There is far too much of this appalling conduct throughout the labour movement - and a persistent failure to put a stop to it. The union movement must do better. /2 #IWD2026 #IWD #EndNotDefend
There is far too much of this appalling conduct throughout the labour movement - and a persistent failure to put a stop to it. The union movement must do better. /2 #IWD2026 #IWD #EndNotDefend
Members of the House of Lords will soon be voting on legislation which would end the criminalisation of women and girls accused of ending their own pregnancies. Take 1 minute to tell Peers to back this vital reform: bpas-campaigns.org/time-to-act/
#abortionrights
"We deplore this latest unconscionable move to placate the far right. We call on the Government to reconsider the earned settlement model in its entirety."
Joint statement from @filiacharity.bsky.social & @projectresist.bsky.social with supporting signatures (including mine). Add yours.
Thought provoking day at
SUTR & @tuc.org.uk Workers Against Far Right Organising Conference. Good to see solid support from TU leadership for urgent anti-racist organising. Really useful workshops from
@togetheralliance.bsky.social and @gftu.org.uk
Access the toolkit for templates, resources + more to get your workplace talking: bit.ly/mobilisation-toolkit
From St Albans to St Asaph, we need everyone to know what we’re marching for and how they can join us.
Today marks a major milestone. Figures show the number of homicides of young people under-25 were the lowest this century.
Data also shows homicides of young people were three times higher when we were set up than they are today.
🔗Read more: bit.ly/49yotoS
Later this month, join us for a Women-only tour of the Marx Memorial Library & workshop on Annie Mills, the little-known activist of the National Unemployed Workers' Movement.
🗓️ Wednesday 28th January 6pm
📍 Marx Memorial Library
🎟️ bit.ly/FiLiAAnnieMillsMML
#UnionsForWomen #London
#OtD 21 Dec 1916 Mexican-American strike leader, Emma Tenayuca, was born in San Antonio. Most famously, she led a successful strike of 12,000 pecan-shelling women in 1938 stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9359...
Insightful 🧵on Government #VAWG strategy from @filiacharity.bsky.social - things to welcome and things to work for...
Insightful 🧵on Government #VAWG strategy from @filiacharity.bsky.social - things to welcome and things to work for...
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Are you interested how the budget will impact women and gender equality? Join our discussion tomorrow at 10am online.
Tickets still available - get yours now 👇
www.wbg.org.uk/event/autumn...
#MVAWG accounts for at least 15.8% of all recorded crime, has been declared a national threat and the Gov't has committed to halving this within 10 years.
In Making Policy Work for Women, we made several recommendations to Gov't📑➡️ bit.ly/FiLiA-Making-Policy-Work-For-Women
#16Days #16DaysOfActivism
Really looking forward to this. Spaces limited so book early! #UnionsForWomen #AnnieMills
"TOGETHER, an alliance of campaigners, unions and civil society groups, is being launched today to counter the rise of Reform and street protests led by far-right agitator Tommy Robinson." @dailymirrornews.bsky.social www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
March TOGETHER on 28th March
London
Stand up to the Far-Right
For more info and updates see
@togetheralliance.bsky.social
#TogetherAlliance
Unity is stronger than division.
That’s why we’ve formed Together Alliance with 50+ organisations and thousands of individuals — all pushing back against the far right.
#Together we show where this country really stands.
Join us: togetheralliance.org.uk
Read our round-up of union activity in the UK and from around the world, including recent Labour impacts on workers, more on the Birmingham bin strikes, and fashion brands exposed by Amnesty International.
www.pcs.org.uk/news-events/...
#VAWG is a trade union issue... ‘the trade union movement itself – still need to take the crisis of violence against women more seriously’.
@kiritunks.bsky.social of the FiLiA TU Women’s Network writes for @mstaronline.bsky.social for #IDEVAW & the #16Days
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/viol...
But words only go so far and mean nothing if trade unions don't also tackle the issues so prevalent in the movement. The @tuc.org.uk
General Council Statement outlines steps unions should take. What has your union done? www.tuc.org.uk/general-coun... #16DaysOfActivism /3
The latest
@filiacharity.bsky.social
Trade Union Women's Network newsletter has links to a good sample of policies and actions that unions already have on challenging sexual harassment, abuse and violence. You can sign up here to the network here www.filia.org.uk/filia-trade-... /2
Good to see
@mstaronline.bsky.social
has a good cluster of articles to mark #16DaysOfActivism and the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. My contribution on why violence against women and girls is a trade union issue. morningstaronline.co.uk/article/viol... /1
Fabulous thread and photos from the
@filiacharity.bsky.social
parliamentary launch of FiLiA's excellent new report Making Policy work for Women. Link to report here t.co/Y7BufYXZgk
The #FiLiA newsletter is out now, with an update on the next conference in #Blackpool, our event in Parliament, our new research project, a @filiahaguemums.bsky.social campaign and more!
🔗 mailchi.mp/filia/next-conference-in-blackpool-first-parliamentary-event-and-more
#Sisterhood & #Solidarity
A great reception and a really great report into why policy isn't working for women and what FiLiA projects are doing to put that right. Congratulations! ♥️✊
Since forever, women's needs and rights have been ignored by policy makers. Read the
@filiacharity.bsky.social
report 'Making Policy Work for Women' and join us in taking action. bit.ly/FiLiA-Making...
Fantastic launch of the FiLiA Womens Assembly in Parliament today & report, Making Policy Work for Women.
Thanks to @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social for sponsoring us & all who came for the enthusiastic reception @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social
Read the report: bit.ly/FiLiA-Making-Policy-Work-For-Women
