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Campaign to create fully unionised worker co-ops to create decent work www.union-coops.uk

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Remember that we can always find power, solidarity, and hope in the labor movement. [Artwork by Ricardo Levins Morales]
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Guess how much the minimum wage would be today if it kept up with worker productivity over the years?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
See this chart? Workers’ share of the nation’s income is at the lowest it’s been since records began in 1947. Corporate profits’ share, on the other hand, is the highest it’s been since 1950. This is why we must build back worker power.
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Alex Bird @coopalex.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Join Co-ops Wales this Saturday for an online workshop on how the Co-op movement can help to regenerate our hollowed out high streets, with Steve Witherden MP
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US Federation of Worker Co-ops @usworker.coop · 23/07/2026
Are you a unionized worker curious about worker cooperatives? Or a worker-owner curious about union benefits? Join our Union Co-ops Council call next Wednesday 7/29 to connect and learn, we'll see you on zoom! info.usworker.coop/civicrm/even... #UnionStrong #WorkerCoops #WorkerPower
a photo of a group of people standing together with signs and colored t-shirts in front of a brick store on the street. text reads union cooperatives council, meets last wednesdays monthly to build bridges between cooperatives and unions.
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Palestine 🍉🇵🇸 @palestne4ever.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Well said by the Greens When is Starmer and Kemi going to speak out against Israeli aggression
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union-coops:uk @unioncoops-uk.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
www.thenews.coop/co-ops-rally...
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Co-ops rally for workers this May Day
Co-ops around the world are marking their links to the labour movement this May, as part of International Workers Day tomorrow (1 May)
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General Federation of Trade Unions @gftu.org.uk · 28/04/2026
🌹 We remember workers who’ve lost their lives, been injured, or made ill through work. #Solidarity with workers everywhere. Safe work is a right, not a privilege. ✊ Remember the dead. Fight for the living. #IWMD #InternationalWorkersMemorialDay #GFTU
Candles are lit beside a sign for the General Federation of Trade Unions with the message: "Solidarity to all this International Workers’ Memorial Day." The web address "gftu.org.uk" is displayed at the bottom.
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union-coops:uk @unioncoops-uk.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Our Chair - forthright as usual. We need a new approach to industrial relations- we need to take ownership & control through unionised worker co-ops. Lots more detail on our website.
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union-coops:uk @unioncoops-uk.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
From Hitler's Industrialists to Trump's Tech Bros: The Case for Democracy at Work www.socialeurope.eu/from-hitlers...
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From Hitler’s Industrialists to Trump’s Tech Bros: The Case for Democracy at Work
The alignment of America’s tech billionaires with authoritarian politics echoes 1930s industrial collaboration — but Germany and Spain offer a democratic remedy.
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Canadian Centre for the Study of Co-operatives @coopstudies.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Join us on May 6 for our next Co-op Conversation, "Advancing the Safety and Wellbeing of Waste-pickers through Co-operatives: The Story of Les Valoristes Cooperativé de Solidarité" featuring Marica Vazquez Tagliero". Register to this free online event: uregina.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 20/02/2026
This is HUGE. Congrats to the Volkswagen workers and our @uaw.org family in Chattanooga on ratifying their first union contract. This is an inspiring and historic milestone for working people in the South. Workers are hungry for strong union contracts and respect on the job!
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Strike Map @strikemap.org · 30/01/2026
SHUT IT DOWN 3-D All sites, all day. Not a wheel turned. Victory to the @unitetheunion.bsky.social Brum Bin workers. Your move Prime Minister 🫵 #Megapicket #StrikeMap #Megapicket3D #Megapicket3 #Birmingham #BirminghamBinStrike #BrumBinStrike
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MinnMax @minnmax.com · 23/01/2026
In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 16/01/2026
Water privatisation has failed South East Water spent more on dividends than on pipes Now the taps aren't working in Kent and Sussex Emma Reynolds and Ofwat, bring South East Water into public ownership NOW Sign the petition 👇 vist.ly/4m29f
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Take South East Water into public ownership NOW
South East Water has failed households in Kent and Sussex. It is time to bring it into public ownership.
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UAW @uaw.org · 14/01/2026
🧵 The autoworker at the Dearborn Truck Plant is a proud member of a strong and fighting union—the UAW. He believes in freedom of speech, a principle we wholeheartedly embrace, and we stand with our membership in protecting their voice on the job.
