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Nurse | Trade Unionist | ‘Firebrand Nurse’ according to the Daily Mail | All views my own | 💚

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Strike Map @strikemap.org · 03/06/2026
At last month’s #RCNCongress, we joined @nhsworkerssayno.bsky.social for a fringe event bringing together #NHS workers from @unison.org.uk , @rcn.org.uk and @bma.org.uk . 🔁 Share Tracy, an RCN member and registered nurse working in advanced practise, on why this meeting mattered 👇 #StrikeMap
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Strike Map @strikemap.org · 20/05/2026
Unity builds the power of #NHS workers to change the system @socialisthb.bsky.social, @redrunswick.bsky.social, @jordanrivera.bsky.social, @paulascachette.bsky.social reflect on our fringe meeting with @nhsworkerssayno.bsky.social In today's @mstaronline.bsky.social: bit.ly/UnityBuildsPower
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Unity builds the power of NHS workers to change the system
AT THE height of the 2022-23 strike “wave,” nurses, paramedics, doctors, civil servants, teachers and many others took part in the largest surge of industrial action seen in decades.What distinguished...
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Strike Map @strikemap.org · 19/05/2026
Last night, we hosted our second RCN fringe with @nhsworkerssayno.bsky.social. The 22–23 strike wave may have eased, but the need for coordinated industrial and political strategy hasn’t. From @bma.org.uk to @unison.org.uk disputes and potential nursing ballots, health workers must stand together
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Strike Map @strikemap.org · 17/05/2026
Meet @jordanrivera.bsky.social , speaker at our joint RCN Congress fringe with @nhsworkerssayno.bsky.social . Organise Strike Win 18 May| 6pm| Racquet Club, L3 9AG FT. @redrunswick.bsky.social, @paulascachette.bsky.social , @socialisthb.bsky.social RSVP: bit.ly/RCNFringe2026 #Nurses #Liverpool
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Strike Map @strikemap.org · 11/05/2026
Also most importantly featuring the one and only @socialisthb.bsky.social ! #StrikeMap
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Strike Map @strikemap.org · 14/05/2026
Meet @paulascachette.bsky.social, speaker at our joint #RCN Congress fringe with @nhsworkerssayno.bsky.social Organise Strike Win 18 May| 6pm| Racquet Club, L3 9AG FT. @redrunswick.bsky.social, @jordanrivera.bsky.social, @socialisthb.bsky.social RSVP: bit.ly/RCNFringe2026 #Nurses #Liverpool
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Strike Map @strikemap.org · 11/05/2026
Meet @redrunswick.bsky.social, speaker at our joint RCN Congress fringe with @nhsworkerssayno.bsky.social. Organise Strike Win 18 May| 6pm| Racquet Club, L3 9AG FT. Dr. Emma Runswick, BMA| Paula Dunne, #StrikeMap Jordan Rivera, UNISON RSVP bit.ly/RCNFringe2026 #RCN #Nurses #Liverpool #Doctors
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 10/05/2026
🎉 398 new Green councillors over the weekend. 💚Across the country, people are voting for change. 🫵Help us build on this momentum - join the Green Party today⤵️
Local elections 2026.
+398 Green Councillors.
Green Party- Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ
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Strike Map @strikemap.org · 30/04/2026
🚨 BREAKING: 15 national trade union leaders have written to Tradewind UK, calling on them to immediately stop supplying staff to undermine the @wforestneu.bsky.social strike at Connaught School for Girls. Read and share the letter in full 👇 #StrikeMap #NoScabs #NEUStrike #WalthamForest
Text reads: STOP SCABBING Tradewind recruitment. Strike Map logo. Arrow. Picture of a picket line. 30 April 2026 - Sent by email

Dear Nick Murphy (CEO Tradewind Recruitment)

We are writing to you regarding the ongoing industrial action taken by National Education Union (NEU) members at Connaught School for Girls in Waltham Forest.

We understand that your agency is currently supplying staff to the school during this period of strike action. This has the effect of undermining a legitimate and important dispute driven by serious concerns, including significant budget cuts, redundancies including of the NEU workplace representative.

NEU members have taken this action as a last resort. In this context, the provision of agency staff to cover striking workers weakens the integrity of the process and prolongs the dispute.

We therefore urge you to reconsider your position and immediately cease supplying staff to the school for the duration of the strike. We believe it is inappropriate for public funds to be used in a way that undermines dedicated educators advocating for fair working coToday, 30 April, we stand in full solidarity with NEU members in Waltham Forest and their efforts to secure a just outcome.

Please be assured that this issue is of significant concern to our wider movement, and we will continue to pursue accountability and transparency in response to these actions.

We look forward to your prompt response and to seeing your agency take a responsible and principled position in this matter.

