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Simon Wintle

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Trade Union Organiser | Love nature | Fight for social justice | views entirely my own...and other people's. (He/him)

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UNISON @unison.org.uk · 22/09/2026
📢 New resource for social work students & newly qualified social workers. UNISON and Community Care have launched an interactive guide to help build your career, with: 📝 CV tips 💬 Interview advice 👥 Practitioner insights and more 👉️ Access the guide: buff.ly/l5inSyQ
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UNISON @unison.org.uk · 16/09/2026
UNISON general secretary Andrea Egan hits out at “wall of silence” as home secretary Shabana Mahmood refuses to meet with the union over concerns about immigration reforms. www.politicshome.com/news/article...
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Unison Head Hits Out At “Wall Of Silence” From Shabana Mahmood Over Immigration Changes
Exclusive: Unison general secretary Andrea Egan has accused Shabana Mahmood of putting up a “wall of silence” by refusing to meet with the union ra...
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Simon Wintle @simonwintle.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
UNISON is the union for health care students, at just £10 per year. @unisonsw.bsky.social was at @marjonuni.bsky.social last week and @plymuni.bsky.social all this week, welcoming nursing students. Join now for essential cover!
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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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UNISON @unison.org.uk · 11/08/2026
Make the most of your UNISON membership 💜 🎉 Over 150,000 members have now activated their online account and are getting the benefit of being part of the UK's largest union. Activate your account now ⬇️ unsn.uk/Activate
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UNISON @unison.org.uk · 30/07/2026
🎉 PRIZE DRAW CLOSES FRIDAY 31 JULY! Activate your UNISON online account today and you could win one of five £500 shopping vouchers! 🛍️ 🔗 unsn.uk/Activate
We're celebrating our members. Activate your account now and enter our competition for a chance to win a £500 shopping voucher
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UNISON @unison.org.uk · 13/07/2026
78,000 NHS staff have said loud and clear; 3.3% is not enough The joint health unions delivered our open letter to Health Minister James Murray, demanding long overdue reforms to the NHS pay structure. The Health Secretary must ensure there is no further delay. NHS workers won’t wait much longer
Representatives from the 14 health unions gather outside parliament to hand in joint open letter
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Simon Wintle @simonwintle.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
With trans rights under attack as never before, we need to show our support for the trans community. Will you join us? goodlawproject.org/s/d23a8a
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I stand with trans people | Good Law Project
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
For three days in a row the heat record for June has been broken in the UK. The same story right across Europe. Any attempts at this key moment to slow climate action is utterly indefensible. We need day one action to accelerate our climate ambition from Andy Burnham.
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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 · 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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UNISON @unison.org.uk · 12/06/2026
Care workers hand in a letter to PM Keir Starmer in Downing Street. They care for our communities, pay their taxes and have built their lives here — based on a promise. #FairVisasNow
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UNISON @unison.org.uk · 10/06/2026
Unions rebuff Farage: Reform ‘cosplaying’ as workers’ champions Andrea Egan “It’s a con to think Nigel Farage & his rich cronies are interested in unions for anything but cold, hard cash. They don’t believe in basic rights or fair pay & voted against every measure to improve them” unsn.uk/3Qc1FWg
Guardian article: Unions rebuff Farage and say Reform ‘cosplaying’ as workers’ champions. Unison’s general secretary, Andrea Egan, said: “It’s a con to think Nigel Farage and his rich cronies are interested in unions for anything but cold, hard cash. They don’t believe in basic rights or fair pay and consistently voted against every measure to improve them.”
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UNISON @unison.org.uk · 03/06/2026
🚨📊 MPs are right to voice their unease about whether such an ethically questionable company as Palantir should be so embedded into the fabric of public services. Its role could undermine public confidence in the way sensitive data is handled and used. Read more ⬇️ unsn.uk/4uTuiXE
MPs' concerns about Palantir are justified, says UNISON
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UNISON @unison.org.uk · 05/06/2026
📢✊ "Behind every visa is a care worker. Behind every care worker is a community that depends on them." @AndreaEganGS is calling on members to join the Fair Visa rally on 10 June. Stand with care workers. Demand Fair Visas Now. Register ⬇️ unsn.uk/FairVisaRally
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UNISON @unison.org.uk · 05/06/2026
Unions have backed the call for a workplace temperature maximum as school exam season could be set to go ahead in a heatwave. UNISON AGS Jon Richards says setting a maximum temperature for workplaces “is essential”
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Government issues statement on heatwave 'challenges' amid school exam season
Temperatures soared to 35C last month and more hot weather is likely over the summer months
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UNISON @unison.org.uk · 04/06/2026
❤️ Fair visas now - email your MP On Wednesday 10 June, care workers from across the UK will be lobbying MPs in Westminster to stop moving the goalposts and make the rules on settlement fair for all. Let your MP know you're standing with them in support ➡️ unsn.uk/4e0V4rs
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Simon Wintle @simonwintle.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
I’ve signed a letter calling for Andy Burnham to clarify his views on control or ownership of public services. Can you sign and share it as well? weownit.org.uk/act-now/sign...
