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Craig Anderson

@cwuscotland.bsky.social
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Regional Secretary for Communication Workers Union in Scotland. scotlandregion@cwu.org JOIN the CWU Today! 💪 Proud Sponsors of @FSFScotland.

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
I get there are arguments on both sides but using workforce planning (which directly impacts patient care) to threaten a union over strikes is just plain wrong and simply denies the country the specialists it needs for the future www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Doctors lose new jobs package as strike to go ahead
The offer of 1,000 more training posts has been withdrawn after the union refused to scrap the planned six-day strike.
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Campaign for Freedom of Information in Scotland @cfoiscot.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Timely reminder of why passing the FoI Reform Bill matters to so many people in Scotland. @katysclark.bsky.social @unitescotland.bsky.social @cwuscotland.bsky.social @gabymckay.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/news/2521506...
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Why is this Labour MSP calling for a change to the Freedom of Information Act?
The Freedom of Information Act could be set to change in Scotland, with a new bill proposed to stop WhatsApp messages being deleted
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Craig Anderson @cwuscotland.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Matt and Phil set off today on their 1,000 mile 10 Day bike ride around Scotland to raise funds for the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity and the CWUHA Andy Kerr Project. If you would like to sponsor them, please use the link below 👇👇🏿👇👇🏿 justgiving.com/team/thelonges…
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Craig Anderson @cwuscotland.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Absolutely shameful putting your names to this letter
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Craig Anderson @cwuscotland.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Wishing all our members, followers and supporters a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Thank You for your Hard Work, Support & Solidarity! In 2024✊ @cwunews.bsky.social
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Craig Anderson @cwuscotland.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
The Perfect Gift for Christmas Feeds the most vulnerable. All profits to Scottish 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Foodbanks swaz.co.uk/product/swaz...
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Craig Anderson @cwuscotland.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
The new @CWUnews Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Regional banner is truly superb. A massive thank you to @JamieMaxArt for all his time effort and talent. Great comments and messages all weekend✊
Cwu Scotland Regional banner
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Craig Anderson @cwuscotland.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
The new @CWUnews Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Regional banner is truly superb. A massive thank you to @JamieMaxArt for all his time effort and talent. Great comments and messages all weekend✊
Cwu Scotland Regional banner
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Craig Anderson @cwuscotland.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Proud day for @CWUnews 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Region unveiling our new banner by @JamieMaxArt and at the front of the @ScottishTUC 40th Anniversary March .
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Craig Anderson @cwuscotland.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Not long now big banner ready for St Andrews Day March
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Craig Anderson @cwuscotland.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
www.pressreader.com/uk/the-sunda...
https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-sunday-post-newcastle/20241124/281625310853614
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Monica Lennon @monicalennon.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
🩸On this day in 2020, Scotland became the first country in the world to introduce universal free period products. ⚖️ The Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Act was a historic breakthrough but is far from the end of the journey for menstrual justice. There’s still much to do.
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Craig Anderson @cwuscotland.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
The Perfect Gift for Christmas Feeds the most vulnerable. All profits to Scottish 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Foodbanks swaz.co.uk/product/swaz...
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Hazel Nolan @hazeljnolan.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
“In the end, it wasn’t Conor McGregor who showed the world what it means to be a fighter. It was Nikita Hand.” Yesterday was a long awaited victory in vindication for women who have suffered abuse. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2024...
irishtimes.com
Jennifer O'Connell: Judge in Nikita Hand’s civil action against Conor McGregor delivered a masterclass in consent
The two sides were not just offering opposing narratives, but speaking completely different languages
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 21/11/2024
An arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu – Today in Focus Extra
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An arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu – Today in Focus Extra
The international criminal court has issued arrest warrants for the Israeli prime minister, his former defence minister and a Hamas leader. Julian Borger reports After 10 months of deliberation, the international criminal court has issued an arrest…
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Momentum @peoplesmomentum.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
A crucial step in the fight against genocide. Yet Starmer and Lammy still arm Israel. Shameful.
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Ewan Gibbs @ewangibbs.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Scotland's only oil refinery at Grangemouth is closing in just a few months time. This parliamentary evidence is a vital informed intervention from Unite, the lead union at the site. Grangemouth is viable, we need it for our energy security and as part of a bridge towards a green industrial future.