Yours sincerely

Name of signer	Union
Jim Leonard	Advance Union
Brian McDaid	Aegis
Zita Holbourne 	Artists’ Union England 
Sarah Woolley	"Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union"
Steve Wright	Fire Brigades Union
Ian Murray	Fire Brigades Union
Gawain Little	General Federation of Trade Unions Henry Chango Lopez	IWGB Union
Daniel Kebede	National Education Union
Sarah Kilpatrick	National Education Union
Michele Gregson	National Society for Education in Art and Design
Julia Georgiou 	NHBC Staff Association
Fran Heathcote	Public and Commercial Services Union 
Daniel Garnham	Security Industry Federation
Sharon Graham	Unite the Union
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Strike Map @strikemap.org · 27/04/2026
Birmingham council leader to speak as he says end to year-long bin strike 'in sight' www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c7... #StrikeMap
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Birmingham council leader to make statement on year-long bin strikes - live updates
Refuse workers in the city have been involved in all-out strike action since March 2025.
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Strike Map @strikemap.org · 28/04/2026
Meet @socialisthb.bsky.social, chair of our joint RCN Congress fringe with @nhsworkerssayno.bsky.social. Organise Strike Win 18 May| 6pm| Racquet Club L3 9AG FT. @redrunswick.bsky.social, BMA @paulascachette.bsky.social, #StrikeMap RSVP: bit.ly/RCNFringe2026 #RCN #Nurses #Liverpool
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Strike Map @strikemap.org · 13/04/2026
#StrikeMap X @nhsworkerssayno.bsky.social presents: Doctors & Nurses Unite Organise. Strike. Win. 18 May 2026| 6pm 📍The Racquet Club Hotel & Ziba Restaurant, L3 9AG @socialisthb.bsky.social| @redrunswick.bsky.social| @paulascachette.bsky.social
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Strike Map @strikemap.org · 02/04/2026
BREAKING 🚨| They are up on our map, get ya @bma.org.uk pickets 7-13 April 2026. We stand 100% behind all taking action. 🪧#VisitAPicket- bit.ly/BMAPicketsAp... #StrikeMap #NHSstrike #ResidentDoctors #BMA
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Royal College of Nursing @rcn.org.uk · 31/01/2026
There is lots to discover at RCN Congress. Join us in May to meet exhibitors from across the health and care industry, join dedicated social events relevant to you, and hear from keynote speakers to inspire you. Secure your free place #RCN26 ➡️ bit.ly/47cpn9x
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RCN Nursing Activism @rcnactivism.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
RCN standing united against fascism ✊✊🏿✊🏻
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RCN Nursing Activism @rcnactivism.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Hi Nurses of Blue Sky! 🦋 Imagine a world where Nurses are paid a fair wage 🔥 Imagine a world which ensures safe staffing 🚑 Imagine a world where care is given only in apt settings 🏥 Now. Stop imagining and join the fight to make it a reality 💪 Come and get involved: rcn.org.uk/Get-Involved
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RCN Nursing Activism @rcnactivism.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
📢 It's time to stand for unity over division. Are you in? 📢 On 28 March we are joining the Trade Union Bloc for the Together Alliance march in central London against racism and the far-right. See you there - details below ⬇️
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RCN block at Together Alliance March | Royal College of Nursing
On 28 March, hundreds of thousands will gather in London to send a clear message: racism, discrimination and hatred have no place in our society.
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Strike Map @strikemap.org · 17/11/2025
"We are the life blood Mr. Manager!" Invoking the spirit of Grunwick at today's @unison.org.uk solidarity rally for the striking Gloucester phlebotomists. #StrikeMap is proud to support these incredible strikers. 📸 (c) Henry Fowler, Strike Map
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Strike Map @strikemap.org · 18/11/2025
NEW ACTION 🚨| Alongside @nhsworkerssayno.bsky.social, we're calling on ALL NHS staff to get behind the @unison.org.uk Gloucester Phlebotomists. All current NHS workers can add support 👇 bit.ly/NHSWorkersBackThePhlebs 236 days of strike action & counting. 💉We give a Phleb! #StrikeMap
Poster showing NHS workers on strike advocating for phlebotomists, featuring a person with a megaphone and others holding signs, encouraging public support and engagement through the Strike Map initiative.
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Holly @socialisthb.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
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100,000 NHS JOB CUTS MUST BE STOPPED
Shockingly, more than 100,000 NHS staff are poised to lose their jobs as a consequence of the Government's '10 Year Plan' and 'financial reset'. The plan includes abolishing NHS England, halving Integ...
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Holly @socialisthb.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
At a time when demand across health and social care is so high, numbers entering the LD nursing profession are too low. Please sign this petition to support our profession which faces extinction! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
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Petition: Fund a full bursary and maintenance fund to train Learning Disability Nurses
At a time when the demand across health and social care is so high, numbers entering the LD nursing profession are too low. To halt this decline, support the profession with a full bursary and maintenance fund. Now is time for action.
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Strike Map @strikemap.org · 31/05/2025
Why we will be marching on June 7 @danielkebedeneu.bsky.social Fran Heathcote @socialisthb.bsky.social @leannemohamad.bsky.social Read in this weekend’s @mstaronline.bsky.social morningstaronline.co.uk/article/why-... #StrikeMap #AntiAusterity
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Why we will be marching on June 7 | Morning Star
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Holly @socialisthb.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
📣 TOMORROW! Join the National Demonstration! #welfarenotwarfare
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Holly @socialisthb.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Please to contribute to this article 👇 #VoteReject
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Holly @socialisthb.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Our Health Service is categorically NOT safe in the hands of this man. We need to brace ourselves for the NHS Plan being released in June, I’ve been reliably informed that there will be RADICAL changes.