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Add your name to our open letter to Andy Burnham
Public control is not public ownership. Andy Burnham must clarify that he backs public ownership of life's essentials.
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Simon Wintle @simonwintle.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Too often, outsourcing comes at the expense of our services and the workers who keep them going. If you want public services to work for people, not just profit, sign the Record of Support for Labour’s insourcing pledge. www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/of...
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Official Record of Support: Back the Biggest Wave of Insourcing in a Generation
Outsourcing companies frequently compete to win public contracts by reducing costs: it's a race to the bottom on the pay, terms, and conditions for their workers. This has a knock-on effect for servic...
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Simon Wintle @simonwintle.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Too often, outsourcing comes at the expense of our services and the workers who keep them going. If you want public services to work for people, not just profit, sign the Record of Support for Labour’s insourcing pledge. www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/of...
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Official Record of Support: Back the Biggest Wave of Insourcing in a Generation
Outsourcing companies frequently compete to win public contracts by reducing costs: it's a race to the bottom on the pay, terms, and conditions for their workers. This has a knock-on effect for servic...
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UNISON @unison.org.uk · 24/04/2026
Imagine having to work for exploitative employers for 15 years? That’s the reality for migrant care workers under Shabana Mahmood's new rules. It’s a recipe for exploitation and abuse. Ask the Home Secretary to think again ⏩ unsn.uk/4e0V4rs
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Migrant care workers to leaflet Shabana Mahmood constituents over longer wait to settle Campaign is said to be first time Labour-affiliated Unison is lobbying en masse against a key party policy www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Migrant care workers to leaflet Shabana Mahmood constituents over longer wait to settle
Campaign is said to be first time Labour-affiliated Unison is lobbying en masse against a key party policy
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Not In Our Name (NION) Women @nionwomen.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
One year on from trans exclusion: Over 100,000 Women Say ‘Not In Our Name’ 🎉 As NION Women’s letter in support of the trans community surpasses 100,000 signatures on this notable day, we look at how far we have come... #NotInOurName #NIONWomen #OneYearLater #WomensRights #TransRights
One Year On From Trans Exclusion...

100,000 Women Say 'Not In Our Name'

Graphic of multicoloured women with rainbow.
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Simon Wintle @simonwintle.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Have you seen this? Reform UK has just pledged to rip up legal protections for workers and renters. I'm really worried about it. I've signed a petition to stop the steal. Can you add your name too? www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/st...
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Stop the steal: protect workers’ and renters’ rights!
Reform UK has just pledged to rip up legal protections for workers and renters. Sign this petition to stop the steal.
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Simon Wintle @simonwintle.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
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Post from Novara Media - YouTube
The Telegraph published a story detailing the devastation caused by US-Israeli attacks on civilian targets across Iran, but made substantial edits after a po...
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Simon Wintle @simonwintle.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
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Trump is using AI to fight his wars – with dangerous consequences
YouTube video by The Guardian
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pmf @clearlight.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Deliberately encouraging hate crimes, including plausible death threats from violent neo-nazis, against the deputy leader of a rival party is 1930's stuff. Despicable by Starmer and that Tory with the weird hair whose incitement to hate-crimes Starmer was amplifying
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Simon Wintle @simonwintle.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Solidarity with @mothinali.bsky.social, a brave and principled politician, and shame on Starmer and Labour for supporting this defamatory claim. "Greens deputy leader calls for apology from Starmer over false claims that led to death threats" www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Greens deputy leader calls for apology from Starmer over false claims that led to death threats
Mothin Ali fears for his life after anti-war protest was wrongly described as being in support of Iranian regime
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Simon Wintle @simonwintle.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Theatres assistants in Leeds deserve to be paid properly for the clinical tasks they carry out. I've just signed this petition to support them. Please add your name too. www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/pa...
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PAY FAIR FOR PATIENT CARE - Perioperative Assistants Deserve Parity
Theatres assistants in Leeds deserve to be paid properly for the clinical tasks they carry out. Sign the petition to show your support.
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UNISON in Higher Education @unisoninhe.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
The continued reliance on an HE funding model based on tuition fees means more and more debt is shifted to students, while staff pay for the lack of funding through cuts and redundancies. We need a radical overhaul to HE and a long-term funding model based on free education. #fundourfuture
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A radical overhaul of university funding is needed – to ensure better pay and free education - UNISON National
The UK Government’s continued reliance on tuition fees as the main funding mechanism for Higher Education will mean staff will lose out and students will be placed in increasing amounts of debt. UNISO...
