had the pleasure of attending the Hazards Conference at Keele University, where I joined dedicated safety representatives, activists and trade unionists who work tirelessly to protect…
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Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary @andreaegangs.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Outsourcing means we waste money on profits for shareholders, and private equity companies - and the cost of managing contracts.   Proud to be speaking at @barnet_unison this evening, a branch that has fought against outsourcing for many years.
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Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary @andreaegangs.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary @andreaegangs.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The system is failing vulnerable kids while making them a cash cow for unscrupulous business opportunists. Its time to kick profit out of children's social care. My new blogpost unison.org.uk/blogs/its-ti...
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It’s time to kick profit out of children’s social care | UNISON - the public service union
Children’s social care work requires skill, understanding and, most of all, empathy when children are removed from their families. However, a recent report by the Common Wealth think tank shows that…
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Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary @andreaegangs.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
From last night's launch of the UNISON and RMT campaign Insource Now. Profiteers have been sucking money out of the public sector for decades and it's time to turn the tide. Join the campaign today. insourcenow.co.uk
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Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary @andreaegangs.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Today we remember the beginning of the uprising in Haiti that would play a crucial role in the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade. Let us remember the victims and freedom fighters of the past so that they may inspire future generations to build just societies.
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Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary @andreaegangs.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Today I met with our trans, non-binary and gender diverse members. So many members have written to us explaining that the updated EHRC guidance is unworkable. I will work with our trans non-binary and gender diverse members to change the law for legal gender recognition.
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Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary @andreaegangs.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Terrible pay and working conditions are creating shortages in the social care sector. If the Government is serious about fixing social care, it should immediately scrap these cruel plans that will make it harder to recruit staff. inews.co.uk/news/politic...
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Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary @andreaegangs.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
My statement on the tragic death of Jason Arday:
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Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary @andreaegangs.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Proud to be one of 10 unions signing this. Revoking permission for US use of UK bases would have a significant impact on the US’s ability to further escalate a war that has been a catastrophic for the Middle East and an economic disaster worldwide. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Burnham urged to tackle cost of living crisis by pressuring Trump to end Iran war
Trade unions say UK prime minister must begin by revoking permission for US to use RAF bases for airstrikes in Gulf
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Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary @andreaegangs.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
We have the power to change the world for the better. That’s what our ancestors did for us. And that’s what we’re going to do for future generations.
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Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary @andreaegangs.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
In UNISON we are clear about the change that needs to happen: Repairing our public services. Real public ownership. Taxing the rich. And standing up for our values, not throwing migrant workers under the bus.
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Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary @andreaegangs.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
The working class has never advanced because the ruling class developed a conscience. It was because workers fought against hostile politicians, bosses and courts, and won. From my speech at the Durham Miners’ Gala.
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Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary @andreaegangs.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Workers in mines and mills at the dawn of our movement faced down impossible odds. It’s up to us to honour them — organising hard, getting strike-ready and building power to beat the enemies of our class. That was my message at the incredible 140th Durham Miners’ Gala ✊
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Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary @andreaegangs.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Solidarity with the UNISON North West members working in NHS theatres at Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust taking strike action over pay when they cover staff shortages. It was an honour to stand alongside them at Salford Royal today.
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Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary @andreaegangs.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Yesterday, the government announced spending cuts to vital public services as part of the Defence Investment Plan. This is costly and wasteful: every extra pound spent on defence is money taken away from schools and hospitals. Let’s invest in people, not more war abroad.
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Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary @andreaegangs.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Every penny that goes to the military is money that could have gone to our public services. From my speech at RMT's AGM.
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Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary @andreaegangs.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The next Labour leader will cash and burn unless they have the confidence to break with the establishment consensus. That means repairing our broken public services through massive public investment and everything brought back in-house.
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Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary @andreaegangs.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
As the late Bob Crow said: 'If you fight, you won't always win. But if you don't fight, you will always lose.' It was an honour to speak at RMT's AGM.
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Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary @andreaegangs.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I didn't become the General Secretary to maintain the status quo. The union movement is coming together to rid the UK of the scourge of outsourcing. From my speech at a fringe at UNISON's National Delegate Conference.
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Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary @andreaegangs.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
It was an honour to speak at RMT's AGM. In the face of the darkness we can open up a new era of militant trade unions, willing to work together to achieve our goals. As Bob Crow once said, 'If you fight you won’t always win, but if you don’t fight you will always lose'
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Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary @andreaegangs.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
I am deeply saddened by the train crash in Bedford yesterday. My thoughts are with the families of the train driver who has lost their life and all those who have been injured. Thank you to the emergency services and staff responding.
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Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary @andreaegangs.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
We’re having a brilliant week in Brighton for our National Delegate Conference. I couldn’t be happier to be serving members as the first ordinary member general secretary – including from the all-important ice cream stand. UNISON members first, always ✊🍦
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Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary @andreaegangs.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Every time a politician blames migrants and refugees for problems created by our unjust economic system it fuels hatred. Every act of scapegoating adds to the cesspit of racism. It needs to stop. All our leaders must go beyond condemnation and stop emboldening the far-right.
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Andy McDonald MP @andymcdonaldmp.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Migrant workers are what our social care services - and our health service - rely on. We should thank and reward them for the care they give - often for too little pay. Well done @unison.org.uk standing up for members with the #FairVisasNow campaign - I support you.
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UNISON @unison.org.uk · 10/06/2026
🚨🏥 Visa rethink is the only way to avoid deepening the staff crisis in social care, says UNISON. Today, hundreds of international care workers are in Westminster urging the government to rethink plans that would make them wait 15 years to settle in the UK. Read more ⬇️ unsn.uk/4dYQ46a
Visa rethink is only way to avoid deepening staff crisis in social care, says UNISON
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Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary @andreaegangs.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Opinion: Mileage rate increase is just the beginning www.unison.org.uk/news/article...
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Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary @andreaegangs.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Our rights and equalities protections are there to defend ordinary working class people — those who run our public services and rely on them. The Tories and Reform want to roll it all back to divide and exploit us. We won’t let them.
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Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary @andreaegangs.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Climate change is a workers’ issue - time to put it back on the agenda. My piece for @LabourList t.co/xpwK3es9Lf
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UNISON @unison.org.uk · 05/06/2026
Standing together ✊ UNISON GS @andreaegangs.bsky.social joined AQA staff on the Manchester picket line alongside local MP Afzal Khan, delivering a clear message from our members: we stand with you. Solidarity with AQA staff taking action in Milton Keynes and Guildford too.
UNISON general secretary Andrea Egan with Afzal Khan MP and striking AQA workers in ManchesterStriking AQA workers in Guildford with a very lovely golden doodle dog
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Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary @andreaegangs.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
It was so inspiring to be on the picket lines in Manchester with AQA workers taking action over pay and a discriminatory pay framework. Solidarity with AQA staff taking action in Milton Keynes as well as Guildford.
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Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary @andreaegangs.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
The EHRC Guidance on single-sex spaces is unjust and unworkable. That's why UNISON are demanding MPs stand with trans and non-binary workers and oppose the guidance.
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UNISON @unison.org.uk · 30/05/2026
“Making sure our members have a decent standard of living demands nothing less than the transformation of our society” GS Andrea Egan at Compass 'Change Now' calls for stronger union rights, insourcing of public services, dignity for migrant workers, and a politics rooted in solidarity & justice
GS Andrea Egan alongside NEU GS Daniel Kebede at Compass: Change Now!
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