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Economy and Fair Work Committee | Scottish Parliament TV
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Tory Fibs @toryfibs.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Real Labour.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
“Number of people turning to food banks is shocking – but it's the tip of the hunger iceberg” An important article from @sabinegoodwin.bsky.social www.bigissue.com/opinion/food...
bigissue.com
Number of food bank users is shocking – but it's the tip of the hunger iceberg
Sabine Goodwin, director of IFAN, asks what is next for Labour's manifesto commitment to end dependence on food banks.
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Strike Map @strikemap.org · 21/11/2024
Support the 400 workers that could lose their jobs and support our affiliate @bfawu.bsky.social. Morrisons made £14.9 billion profit last year 🙄 Sign the petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/st... #StrikeMap
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Joe Mulhall @joemulhall.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
New from @hopenothate.org.uk! An undercover investigation into Britain First, revealing just how extreme they actually are! Watch the mini doc and read all about it here! hopenothate.org.uk/undercover-b...
hopenothate.org.uk
Undercover in Britain First
Britain First wants you to believe it is a respectable political party. Our undercover reporter spent a year inside the organisation — rising through the ranks to earn a top activist award — and disco...
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Rebecca Long-Bailey @rebeccalongbailey.com · 21/11/2024
Really sad to hear of the passing of John Prescott. A Labour Party giant who spent his life trying to improve the lives of others. My deepest sympathies and prayers are with his wife Pauline, his family and all who loved him. www.theguardian.com/politics/gal...
theguardian.com
John Prescott: a life in pictures
The former British deputy prime minister John Prescott has died aged 86. His family said he ‘spent his life trying to improve the lives of others, fighting for social justice and protecting the enviro...
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
DWP admits (finally) what many campaign groups have been saying for weeks - the winter fuel payment cuts will plunge tens of thousands of pensioners into poverty I wouldn’t want to be the Minister doing tomorrow morning’s interview round @bigissue.bsky.social www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
bigissue.com
DWP admits winter fuel cuts will push thousands of pensioners into poverty
Tens of thousands of pensioners are expected to be driven into poverty by cuts to winter fuel payments, according to forecasts by the DWP.
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Fórsa trade union @forsatradeunion.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
How do trade unions work?🤔 A worker says to another worker: This isn't right. Then they talk to more colleagues. Then they all realise something has to change. Then they realise they hold all the power, they just need to use it. They use it. They keep going. They win.
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Sharon Graham @unitesharon.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
I've written written to energy secretary Ed Miliband demanding action on Grangemouth. A Labour government not putting together a serious plan for the future of the site and the thousands of jobs which depend on it, would be a huge dereliction of duty. #NoBanWithoutAPlan ⤵️
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Dave Watson @balkandave.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Toilets at work. Access is a fundamental workplace need. When workers lack adequate access, they may delay using the restroom, leading to serious physical health issues. It also causes stress and distraction, a serious risk in safety-critical roles. www.tuc.org.uk/research-ana...
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Toilets at work
A report on workers’ experience of toilet access and facilities.
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Momentum @peoplesmomentum.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
A devastating statistic. This is totally unacceptable in modern-day Britain. The Labour Leadership must commit to scrapping the two-child benefit cap immediately to begin solving the crisis. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
theguardian.com
More than one in three children in poverty as UK deprivation hits record high
Exclusive: Study finds almost quarter of UK population living in poverty, reaching the highest level this century
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Rebecca Long-Bailey @rebeccalongbailey.com · 18/11/2024
It's really important to claim Pension Credit and to do so quickly before 21st December. Find out if you or your loved ones are eligible via the Age UK website—you may also become eligible for other benefits, such as help with health and housing costs👉http://tinyurl.com/Pension-Credit
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RMT Union @rmtunion.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Thank you to the 4,000+ people who have joined our call to stop the cuts to ScotRail ticket offices. If you would also like your voice to be heard, please sign our petition ✍️ www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/st...
megaphone.org.uk
Stop the cuts to ScotRail ticket offices
Impact on passenger safety, service and accessibility Research shows time and time again that passengers like and value ticket offices and ticket office staff. In the 2022 public consultation on Sc...
