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Jay McKenna

@jaymckenna.bsky.social
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Regional Secretary for TUC North West. Likely to be talking about unions, workers, LFC, football supporter activism, politics and some life too!

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TUC North West @tucnorthwest.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Thanks to @roswynnejones.bsky.social at The Mirror for her coverage today - members were happy to see themselves and their fight featured
Paul Nowak and Anneliese Midgeley with todays Mirror on the picket linePickets reading todays MirrorUnison members looking at todays MirrorUnison members looking at todays Mirror
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TUC North West @tucnorthwest.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
We were back on the picket line at Livv Housing this morning with our general secretary @paulnowaktuc.bsky.social , Knowsley MP @anneliesemidgleymp.bsky.social and importantly, @knowsleyunison.bsky.social and @unitenorthwest.bsky.social members The support is growing and will until they win✊
Paul Nowak talking to union members on the picket line Paul Nowak addressing the picket lineAnneliese Midgeley MP talking on the picket lineWorkers on the picket line
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Paul Nowak @paulnowaktuc.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
The extreme hoarding of wealth is sociopathic. Example below. It amazes me that people can argue the toss that hospital cleaners shouldn’t get sick pay from day one, and argue just as vehemently that the super rich shouldn’t be asked to pay their fair share of tax.
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Trades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk · 29/01/2025
Why are billionaires so unhappy?
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
The state of Kemi Badenoch’s response to the sentencing, confirming there is no topic, however serious, that she will do the minimum of research on.
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Theo Bertram @theobertram.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
We have had so much in recent weeks about suspected cover ups and the damage to trust attributed to various key institutions in the UK. Will those folks extend that criticism to The Sun, or does that institution get a free pass?
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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
The public enquiry should also consider the behaviour of elected politicians during the investigation and prosecution of this case, and their willingness to confect rumour and spread inflammatory misinformation in the service of their own agendas.
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Spirit of Shankly – Liverpool Supporters Union @spiritofshankly.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Representatives of 🆘, SpionKop1906, LFCWSC, cultuRED and the OLSC network have written to Liverpool FC ahead of discussions around ticket pricing. #LFC #StopExploitingLoyalty
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Trades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk · 16/01/2025
This is why CEOs don't like the phrase 'work-life balance'.
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Paul Nowak @paulnowaktuc.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
If one in six workers are skipping meals because of a lack of cash, there is something fundamentally wrong with our economy. And it’s why it is vital the government delivers its plans to make work pay, in full. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Millions of workers are skipping a meal at least once a week to save cash
The TUC hit out at poor wage growth under the Tories as they released polling that shows working people are having to cut back on meals, heating and hot water to save money
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Jay McKenna @jaymckenna.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Honestly, the lengths some companies go to avoiding directly employing staff. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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‘So immoral’: gig economy workers forced to pay fee to receive their wages
Retail assistants on low pay using YoungOnes platform docked cash or told to wait up to 30 days for earnings
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Emma Burnell @emmaburnell.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
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TheFSA @thefsa.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
"Prices have risen over 800% since 1992. That is not sustainable." #StopExploitingLoyalty www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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‘Prices have risen 800% since 1992’: the Premier League fans’ unions campaigning for affordable tickets
Bitter rivalries are being set aside, as supporters join forces to push back against ‘absolute disgrace’ of cost increases
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Jay McKenna @jaymckenna.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
I’m not saying my worry my 3 year old might be the most like me is coming true, but she’s currently leading a march around the kitchen demanding ice cream 📢
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Footy and Stuff @footyandstuff.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
"Patriot" apparently. Ah well, he will have more time to read Mein Kampf now. 👍
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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 06/01/2025
No…it wasn’t. 🤦🏻‍♂️
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Shelly Asquith @shellyasquith.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Important public interest journalism from @joeduggan1.bsky.social at the i We @the-tuc.bsky.social are calling for a ban on the use of high-silica stone as young men working with it continue to die. They are all around my age (average age 34). Preventable deaths. Front page news. As it should be.
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That's So Village @thatssovillage.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
To celebrate joining Bluesky, here's the most joyful cricket video of 2024:
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James Nalton @jdnalton.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Ineos/Ratcliffe have form for this stuff. This kind of hostility towards workers and former players is damaging to a club as a whole.
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Jay McKenna @jaymckenna.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Really do need to make the most of this being at the bottom of the road next year!
Sunset at Crosby BeachSunset at Crosby BeachSunset at Crosby BeachSunset at Crosby Beach
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Josh Halliday @joshhalliday.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Excl: Crumbling state of school buildings is exposing pupils to “irreparable” harm, the UK’s children’s laureate has said, after a Guardian investigation revealed that more than 1.5 million students were being taught in dilapidated schools www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
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Rundown schools risk ‘irreparable’ harm to pupils, UK children’s laureate says
Exclusive: Frank Cottrell-Boyce says Conservative funding freeze over 14 years has created ‘enormous’ equality gap
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Jay McKenna @jaymckenna.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Given how he’s playing with a new contract hanging over him, even I might agree to Salah being on a zero hours contract!
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
About a 10th of the number of Ukrainian refugee children state schools took in without any panicked coverage. Such nonsense.
