"[in] the 1960s, rent on average equated to approximately 8% of the average persons wages. Fast forward to 2026 & we're looking at an average of over 35% of the average persons salary going towards rent"

Dara from @unitetheunion.bsky.social on the housing crisis at #TUC26

Mark Fairhurst from the POA trade union: "The criminal justice public order act 1994.. bars prison officers from taking.. industrial action.. there are many Lab politicians.. who disagree that we should have our right to strike restored. Well I say to those Lab politicians, shame on you" #TUC26

📢News just in – the motion from the TUC LGBT+ Conference will be debated at #TUC2026 THIS AFTERNOON. This blog has some questions about this motion that @tuc.org.uk delegates can raise at #TUC26 #Brighton⬇️

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Real security means decent wages, strong public services and investment in our communities not billions more for weapons.

Sean Vernell explains why our Wages Not Weapons motion matters and why you should join us at today’s fringe.

#TUC26 #WagesNotWeapons #ucu

Adult and prison education are being pushed to breaking point.

Stagnant funding, destructive cuts, dangerous working conditions and contracts that undermine educators’ professional work.

UCU president Dyfrig Jones moves Motion 40 at #TUC26: fund post-16 education properly.

Speaking at #TUC26, @paulnowaktuc.bsky.social celebrated the 'biggest increase' in trade union membership 'since records began'

With £240 billion we could install solar panels on every UK home, significantly reducing carbon emissions and energy bills. #PeopleNotNukes #TUC26

£240 would lift the debt burden on graduates by paying the fees for eight million students. #PeopleNotNukes #TUC26

£240 billion would fund the construction of 140,000 affordable homes every year for thirty years, wiping out the social housing waiting list in less than seven years. #PeopleNotNukes #TUC26

£240 billion for Britain's nuclear weapons could pay for 220,000 extra nurses for 30 years, boosting the number working in the NHS by a third. #PeopleNotNukes #TUC26

What alternatives can we fund by scrapping Britain’s nukes?
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CND's new #PeopleNotNukes campaign shows that by halting the replacement of Britain’s nuclear weapons, the government could release £240 billion of public funds into the economy over the next 30 years. #TUC26

Some examples 👇

FE staff have waited long enough.

UCU president Dyfrig Jones moves Motion 40 at #TUC26, demanding:

A 10% pay rise
Pay parity with schoolteachers
A return to national bargaining

#FurtherEducation #RespectFE #UCU

Read all about it 📰

Our latest #FederationNews is out now.

Download yours: gftu.org.uk/federationnews

Available to collect from stall 57 at @tuc.org.uk

#GFTU #FedNews #TUC26 #TUC2026

"The evidence is clear, Reform is a party for sale, Nigel Farage is a politician for sale, and given half the chance they'd sell our country down the river"

Paul Nowak from the @tuc.org.uk at #TUC26

"Britains big 4 banks are making over a billion a week while the city had its best year for bonuses since the crash.. tax the banks!"

At #TUC26 Paul Nowak from the @tuc.org.uk says Andy Burnham needs to be prepared to face down vested interests.

Paul Nowak from the @tuc.org.uk at #TUC26 on the scourge of outsourcing.

“I think there’s a a real reason for hope", @equityuk.bsky.social general secretary Paul W Fleming said of Andy Burnham's government.

Read our full interview from #TUC26 👇

What a special night 🤩

Thank you to everyone that joined our fish and chip social last night, kindly sponsored by Morrish.

A pleasure to host Osnay Miguel Colina from Central de Trabajadores de Cuba.

#TUC26 #GFTU #CubaSolidarity

Honoured to give a #brighton #blackhistory tour to @tuc.org.uk delegates #TUC26

TODAY AT #TUC26 join our Wages Not Weapons fringe meeting, discussing why real security means decent wages, strong public services and properly funded education not ever-increasing military spend

5.45-7.15pm | Meeting Room 8 | Brighton Centre.