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Simon Wintle @simonwintle.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Members of @unison.org.uk doing essential administrative work in Cornwall hospitals are fighting to protect their jobs. #NoAdminNoNHS. 💪✊
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Simon Wintle @simonwintle.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
We call on the UK Government to immediately halt any existing consultations on hospital job cuts, such as those taking place in Cornwall, and instead require a full independent enquiry before any hospital job cuts. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Petition: Require a full and independent enquiry before any hospital job cuts
We call on the UK Government to immediately halt any existing consultations on hospital job cuts, such as those taking place in Cornwall, and instead require a full independent enquiry before any hos...
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Simon Wintle @simonwintle.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Admin workers at Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust have decided to launch a consultative ballot for industrial action through their union, UNISON Cornwall Acute Branch, to oppose mass job cuts. Well attended meetings last week in Penzance, Hayle and Truro. NO ADMIN, NO NHS!
Admin workers at Royal Cornwall Hospital holding UNISON flags
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Simon Wintle @simonwintle.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Please sign to support NHS workers at Royal Cornwall Hospital s Trust: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/st...
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Stop the cuts at Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
Cornwall’s NHS needs investment, not cuts. Patient care depends on the staff who keep the system running.
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UNISON @unison.org.uk · 15/09/2025
🚨 UNISON WIN! 🎉 Well done to healthcare assistants in Northumbria. They stood together, and won together. Time for trusts to #PayFairForPatientCare
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UNISON @unison.org.uk · 15/09/2025
Green UNISON Week 19-26 September starts this Friday! It's an ideal opportunity to lay the seeds for the union’s 2026 Year of Green Activity 🌱 Read more: www.unison.org.uk/news/article...
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Start planning for Green UNISON Week – and beyond | Article, News | News | UNISON National
Green UNISON Week, in September, is an ideal opportunity to lay the seeds for the union's 2026 Year of Green Activity
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UNISON Yorkshire & Humberside @unisonyh.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
The National Coal Mining Museum may be showing a pre-historic attitude to resolving the ongoing dispute, but their roar-ful behaviour didn't stop workers bringing their own dinosaur entertainment to match that on the other side of the picket line!
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Simon Wintle @simonwintle.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Great to kick off Welcome Week at @plymuni.bsky.social meeting #PUNC25 nursing students. We will be here all week also talking to social work, paramedic and other allied health students about @unison.org.uk membership. Meet us here unsn.uk/UoP and #JoinUNISON for just £10 @unisonsw.bsky.social
UNISON organisers standing with pull-up banners and student recruitment stall at University of Plymouth
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Simon Wintle @simonwintle.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Who doesn't want more rights for workers? Big business, Reform Party, Tory peers and billionaires, that's who! Please sign: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/pa...
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Pass the Employment Rights Bill – in full, without delay
The biggest upgrade in workers’ rights in a generation is within reach. But Tory peers and big business want to water it down. Add your name now to demand the House of Lords passes the Employment Righ...
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Simon Wintle @simonwintle.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
#HeartUnions stall at Plymouth Uni today, with @unison.org.uk reps Judith and Ben. Join UNISON for #ABetterLifeAtWork @unisonsw.bsky.social
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UNISON South West @unisonsw.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
How can you keep staff in the health service without putting NHS pay right? 🤔 You can’t. Ask your MP to back urgent negotiations between government, unions & employers to Put NHS Pay Right: unsn.uk/timefortalks
Campaign graphic featuring a healthcare worker supporting a patient. Text reads 'Time for Talks' accompanied by the UNISON logo and Put NHS Pay Right logo.
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UNISON @unison.org.uk · 20/01/2025
👥 How can you tackle a 7.5 million-strong waiting list without listening to the staff you need to make it happen? You can't. Ask your MP to back urgent negotiations between govt, unions & employers to #PutNHSPayRight 👉 unsn.uk/timefortalks
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NHS pay – it's time for talks
How can you tackle a 7.5 million strong waiting list without listening to the staff you need to make it happen? You can't. I've asked my MP to back urgent negotiations between government, unions &…
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UNISON @unison.org.uk · 20/01/2025
🗳️ The higher education pay ballot opens tomorrow, 21 January. Look out for your ballot paper in the green envelope, being posted out this week. More info: unsn.uk/4dhoKx1 @UNISONinHE
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Simon Wintle @simonwintle.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Talking Therapy in Derbyshire is under threat! Derbyshire UNISON are fighting to prevent over 70 highly qualified and dedicated NHS staff from being outsourced! Sign their petition: megaphone.org.uk/petitions/ta... From megaphone.org.uk
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Simon Wintle @simonwintle.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Exeter office of @unisonsw.bsky.social supporting the @tucsouthwest.bsky.social @unisontheunion.bsky.social #WorkplaceDayOfAction calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. #Workplaces4Palestine
UNISON South West staff holding placards calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
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UNISON @unison.org.uk · 25/11/2024
Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Nearly  one in three women have experienced violence. Violence against women and girls is one of the most prevalent and pervasive human rights violations in the world. There is #NoExcuse
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