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John Moloney

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Twice elected Assistant General Secretary of the PCS Union

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John Moloney @johnmoloney.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A vital debate in all union.
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John Moloney @johnmoloney.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The trend downwards in both regular and irregular immigration — including in the numbers entering via small boats — is what the government is calling success. But that “success” has emboldened, not stopped, the far right.
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John Moloney @johnmoloney.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The forces in Dover and Portsmouth were assembled by Daniel Thomas (“Tommo”), Tommy Robinson’s former bodyguard. Both Patriot Platform and Robinson himself have taken to displaying Christianity as the key “value” of their politics — they are not far-right, they say, but ordinary decent Christians.
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John Moloney @johnmoloney.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
On 5 Sept a new far-right group, Patriot Platform, signaled its existence by blocking a main road in Dover, then next day joining a demo in Portsmouth against the arrival of asylum seekers. They helped form a blockade around coaches which were due to transport asylum seekers to processing centres.
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John Moloney @johnmoloney.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Unless Ofwat and Defra provide PCS members with reasonable assurances in the coming days, the ballot for strike action and action short of a strike will open on 28 September and close on 19 October.
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John Moloney @johnmoloney.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
PCS launches national campaign and trade dispute across the civil service and related areas: www.pcs.org.uk/news-events/...
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PCS launches national campaign and trade dispute across the civil service and related areas
The NEC has agreed a programme of campaigning and industrial action ballot preparations if the employer does not respond positively to the union's demands.
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John Moloney @johnmoloney.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
If my memory is right, workers in this hospital have struck successfully in the past. Their 2015 dispute was widely regarded as Germany's first major hospital strike focused specifically on safe staffing levels rather than pay.
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Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Anti-apartheid martyr Steve Biko was killed by South Africa's apartheid government on this day in 1977. “The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.”
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John Moloney @johnmoloney.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
We need labour movement-community anti-far right campaigns everywhere which can do these things in local workplaces and on the streets. We need to turn working-class people away from the far right and show that it is possible to fight for our own class interests.
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John Moloney @johnmoloney.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
There are many difficult practical steps to take in the fight against the far right. The left needs to mobilise in the trade unions to fight for the policies thousands of union members have voted for — to tax the rich and rebuild public services.
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John Moloney @johnmoloney.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
It is the urgent responsibility of the left to combat these divisive lies — about claimants, migrants, and other hate figures of the far right. We must hold “respectable politicians” who help create these narratives to account.
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John Moloney @johnmoloney.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The far right’s technique of proposing outrageously reactionary policies has successfully ensured mainstream acceptance of their narratives. All kinds of distorted information about migration is now circulated by most politicians and media outlets as “received wisdom”.
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John Moloney @johnmoloney.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
While Andy Burnham and Labour dither, Reform UK is upping the ante with brutal welfare proposals. Their plan includes: • Stripping benefits from 1.3M non-UK citizens • Cutting annual benefit uprating permanently • Means-testing PIP and slashing direct cash support
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John Moloney @johnmoloney.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Andy Burnham has yet to show his promised dramatic shift away from the priorities of the Starmer government. His promises, the £2 bus fare cap, or scrapping of VAT on electricity bills, are details compared to what is needed: a programme of rebuilding public services and building council homes.
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John Moloney @johnmoloney.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Whilst it is clear that Reform has a core vote, the data also show the limitations of Reform’s appeal — it’s high only in specific regions and among a certain demographic, the over-50s. Could Labour could win, or win back, some Reform voters?
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John Moloney @johnmoloney.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Since September 2025 polling for Reform has been falling gradually, from around 30% to around 25% now. The drop is significant but not so dramatic that we can be sure Reform is on a continuous downward trajectory. Other data indicate, unfortunately, a relatively healthy outlook for the party.
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John Moloney @johnmoloney.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Today marks an important step forward for trade union democracy. The law has changed, allowing secure electronic and workplace voting for a range of statutory union ballots.
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John Moloney @johnmoloney.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
This is very interesting.