Statement on Ford Plant Visit from VP Laura Dickerson, Ford Department Director
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union-coops:uk @unioncoops-uk.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
We’ve not used #Xitter for over a year, and last week closed our accounts completely. It’s a cess pit and anyone who is still there should be ashamed of themselves. Get off now before your moral compass is completely rusted away. JFDI
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Alex Bird @coopalex.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Only recently discovered the May Day Rooms have labelled the collection of left pamphlets I gave them 5 years ago as “ Dissenting Ephemera - Alex Bird” Lovely description maydayrooms.org/archive_item...
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Dissenting Ephemera — Alex Bird – MayDayRooms
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union-coops:uk @unioncoops-uk.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Beware the Law of Unintended Consequences! The #Labour Party has committed to doubling the size of the Co-operative Economy, and then does this........ Left hand, right hand ??????? www.efesonline.org/EFES%20NEWS/...
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Great Britain    – The rise and sabotage of employee ownership in SMEs
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BFAWU @bfawu.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Working Class people have more in common with each other than with billionaires funding division.
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TUC Cymru @tuccymru.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
How will you get involved this year? You can: ❤️ Help a friend join a union 🎓 Sign up for a Trade Union Rep course ✊ Join our Activist Development programmes 📮 Order your We’ll Support You campaign posters ✍️ Sign our petitions to #SaveWelshIndustry and for a #NationalCareService in Wales (🔗 in bio)
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Sharon Graham @unitesharon.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Heating and electricity bills will rise again this winter while energy companies continue to rake in obscene profits. Why is it always workers and communities that have to pay? These are the wrong choices when there is an overwhelming case for owning energy ourselves.
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‘Why is it always workers and communities that have to pay?’
ENERGY giants will be taxed less as a New Year’s Day fuel price cap increase hits young families and disabled people the hardest during a cold snap, campaigners have warned.Average bills will rise despite falling wholesale prices, while a swathe of cold health alerts is in force across Britain.Today’s 0.2 per cent increase to Ofgem’s energy price cap will equate to a rise of about 28p a month for the average household in England, Wales and Scotland remaining on a standard variable tariff.
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Sharon Graham @unitesharon.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Together we are delivering change, putting Unite back where it belongs: in the workplace. Fighting for workers, jobs, pay & conditions. £620 million+ won for members in dispute Millions secured through day-to-day negotiations No more blank cheques for Labour Resources refocused on the frontline 1/6
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BFAWU @bfawu.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
👉 A union is only as strong as its members and every new member strengthens the fight for fair pay, safety, and respect. 💥 Join the BFAWU today: your voice, your union, your power. join.bfawu.org
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Join BFAWU today!
Join the Bakers Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU), the largest independent Trade Union in the food sector in the British Isles.
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BFAWU @bfawu.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Year of Climate Action
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Fire Brigades Union @fbunational.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Firefighters are proud of the work they do to protect our communities. In 2026, FBU members will stand firm in the fight against cuts to the fire service.
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Sharon Graham @unitesharon.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
📰 My Real Britain article in today's Mirror 💷Stealth tax OUT, Wealth tax IN 📈Investment key for UK productivity 👩‍⚕️NHS a national treasure: invest 🔋Energy profiteering - public ownership ✳️Net Zero - Workers must NOT be sacrificed
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Alex Bird @coopalex.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Will you join me in signing this TUC backed petition? www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/pr...
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Profit has no place in social care
Wales has the largest private sector delivery of care of the devolved nations. The ongoing profiteering from social care is the barrier to the improved care our nation deserves.  Billions of poun...
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union-coops:uk @unioncoops-uk.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
www.tuc.org.uk/blogs/why-l2...
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Why the L20 matters - putting workers at the heart of global decision making
Made up of trade unions from the G20 countries, the L20 fights to ensure workers’ voice and concerns influence governments’ decision making. It also provides a forum for unions from the Global North t...
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Mark Thomas @markthomasinfo.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Hunger strike in British jails and no one bats an eyelid. Please let’s get the word out. morningstaronline.co.uk/article/brit...
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Britain’s biggest hunger strike in decades – and the media won’t touch it
THE Palestine Action hunger strike is on track to become the largest since the 1981 Irish republican protest led by Bobby Sands, yet campaigners say it has faced a “mainstream media blackout.”So far, ...
