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Louise Haigh announces to #TUC26 a strengthened right to flexible working ... but no details as to how

Let's see how it builds on this: www.gov.uk/flexible-wor...

Labour MP Apsana Begum told a #TUC26 fringe meeting that privatised water firms are acting "like a criminal racket"

Thank you to the #TUC26 President Steve Gillan for such a clear expression of solidarity with Brighton UCU from the chair of conference and especially for asking that delegates who are able show their support for the demo. @ucu.org.uk delegates are on our way 🪧🪧🪧

In an interview with LFF at #TUC26, @cwunews.bsky.social general secretary Dave Ward said Andy Burnham is "the right politician for these times".

Read the full interview 👇

Dave Calfe from @aslefunion.bsky.social at #TUC26 explaining that our trains are owned by rolling stock leasing companies that extract hundreds of millions from the industry each year, while contributing nothing.

Why is the govt not taking back ownership of our trains?

Delegates at #TUC26 have backed an @neunion.bsky.social motion calling for investment in climate resilience

"Outsourcing is a racket.. we're here today to say the era of outsourcing is over. We're coming for the multinational companies who've been eating our public services alive.. they've created a 2 tier workforce.."

@rmtunion.bsky.social's Eddie Dempsey at #TUC26 on the scourge of outsourcing.

We’re at #TUC26.
Speaking in support of motions on housing, taking part in a crucial fringe meeting and seconding a motion from #TUCLGBT+ conference.

"we must name the cause.. an economy organised around extraction, exploitation & endless accumulation"

Part of a great speech by @danielkebedeneu.bsky.social from the @neunion.bsky.social at #TUC26 on the climate crisis

"we have all seen where outsourcing leads, the inevitable erosion of terms and conditions.. the breaking up & decline of services.. at the same time the outsourcing companies extract huge profits"

A great speech by @andreaegangs.bsky.social from
@unisontheunion.bsky.social at #TUC26 on outsourcing

"One member told us, every year we're told we're valued, every year our pay falls behind. Respect means nothing if all you get is applause.. that voice.. represents the experience of our workers who have kept our public services running"

Bev from the @pcsunion.bsky.social at #TUC26

Available to take away on stall 57 at #TUC2026 #TUC26

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#TUC2026 #TUC26 #GFTU #OurEconomyIsntWorking

Delegates at #TUC26 have voted to back @aslefunion.bsky.social's Own Our Trains campaign

"Human-in-the-Loop" has become a popular buzzword. But who's actually in the loop?

For us, experts are the engine, not the backup - they bring context AI can't.

At #TUC26, this panel explores collaborative systems in HTR and research 👇

tuc.transkribus.org/programme/pa...

Delegates at #TUC26 have backed a motion calling for Labour to deliver its promise of the 'biggest wave of insourcing in a generation'

And in the debate on insourcing at #TUC26, Fran Heathcote says:

"While ministers are now publicly saying they are making plans to insource the pensions contract, Capita has been handed a £900m, 10-year contract for running the payroll for 250,000 civil servants.

"What could possibly go wrong?"

Good piece by @andymcdonaldmp.bsky.social

"The Labour government has made a significant start, beginning to rebuild public capacity after years in which the state was told its role was simply to commission and contract"
#TUC26 #InsourceNow

morningstaronline.co.uk/article/lets...

Will be speaking at this fringe event at #TUC26 today

'For an irreversible shift in the balance of power and wealth'

Come along if you're in or around Brighton