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John Moloney @johnmoloney.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I agree with the "We Own It" position on buses. We need public control and public ownership. For me, such control/ownership is also a step towards free bus travel.
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John Moloney @johnmoloney.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I agree with all eight measures, though I would go further in regard to some. But I would add a ninth demand, which is to scrap all the anti trade union laws.
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Ukraine Solidarity Campaign 🇺🇦✊🏽🚩 @ukrainesol.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
FREE THE ZAPORIZHZHIA 15 – Ukrainian Ukrainian trade unionists speak in London On 27 August two Ukrainian trade unionists, including a rep from the occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, are speaking at UNISON HQ. Eyewitness reports from Ukrainian trade unions under occupation and attack…
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FREE THE ZAPORIZHZHIA 15 – Ukrainian Ukrainian trade unionists speak in London
On 27 August two Ukrainian trade unionists, including a rep from the occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, are speaking at UNISON HQ. Eyewitness reports from Ukrainian trade unions under occupation and attack Thursday 27 August, 5.45pm – UNISON national office, 130 Euston Road, London, NW1 2AY (ground floor). Please register here for the meeting: free-the-zaporizhzhia-15 Fifteen workers at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) – all members of the Atomprofspilka trade union – have been abducted, subjected to show trials, and sentenced to decades in prison on fabricated charges by the Russian occupation forces.
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John Moloney @johnmoloney.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Reform UK’s Richard Tice, acknowledges that climate change is “real”, but says there is no proof that net zero policies will halt it. Climate change is caused by human activity e.g. greenhouse gases. Net zero is about eliminating/dramatically reducing, those gases
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John Moloney @johnmoloney.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The state of political debate in the UK. From the Guardian. Reform UK’s deputy leader: Richard Tice, urged people concerned about the climate crisis to stop being “doom and gloom”, as it could see an improvement in English wine.
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John Moloney @johnmoloney.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
H&S reps also raised this from Reg 7 of The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 'A sufficient number of thermometers shall be provided to enable persons at work to determine the temperature in any workplace inside a building'.
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John Moloney @johnmoloney.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Over the last few days, PCS Safety Reps have been meeting to discuss the growing challenge of extreme heat at work. With the UK already experiencing multiple heatwaves this year, heat stress, dehydration, fatigue and increased accident risks are becoming a serious workplace health & safety issue.
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John Moloney @johnmoloney.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
If you get some time, please listen to this.
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John Moloney @johnmoloney.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
The unions must push the 'new' government for a second Employment Rights Act; one that gives a positive right to strike, sectorial bargaining and scraps all of the anti-trade union laws.
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War on Want @waronwant.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
“We need to create a tax system that allows countries to tax the very, very rich.” War on Want's Nuri Syed Corser speaking at the UN Tax Convention negotiations in New York. A global tax convention could help end tax–dodging, so the super-rich & big corporations finally pay their fair share.
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John Moloney @johnmoloney.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Final quote from The Hammer by by Hamilton Nolan: 'Giving people a union is not giving them a mandatory set of beliefs they must buy into; it's giving them power'.
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John Moloney @johnmoloney.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
More from The Hammer by Hamilton Nolan 'This decline (in Union density), more than any other factor is the reason why it has become so hard to sustain a middle-class lifestyle today'.
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John Moloney @johnmoloney.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
From his book, The Hammer, Hamilton Nolan writes 'one thing that we can say with absolute certainty is this: increasing Union density will change America for the better. It is the single most straightforward adjustment that will begin to reset the skewed balance of power between labour and capital.
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John Moloney @johnmoloney.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I would add to this is the need for transitional measures to protect the earnings and future employment of oil and gas workers; these to be agreed with the relevant unions: x.com/MazzucatoM/s...
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Mariana Mazzucato (@MazzucatoM) on X
Drilling the North Sea won’t help people across the UK struggling with their energy bills - most of the oil and gas from these new sites would be sold to the highest bidder on international markets. B...
