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BelfastTradesCouncil

@BDTUC

BDTUC brings together trade unionists from across the Greater Belfast area to campaign within the community on issues affecting working class communities.

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Joined October 2012
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#MayDayBelfast 2026 Programme now live. 2 weeks of Community, Arts and Solidarity across Belfast Cathedral Quarter, free and open to all! Prog: shorturl.at/afl3j Rally Poster: shorturl.at/tfid3 @UCU_Ulster @nipsa @CWU_nitb @cwunews @UNISONCommVol @GMBNI @1977susan
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Stop the gen0cide! 🕊🍉
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PCS - the civil service union
@pcs_unionOct 28
TOMORROW! Tune in live from 6pm here or: FB:facebook.com/PcsUnion/ YouTube: youtube.com/@PCSDWPBrumSouth #BHM2026 #PCS
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Saul Staniforth@SaulStaniforthOct 29
Mustafa Barghouti: "The fact that Netanyahu and Smotrich and Ben-Gvir got all these votes is an indication that the Israeli public is approving their policies.. policies of settler colonialism, settler terror & fascism"
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TUFAC@TUFAC4Oct 28
tufac.bigcartel.com/product/…
Northern Antifascist T-shirt

Northern Antifascist T-shirt

Our service aims to get orders to their destination in 7-10 Days, but can occasionally take longer

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@RMTunionOct 28
Every year, £6 BILLION leaves our public services in profits for outsourcing giants. That would pay for: 🏫 2 years of free school meals 👵 300,000 adult social care workers 🏠 30,000 council houses a year 🏥 200,000 nurses for the NHS It’s time to Insource Now! #Budget2026
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CWU
@CWUnewsOct 29
Medical samples that sit in sorting offices for days: a disgrace. Having to wait for days by the letterbox for your cancer results: a disgrace. Holidays delayed because you’re waiting too long for your passport: a disgrace. We need a postal service that is fit for purpose. Spot on @IanLaverymp
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UCU Ulster@UCU_UlsterOct 29
Coming to a university near you @UlsterUni 👇
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Cut jobs. Increase workloads. Squeeze staff. Deliver less for students Then plead financial crisis and threaten more cuts Cardiff University is spiralling into a vicious cycle: fewer staff, heavier workloads, declining capacity & more cuts nation.cymru/news/cardiff-un…

Cardiff University faces fresh industrial action threat over jobs and workloads

Nation.Cymru Staff Cardiff University faces the threat of industrial action in 2027 after union members backed demands for protection against compulsory redundancies and an agreement to tackle...

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Dockworkers Worldwide Are About To Strike for Palestine | Portside

Dockworkers Worldwide Are About To Strike for Palestine | Portside

The second International Day of Action of Dockworkers, in solidarity with Palestine and against militarism, begins this Friday — and could be the largest worker action against war in history.

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The Harms of Settler Colonialism from Psychological Suffering to Ecocide and Genocide. 📍 QUB 🗓️ Thursday 12th November.
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Assal Rad
@AssalRadOct 26
This should be the headline in every major news outlet. Where is the coverage?
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Sarah@SarahjdublinOct 27
Less than 50 miles down the road Palestinians are surviving on approx 1000 calories per day
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Strike Map@strike_mapOct 27
Want a nice juicy #UnionWin to get you through the week? How about the recent @unitetheunion victory of Legal 500 workers? £2000 pay increase for every worker. Nice one comrades. #StrikeMap #Legal500Strike #Solidarity #Winning #Workers #Unions #Organising #Campaigns
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CWU
@CWUnewsOct 27
"We should not be shy in coming forward to say that the privatisation of the Royal Mail and its separation from the Post Office was a mistake.” - @darrenpjones More and more voices are saying it.
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ictu.ie/events/2026-11-26/wo…
Workplace Day of Action in solidarity with the people of Palestine

Workplace Day of Action in solidarity with the people of Palestine

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UCU Ulster@UCU_UlsterOct 20
An indictment on the current working conditions @UlsterUni … An indictment on the future of @StudyAtUlster painted by senior managers… An indictment on the state of Higher Education in N.Ireland & working conditions in the sector… irishnews.com/news/northern-…
More than 700 Ulster University staff apply for redundancy under scheme aimed at saving the...

More than 700 Ulster University staff apply for redundancy under scheme aimed at saving the...

The number, close to a quarter of total employee head count, far out strips the 450 planned job cuts

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UCU Ulster@UCU_UlsterOct 21
Press statement from @ucu N. Ireland regional office following the announcement that 735 @UlsterUni colleagues have applied to the voluntary redundancy scheme @StudyAtUlster
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Darran Marshall@DarranMarshallOct 17
Sales of Sally Rooney books surge in Northern Ireland after publisher stops UK distribution irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/…
Sales of Sally Rooney books surge in Northern Ireland after publisher stops UK distribution

Sales of Sally Rooney books surge in Northern Ireland after publisher stops UK distribution

Tómas Kenny, who co-runs Kennys Bookshop in Galway with his sister Sarah, says sales of Rooney’s books have increased tenfold

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Andrew Feinstein
@andrewfeinsteinOct 17
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Sprinter Press
@Sprinter_PressOct 18
Smoke and the Palestinian flag on the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
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BladeoftheSun@BladeoftheSOct 17
French Police beat a young woman half a dozen times even though she is alone and surrounded by a dozen Police. The French Police are thugs.
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