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Jay McKenna @jaymckenna.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Sing the Andy Carroll song lads…
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Jay McKenna @jaymckenna.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Southampton singing ‘Feed the Scousers’? Who’s leading the chant for them, Rishi Sunak? Divvies
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TUC North West @tucnorthwest.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Tomorrow morning, show your solidarity with @knowsleyunison.bsky.social and @unitenorthwest.bsky.social members as they continue to take action against Livv Housing, as the employer attempts to undermine collective bargaining 8am, Livv Housing, Prescot ✊
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Sachin Nakrani @sachinnakrani.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
I will be joining my colleagues at the Guardian and Observer who are on strike for 48 hours. I will be back at work on Friday. For more information please follow bsky.app/profile/gonu... and @NUJofficial, or visit nuj.org.uk/savetheobserver
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Paul Nowak @paulnowaktuc.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Privilege to join @nujofficial.bsky.social members for the first journalists’ strike at @theguardian.com in over 50 years. Time for management to seriously listen and engage with their staff about the future of the @observeruk.bsky.social
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Mark Thomas @markthomasinfo.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Guardian + Observer journalists on strike 4th and 5th Dec. They’re fighting to stop selling off profitable Observer to loss-making Tortoise Media website and to defend jobs. Union members ask we support and not repost Guardian stories on strike days. Solidarity with NUJ strikers.
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BeardedGenius @beardedgenius.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Millionaire Stefan Ortega
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Kop Outs @kop-outs.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Tomorrow is not only yet another key match day and our Rainbow Laces match, but also World AIDS Day. So much has changed since it was first marked in 1988, yet stigma and need still remain. This year, friends of Kop Outs are holding a fundraiser after the match. Come along if you are around.
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TUC North West @tucnorthwest.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Great to be down at the Livv Housing picket line this morning with @paulnowaktuc.bsky.social and @jaymckenna.bsky.social giving some solidarity to striking @unitenorthwest.bsky.social and @unison.org.uk members ✊ The strength of feeling was clear and Livv need to get back around the table
Striking workers on the picket line at Livv Housing Paul Nowak speaking to striking workersPaul Nowak talking to Unison members outside Livv Housing Paul Nowak talking to Unite members on the picket line
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Ed Conway @edconway.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
But hang on, I hear (some of) you say... what about small boats? They're the main thing most politicians talk about after all... So how DO small boat arrivals compare with legal migration? Here's your answer in a chart 👇
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Jay McKenna @jaymckenna.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Bigger let off than them fireworks outside the hotel!
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Spirit of Shankly – Liverpool Supporters Union @spiritofshankly.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
🧵 Very worrying from @priceoffootball.bsky.social on his podcast re the £30 away ticket cap: "I'm aware of some clubs, especially bigger clubs in London, who privately want to take down the £30 cap but the optics of going down that route when we have just been through some really tough times...
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Tom Pollard @pollardtom.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
The obsession of our national debate about the benefits system with how it should respond to people 'refusing to work' has massively hindered progress towards more effective support It would be like discussing how to be a good employer almost exclusively in terms of managing disciplinary processes
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Adam Crafton @adamcrafton.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
I see the fella who has engineered a World Cup across three continents is hitting up Cop29. Also the fella who urges everyone to keep politics out of football, here hanging out with lots of politicians.
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Charlotte Nichols MP @charlotte2153.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Still chuckling to myself about a kid I met today on a school visit who told me her auntie does the same job as me. I asked her who her auntie was, and she looked really confused and said "um, she's my mum's sister" 🥹
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TUC North West @tucnorthwest.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
What happens when working people stand together like the @gmbunion.bsky.social members here? They win 🎉 A big well done to those members who’ve fought for so long and have all won the payment they deserve
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Emiliano Mellino @mellino.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
With farm owners protesting today over the prospect of paying a highly discounted inheritence tax, I'm sure you've seen quotes about how they "feed the nation". But nobody is talking about the migrant workers who actually pick the crops on horticulture farms, so here's a short thread about them.
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Paul Nowak @paulnowaktuc.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Brilliant day yesterday in Liverpool (it always is!) Met with @gmbunion.bsky.social hospital workers striking for fair pay, @unisontheunion.bsky.social reps in Liverpool Council working hard to secure jobs & conditions & then brilliant politics & business students at Liverpool Community College
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UNISON Merseytravel & LCRCA Branch @unison-mt-lcrca.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Please join us on Monday for a vigil in #Liverpool on International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women & Girls. There are #NoExcuses for misogyny & gendered violence. #EVAWG2024
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Ian Salmon @ianrsalmon.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
The lads at Kit It Out are fundraising for kids who won’t get new kits this Xmas - every little helps: www.gofundme.com/f/kit-it-out...
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Donate to Kit It Out Christmas appeal, organized by Paul Morgan
Kit It Out again will be raising money again to supply children in our communities a chance to… Paul Morgan needs your support for Kit It Out Christmas appeal
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Driving a tractor into police. Will be interesting to see how the Telegraph and the Mail cover this tomorrow
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Ed Morrish @edmorrish.com · 19/11/2024
quick, the farms are empty, let’s build some houses
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TUC North West @tucnorthwest.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
It was great to join @gmbunion.bsky.social members on the picket line this morning at the Royal Liverpool hospital and bring some solidarity with with our General Secretary, Paul Nowak and @jaymckenna.bsky.social These workers did their jobs during Covid and deserve payment like their colleagues
GMB members on the picket line in LiverpoolMembers rallying at the picket line in Liverpool Paul Nowak, TUC General Secretary, talking to workers on strike Paul Nowak, TUC General Secretary, talking to workers on strike
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Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
What are the farmers planning?!?!!
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Trades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk · 15/11/2024
Welcoming unions CWU @cwunews.bsky.social, NAHT @nahtnews.bsky.social & WGGB @writersguildgb.bsky.social onto Bluesky today. Starter pack here: go.bsky.app/39dpPLN
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Jay McKenna @jaymckenna.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
This is an incredible piece of writing, very personal but also something about I’m sure many friendships (can likely apply beyond just kids) 👏
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Jay McKenna @jaymckenna.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
If Adidas make us a kit like this when they start next season, even I might buy one!
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