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John Moloney @johnmoloney.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The real causes of high electricity prices in the UK have nothing to do with renewables or moving to net zero but more to do with our over reliance on using gas to generate electricity and profiteering.
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Public and Commercial Services Union @pcsunion.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
PCS members who work in security at the National Gallery in London are furious over potentially discriminatory two-tier staff facilities and a failure to offer the same backpay as gallery colleagues. Find out more by reading the article >>> www.pcs.org.uk/news-events/...
The graphic reads: CIS worker and PCS member at THE NATIONAL GALLERY "The lack of adequate space and quiet zones in an an already congested and stifling basement area one without windows or working air-conditioning affects our wellbeing."
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John Moloney @johnmoloney.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Solidarity with the Sodexo strikers
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John Moloney @johnmoloney.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
This shows it in action!
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John Moloney @johnmoloney.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
What a wonderful gadget.
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John Moloney @johnmoloney.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
These two measures, in particular scrapping the threshold would be good. But of course we need much more. Having a positive right to strike and repealing ALL the anti trade union laws is what we should be arguing for.
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John Moloney @johnmoloney.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
From Labor Notes. Amazon’s power doesn’t rest only in warehouses, it depends on workers who keep the system running. Robotics, maintenance engineers and millwrights and others form a relatively small group of skilled workers who hold disproportionate power.
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John Moloney @johnmoloney.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
From Labor Notes. Winning at Amazon won’t be achieved through organising alone. Unions need political support in key cities/ports. From New York to California, campaigns for safer jobs and stronger employment protections show how legislation can strengthen workers’ bargaining power.
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John Moloney @johnmoloney.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Labor Notes argue that the breakthroughs—from the first union election at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama to the landmark Staten Island victory won by workers themselves. But these campaigns also show the limits of individual unions taking on a huge corporation.
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John Moloney @johnmoloney.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
How do we organise Amazon? In the UK, the GMB has been battling valiantly to win recognition. Changes in UK recognition law should now make that easier. Of course the core of the company is in the US. So how to win there? Labor Notes (LN) suggests a way forward: www.labornotes.org/2026/02/amaz...
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The Amazon Imperative: Unions Must Join Forces
The tentacles of the global logistics juggernaut Amazon reach into every corner of the economy, gripping the planet and workers. Amazon dominates retail e-commerce with a 40 percent market share. It i...
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John Moloney @johnmoloney.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
And strong unions and sectorial bargaining is the answer to this crisis.
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Campaign for Trade Union Freedom @unionfreedom.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Here's the report of the CTUF/ @ieruk.bsky.social fringe joint with @strikemap.org sponsored by Morrish Solicitors in Durham on the eve of the Miners' Gala - forward to Employment Rights #2 Bill www.morningstaronline.co.uk/article/empl... @mstaronline.bsky.social
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Employment Rights Act does not go far enough, Miners’ Gala hears
THE Employment Rights Act doesn’t go far enough and a mass campaign to abolish all anti-union laws should be a labour movement priority, Miners’ Gala marras heard on Friday night.General Federation of...
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Ukraine Solidarity Campaign 🇺🇦✊🏽🚩 @ukrainesol.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Tommy Robinson’s Musk-funded Russia trip spurs call to defend UK democracy
Ed Davey voices concern about the Musk family foundation taking the far-right activist on a visit to Moscow
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John Moloney @johnmoloney.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Well done to the members involved. Yet another example of the collective power of workers when they band together in a union.
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John Moloney @johnmoloney.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Andrew is right. The cap can be arranged so that individual union members paying collectively through the political fund are unaffected but big donations from individuals, particularly those who are not paying tax in the UK, are reduced/banned.
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John Moloney @johnmoloney.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I attended this. It was very hot but worth all the sweating.
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John Moloney @johnmoloney.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
As said, we need more of this sort of local initiative. Well done to PCS in DESNZ and DEFRA.
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John Moloney @johnmoloney.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Attended a march to defend climate and other jobs in DEFRA and DESNZ. Good initiative by local activists. We need more of this
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