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Ashley Cowburn @ashcowburn.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
🚈 Rail Public sector - 71% Private - 18% 💧Water Public sector - 72% Private - 16% 💡Energy Public sector - 66% Private - 22% 📧 Royal Mail Public - 71% Private - 18%
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Ashley Cowburn @ashcowburn.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Exclusive: Water, energy, rail and Royal Mail should all be run by the state, voters say www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Water, energy, rail and Royal Mail should all be run by the state, voters say
A poll shows a majority of voters believe key services including energy and water should be run by the state amid growing anger over sky-high bills and sewage pollution
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Sharon Graham @unitesharon.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
The winter fuel cut was a grave mistake which exposes vulnerable people to unnecessary risks as the cold weather approaches. Govt must change course on this and acknowledge that picking the pockets of pensioners is wrong.
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SNP must copy fuel payment scheme in Northern Ireland, says union
SCOTLAND must replicate Northern Ireland’s bid to mitigate Labour’s cut to pensioner’s winter support payments, a union has demanded.
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Richard Burgon MP @richardburgon.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
A UN Special Committee has found Israel’s methods of warfare in Gaza are consistent with genocide. I will be seeking to raise this in Parliament this week.
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CWU Eastern No5 @cwueasternno5.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
🎅 Santa Mail is back! 🎅 Send your letters to Santa by 9 December. Don’t forget to include a stamp on the envelope and include your full name and address so Santa can reply. Send your letters to: Santa/Father Christmas Santa’s Grotto Reindeerland XM4 5HQ More at ms.spr.ly/6180W5UeQ
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Coll McCail @mccailcoll.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
“The biggest obstacle to a Labour-led Holyrood is not John Swinney – it’s Keir Starmer.” For today’s @heraldscotland.bsky.social, I wrote about Labour’s Scotland problem. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2472835...
heraldscotland.com
Keir Starmer, Anas Sarwar and why Labour has a Scotland problem
Scotland will be the “beating heart” of a Labour Government, but has Keir Starmer fulfilled his general election promise? And Anas Sarwar still…
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Taj Ali @tajali1.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
30% of children in the UK are growing up in poverty. 7% of children attend private schools And yet the scandal of child poverty receives far less attention than VAT on private schools from much of our media class. A story of wealth and power in Britain.
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RMT Union @rmtunion.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch on the picket line at Woolwich explaining why Rail for London Infrastructure workers are taking strike action today.
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Gavin Brewis @gavinbrewis.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Have created a working-class academics and supporters Starter Pack. Let me know if you want added. #workingclassacademics go.bsky.app/7iDUDU1
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Craig Anderson @cwuscotland.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Order your FSFBS shirts in time for 🎄. All profits go to 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Foodbanks✊ swaz.co.uk/product/swaz...
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
🚨THIS WEEKEND please join me & British Heart Foundation in inspiring the nation to learn LIFE SAVING CPR❤️🙏 450,000 people have now engaged with the FREE online training course to learn CPR in JUST 15 MINS! Many of us will witness a cardiac arrest - let’s be ready👇 www.bhf.org.uk/how-you-can-...
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RMT Union @rmtunion.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
RMT accuses ScotRail of deception over true scale of ticket office cuts Rail union RMT, has accused ScotRail of misleading the public over the true scale of proposed cuts to ticket office hours. www.rmt.org.uk/news/rmt-acc...
rmt.org.uk
RMT accuses ScotRail of deception over true scale of ticket office cuts
Rail union RMT, has accused ScotRail of misleading the public over the true scale of proposed cuts to ticket office hours.
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RMT Union @rmtunion.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
In 2022, a public consultation over plans by ScotRail to reduce ticket office hours were overwhelmingly opposed by 99% of passengers. Despite this, ScotRail still plans to cut hours at 101 ticket offices. ✍️ Please sign our petition against these cuts. bit.ly/3YLp5lB
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Stop the cuts to ScotRail ticket offices
Impact on passenger safety, service and accessibility Research shows time and time again that passengers like and value ticket offices and ticket office staff. In the 2022 public consultation on Sc...
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Richard Leonard @labourrichard.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
It's not too late. Tell your politicians to Keep Grangemouth Working. Join the @unitetheunion.bsky.social rally outside the Scottish Parliament on Thursday 28 November.
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Richard Leonard @labourrichard.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Pensioner poverty is a blight on our society. We need direct intervention by governments, including the restoration of the winter fuel allowance.
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One in six pensioners in Scotland at risk of malnutrition, charity warns
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Craig Anderson @cwuscotland.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
The new @CWUnews Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Regional banner made by the one and only @JamieMaxArt will get its First public outing at this years @ScottishTUC St Andrews Day March . Join us Saturday 30th November 2024 at 10.30 for the big reveal.
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