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union-coops:uk @unioncoops-uk.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Isn’t modern #capitalism wonderful. Who needs #humanity when you can have profit maximisation? Ryanair REFUSES to refund Huntingdon train attack hero who is too injured to fly www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
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Ryanair refuses to refund train attack hero who is too injured to fly
Stephen Crean, 61, bravely stepped in front of other passengers to confront a knife-wielding man during the Huntingdon train attack last week, leaving him with stab wounds
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union-coops:uk @unioncoops-uk.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
We've launched a new Research Report today about how Trade Unions and Worker Co-ops work together in the UK. Read it here:- www.union-coops.uk/2025/10/new-...
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New Research launched | union-coops:uk
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union-coops:uk @unioncoops-uk.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
What are we waiting for? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Could Zurich’s housing cooperatives be the solution to the rest of Europe’s housing crisis? | Peter Apps
One in every five citizens in the city has bought a share in the company that built and owns their apartment block, says Inside Housing’s Peter Apps
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union-coops:uk @unioncoops-uk.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
@neunion.bsky.social We’d be happy to advise
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union-coops:uk @unioncoops-uk.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fixing-the...
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Fixing the Future: Co-operatives and Trade Unions Working Together
Join us to explore the powerful partnership between co-operatives and trade unions in shaping a brighter future
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union-coops:uk @unioncoops-uk.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Join us in Manchester on October 23rd at 5.00pm for the launch of a research report by our colleagues Light refreshments courtesy of the SUMA Wholefoods branch of the BFAWU Open to all but registration essential
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union-coops:uk @unioncoops-uk.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Join us in Manchester on October 23rd at 5.00pm for the launch of a research report put together by colleagues Light refreshments courtesy of the SUMA Wholefoods branch of the BFAWU Open to all, but registration is essential
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union-coops:uk @unioncoops-uk.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Economic Resilience: Studies show that cooperatives are more resilient in times of crisis — such as the
2008 financial crash and during COVID-19 — because worker-owners prioritise job security and community sustainability over
short-term profit.
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union-coops:uk @unioncoops-uk.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
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Protection Against Exploitation: When workers are both owners and union members, they can guarantee fair pay, safe conditions, and decent work standards — countering the race to the bottom driven by
corporate profit-seeking.
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union-coops:uk @unioncoops-uk.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
A new law could give millions of us better rights at work, but corporate lobbyists & politicians are trying to gut it. Tell the Government: protect workers, not profits! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/uk...
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UK Government: Keep your promise to protect workers
Zero hours contracts, unfair ‘fire and rehire’, waiting months or even years to be able to access benefits – the world of work in our country is weighted against actual workers. It’s billionaire bosse...
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union-coops:uk @unioncoops-uk.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
www.union-coops.uk
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union-coops:uk @unioncoops-uk.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
“One-third of public spending is outsourced to private firms and half of the welfare budget goes to in-work benefits — a direct subsidy to employers who pay wages too low to live on.” tribunemag.co.uk/2025/09/reve...
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Reversing the Decline of Union Power
Neoliberalism and postmodernism have torn apart the social fabric that once held us together. But in rebuilding the strength of labour and the organised society, we can be unified, empowered, and dign...
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Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Good one from @ledbydonkeys.org
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We've found Michelle Mone's yacht
YouTube video by Led By Donkeys
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Alex Bird @coopalex.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Tommy Robinson arrested in connection to assault www.bbc.com/news/article... If he never saw the light of day again I’d be a happy man.
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Tommy Robinson arrested in connection to St Pancras assault
The far-right activist was arrested on suspicion of GBH at Luton Airport this evening, police say.
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union-coops:uk @unioncoops-uk.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Join us on the union-coops:uk stand this weekend. We’ll have our new lapel badges and our revised Manifesto Worker co-ops and Unions fighting together for Decent Work
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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
At midnight, Palestine Action will be proscribed under the Terrorism Act. Their real “crime”? Exposing the UK’s role in arming Israel’s genocide. This is a dark day for our democracy. Criminalising non-violent resistance won’t silence the truth. We are all Palestine Action 🇵🇸
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Prof Colin Talbot (and the late Rory) @colintalbot.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Public, Private, Cooperative?
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Alex Bird @coopalex.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
These are USA figures, but I’ll bet UK trend is very similar. Workers are being ripped-off. Who knew? Join a #Union
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David Smith @dsmithwales.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Do encourage others to join this lively debate. @cwmpas.bsky.social @coopnews.bsky.social @coopelaine.bsky.social @coopcouncils.bsky.social @coopstudiesjournal.bsky.social @unioncoops-uk.bsky.social @coopsworth.live @tomlaing14.bsky.social @neilmcinroy.bsky.social @mickantoniw.bsky.social
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