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It’s the Epstein files deja vu: how many more powerful men knew about his crimes, and helped him out anyway? | Marina Hyde I’m sorry, but this is not just a political scandal. Time to refocus on the horrific mistreatment of women and girls, and the role of these ghouls, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

ICU nurse fatally shot by Border Patrol in Minneapolis cared for veterans Alex Pretti was kind and didn’t often discuss politics, friends and colleagues said. His family sharply disputed the Trump administration’s version of the shooting.

Our hearts are with our union brother Alex Jeffrey Pretti’s loved ones.

America’s unions demand that ICE leave Minnesota before anyone else is hurt and that local authorities conduct a full, transparent investigation that will lead to accountability.

The Trump admin’s reckless ICE operations are trampling on working people’s fundamental rights and freedoms.

We demand that ICE stop these dangerous operations and leave our communities and workplaces before even more innocent people are hurt or killed. https://bit.ly/4sFzgGL

➡️ Banning exploitative zero hours contracts
➡️ Sick pay for all from day one
➡️ Expanding paternity, parental & bereavement leave
➡️ Strengthening protections for pregnant women, whistle-blowers and victims of sexual harassment
➡️ Making flexible working the default
➡️ Repealing Tory anti-union laws

🚨BREAKING: Employment Rights Bill passes in the House of Lords and will become law.

This is an historic day for working people across the country, and the trade unions who represent them.

Best Christmas present ever. So many amazing people have worked to get this over the line, and deliver the biggest upgrade to workers rights I. A generation. A lot more to do, but a very good day. www.tuc.org.uk/news/tuc-hai...

"I don't think anyone should take lectures from a government that presided over a decade and a half of austerity about the state of our public services"

#BBCQT

@tuc.org.uk joins @ituc.bsky.social in condemning the 'violent Israeli raid' on PGFTU offices in Nablus

No need for a moral panic about the welfare system It’s far from perfect, but the UK’s spending is broadly controlled and employment is high

A much needed corrective by @chrisgiles.ft.com to the "welfare is out of control" narrative, drawing on research by my colleague @benbgeiger.bsky.social

www.ft.com/content/ee67...

TikTok is getting rid of the London staff who keep you safe from harmful, misleading and illegal content. When did they announce the job cuts? Eight days before those employees were due to vote on unionising.

We’ve signed an open letter with @tuc.org.uk and @cwunews.bsky.social:

Hundreds of content moderators are being laid off by TikTok.

Now they're unionising and speaking out.

@cwunews.bsky.social

www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

The whole of our Congress showing solidarity with Palestine after powerful speech from Shaher Saed, leader of the Palestinian trade union movement

Make no mistake, let there be no doubt.

We were elected to deliver this Employment Rights Bill and that is what we will do.

We won’t accept any watering down by the Lords.

In full.

No ifs, no buts.

on.ft.com/4g4oeVn

Building a pro-worker AI innovation strategy A pro-worker AI innovation strategy for the UK should use every lever to shape technology towards good jobs, resilient public services and to drive socially useful innovation – for now and the future,...

New @tuc.org.uk report calls for pro-worker AI innovation strategy www.tuc.org.uk/research-ana...

Half of UK adults worry that AI will take or alter their job, poll finds The TUC calls for a new approach to technology and greater input from workers on how it is deployed

Our new report on how we can shape the AI that gets developed and how it came be used, covered here www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Just finished Come and Get It by Kiley Reid which I guess includes some crises, but in which many women are extremely funny.

'A year on, children can't wait. Starmer must end the two-child cap now' - LabourList Charity bosses call for Starmer to scrap the two-child benefit cap.

labourlist.org/2025/07/two-...

To all who think capitalism can drive progressive change, it won’t – and here’s the shocking proof | Polly Toynbee Asset manager Aberdeen’s surprise cut to funding research into inequality has left those that used its grants for good work reeling, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Appalled to read this. A critical funder of UK social and fiscal policy research has just been summarily dumped, along with its key staff and trustees. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Aberdeen under fire after ousting financial charity’s board The chief executive and all ten independent trustees of Abrdn Financial Fairness Trust were removed in shift away from funding research

Surprised & saddened to see this happen to Abrdn Financial Fairness Trust - they have supported vital work on debt, pensions, tax & much else.

www.thetimes.com/article/7d69...

BREAKING 🚨 | Unions call for Thames Water to be brought into full public ownership.

@unitetheunion.bsky.social @unison.org.uk @gmb.org.uk

Rebuilding through glass: how better windows could spark a UK industry revival It’s time the UK got serious about windows. Yes, windows. The kind millions of us peer out of every day to check if it’s raining again. But beyond the drizzle, old and leaky windows are costing UK hou...

Rebuilding through glass: how better windows could spark a UK industry revival @tuc.org.uk www.tuc.org.uk/blogs/rebuil...

Very interesting.

Time to boost workers' data rights to shed a light on the algorithms that determine their work and pay.

UK Uber drivers’ earnings cut after secretive algorithm changes www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Shoulder to shoulder in Newcastle.

@drjogrady.bsky.social with @kategobell.bsky.social assistant general secretary @tuc.org.uk standing strong.

The whole movement has our back✊

Unions from 36 countries protest over treatment of migrant workers in Saudi Arabia Trade unions from 36 countries have filed a complaint with the International Labour Organisation as development begins to scale up before the 2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia

The TUC is proud to have supported this complaint at the International Labour Organisation. We have serious concerns about migrant workers in Saudi Arabia, including those involved in preparing for the 2034 World Cup.

Tory decision to underfund Covid self-isolation support cost lives, inquiry hears The UK spent much less than other countries, said the former NHS Test and Trace lead

On this underfunding: an FOI sent by the TUC found that the government spent just £385m on the entire 18 months of the Test and Trace Support Payment Scheme.

For context, this isn’t even half of what it spent on Eat Out To Help Out, which lasted just a month.

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Employment rights bill ‘improves Labour’s favourability among voters’ Polling for TUC suggests measures could lure voters back from Reform, Greens or independents, but finds low awareness

Guess what: boosting workers' rights is popular www.theguardian.com/law/2025/apr...