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Keep Our NHS Public @keepournhspublic.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Cuts & privatisation WILL NOT make the NHS more efficient, but far less. Cutting up to 150,000 NHS staff will have significant and far reaching implications upon remaining staff & the quality of patient care. This is a complete false economy and a huge mistake. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Hospitals in England could shed 100,000 jobs in response to cost-cutting orders
Exclusive: Scale of looming job losses prompts NHS leaders to ask Treasury to cover costs
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Holly @socialisthb.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
I’ll be there! Will you!?
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Holly @socialisthb.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
For those of us working in the field of disability healthcare we underpin practice with the phrase ‘nothing about us, without us’ Labour would do well to consider this The needs & voices of the disability community should be at the heart of the Gov’s plans, not an afterthought
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Holly @socialisthb.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
⏰ NHS Pay Award 3 days late. When Labour won this election, they PROMISED that they would address our pay They PROMISED that pay uplifts would happen on time They PROMISED they would not leave us in the dark like with other government Pls share
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Stop the War Coalition @stwc.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Fantastic line-up of speakers for our Welfare Not Warfare rally tomorrow! Tickets are free but going fast. Don't miss out – register here 🔽 stopwar.org.uk/events/welfa...
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Frontline19 @frontline19.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
1st NHS baby, Aneira Thomas, backs our #careinthecold campaign. We're calling for more professional volunteer counsellors & donations so we can be there for more staff who need support. Please donate: frontline19.raisely.com Or volunteer: frontline19.com/volunteer/ www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kL8...
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1st NHS baby Aneira Thomas supports Frontline19's campaign
YouTube video by Frontline 19
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 06/12/2024
🚨Private healthcare companies are lobbying the Health Secretary to sign up to a new PFI deal. ⏰We’re running out of time to stop this deal. 📋Add your name to the petition now and show Wes Streeting YOU stand against new #PFI in our #NHS. #NoNewPFI weownit.org.uk/act-now/tell...
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Tell Wes Streeting - NO new PFI in our NHS!
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SOS NHS @sosnhs.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
If you missed our important event last week, don't worry! You can watch all of our speakers here again including @socialisthb.bsky.social & @livinginhope.bsky.social www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Why NHS privatisation isn't the answer, 13/11/2024 - YouTube
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
It’s so important we support @bylinetimes.bsky.social. It’s the newspaper we’ve all been waiting for. Truly independent journalism at its very best subscribe.bylinetimes.com
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
This weeks heartbreaking BBCNews report that schoolchildren from struggling families are pretending to eat out of empty lunchboxes to save their embarrassment at having no food is exactly why we should all join @bigissue in calling for a POVERTY ZERO LAW👇
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Dixie @dixie.bsky.social · 25/09/2023
BBC Question Time: Nurse takes apart the government over NHS strikes While Tory MP Kevin Hollinrake MP sought to defend the government’s refusal to negotiate over pay, the nurse exposed just how awful the government’s position is... Read More? - HERE: leftfootforward.org/2023/09/bbc-...
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CarolineJMolloy @carolinejmolloy.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Hello (properly) BlueSky. I’m a healthcare commentator, spent 10 yrs leading openDemocracy’s award-winning health reporting. My focus is how we get truly patient-centred care, & how profit motive & over-reliance on tech can harm it. Learned machine code aged 9. Often the only non-medic in the room.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
More than a million pallets of unusable Covid PPE, costing £8.6 billion, have so far gone up in smoke Billions of pounds were spent on completely unusable protective equipment, with a series of priority contracts handed to associates of Conservative ministers bylinetimes.com/2024/11/14/m...
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More Than a Million Pallets of Unusable Covid PPE Costing £8 Billion Have So Far Gone up in Smoke
Billions of pounds were spent on unusable protective equipment, with priority contracts handed to associates of Conservative ministers
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Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 19/10/2024
“It seems Labour has pioneered the all-new ‘tax-based private healthcare model’. A model whereby the taxpayer pays ever-increasing taxes so the private sector can cream off profits by doing the simple and straightforward procedures,..” bylines.scot?p=58096&prev...
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Labour’s vision for the NHS is getting grim
As Labour tries to please both private and public interests, its policies for the NHS are in danger of costing a lot and achieving little
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Holly @socialisthb.bsky.social · 17/10/2024
All I’m seeing on here is cat content!? 😅
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 15/10/2024
Private healthcare companies are asking the government to guarantee them public money for the long term, in exchange for spending £1 billion building up their own facilities. That's just daft! Take 1 min to send Wes Streeting our letter now: weownit.org.uk/act-now/stop...
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Stop Wes Streeting using our money to build up private healthcare
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Siobhan @nhsactivistrn.bsky.social · 23/09/2024
Wow RCN England have REJECTED the 5.5% pay offer from the government are we about to see strikes again? I not so patiently await our results in Scotland Ballot days are so nerve racking, I admit I didn't see this coming
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