Dave Pike
@davepikesheff.bsky.social
Out & Proud 🏳️🌈 Trade Union Activist and Regional Secretary, Cowboys Fan and Punk enthusiast *all views in a personal capacity*
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Its LGBT+ History Month, and this Feburary we need your support for our Save Durham Pride UK Campaign
save-durham-pride.raiselysite.com
#LGBTHistoryMonth #Pride
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#LGBTHistoryMonth #Pride
February 2, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Its LGBT+ History Month, and this Feburary we need your support for our Save Durham Pride UK Campaign
save-durham-pride.raiselysite.com
#LGBTHistoryMonth #Pride
save-durham-pride.raiselysite.com
#LGBTHistoryMonth #Pride
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And that's a wrap! Time to take today's discussions back to our workplaces and communities and organise!
January 31, 2026 at 5:23 PM
And that's a wrap! Time to take today's discussions back to our workplaces and communities and organise!
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The 2026 NEY&H TUC & @racequalitynetwork.bsky.social Black Workers Conference is go!
Great to see delegates from across the region coming together in Bradford to discuss anti-racism, collective power and communities.
Great to see delegates from across the region coming together in Bradford to discuss anti-racism, collective power and communities.
January 31, 2026 at 12:39 PM
The 2026 NEY&H TUC & @racequalitynetwork.bsky.social Black Workers Conference is go!
Great to see delegates from across the region coming together in Bradford to discuss anti-racism, collective power and communities.
Great to see delegates from across the region coming together in Bradford to discuss anti-racism, collective power and communities.
Shout out to my old collueages at the NEU and their incredible art project celebrating LGBT+ Educators.
I was really proud to be involved in starting this project, and great to see the amazing profiles captured by Gaz Lawerence, and to Graham Ward-Tipping the rep who made it happen!
I was really proud to be involved in starting this project, and great to see the amazing profiles captured by Gaz Lawerence, and to Graham Ward-Tipping the rep who made it happen!
January 26, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Shout out to my old collueages at the NEU and their incredible art project celebrating LGBT+ Educators.
I was really proud to be involved in starting this project, and great to see the amazing profiles captured by Gaz Lawerence, and to Graham Ward-Tipping the rep who made it happen!
I was really proud to be involved in starting this project, and great to see the amazing profiles captured by Gaz Lawerence, and to Graham Ward-Tipping the rep who made it happen!
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One week today - the TUC Black Workers Conference 2026!
@tucneyh.bsky.social is bringing Black workers and allies together to tackle the far right and build collective power.
This is a space to learn, share, and organise, centring Black and Global Majority voices.
Tickets here: zc.vg/AMPiz?m=0
@tucneyh.bsky.social is bringing Black workers and allies together to tackle the far right and build collective power.
This is a space to learn, share, and organise, centring Black and Global Majority voices.
Tickets here: zc.vg/AMPiz?m=0
January 24, 2026 at 6:30 PM
One week today - the TUC Black Workers Conference 2026!
@tucneyh.bsky.social is bringing Black workers and allies together to tackle the far right and build collective power.
This is a space to learn, share, and organise, centring Black and Global Majority voices.
Tickets here: zc.vg/AMPiz?m=0
@tucneyh.bsky.social is bringing Black workers and allies together to tackle the far right and build collective power.
This is a space to learn, share, and organise, centring Black and Global Majority voices.
Tickets here: zc.vg/AMPiz?m=0
Thanks to Dan & Chris at We Are Local Heroes for having me on their show this afternoon.
Keep an eye out for it in the mext few weeks.
A great chat about our movemenets heroes, politics, the food industry and a shared love of pickled beetroot!
Keep an eye out for it in the mext few weeks.
A great chat about our movemenets heroes, politics, the food industry and a shared love of pickled beetroot!
January 23, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Thanks to Dan & Chris at We Are Local Heroes for having me on their show this afternoon.
Keep an eye out for it in the mext few weeks.
A great chat about our movemenets heroes, politics, the food industry and a shared love of pickled beetroot!
Keep an eye out for it in the mext few weeks.
A great chat about our movemenets heroes, politics, the food industry and a shared love of pickled beetroot!
Theatres assistants in Leeds deserve to be paid properly for the clinical tasks they carry out.
I've just signed this petition to support them. Please add your name too. www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/pa...
I've just signed this petition to support them. Please add your name too. www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/pa...
PAY FAIR FOR PATIENT CARE - Perioperative Assistants Deserve Parity
Theatres assistants in Leeds deserve to be paid properly for the clinical tasks they carry out.
Sign the petition to show your support.
www.megaphone.org.uk
January 23, 2026 at 10:05 AM
Theatres assistants in Leeds deserve to be paid properly for the clinical tasks they carry out.
I've just signed this petition to support them. Please add your name too. www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/pa...
I've just signed this petition to support them. Please add your name too. www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/pa...
Anyone still thinking Reform wont make gains where you are? Read this constituancy poll showing a 376 seat gain. Sheffield, for example, Labour loose all seats but 1, 3 to reform and 1 to the greens.
This must be a wake up call for us all. Act. Organise.
www.moreincommon.org.uk/latest-insig...
This must be a wake up call for us all. Act. Organise.
www.moreincommon.org.uk/latest-insig...
More in Common's January MRP
More in Common’s new MRP projects a Reform UK majority if a General Election were held today. Based on polling of more than 16,000 Britons, the model estimates that Reform would take 381 seats - with ...
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January 16, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Anyone still thinking Reform wont make gains where you are? Read this constituancy poll showing a 376 seat gain. Sheffield, for example, Labour loose all seats but 1, 3 to reform and 1 to the greens.
This must be a wake up call for us all. Act. Organise.
www.moreincommon.org.uk/latest-insig...
This must be a wake up call for us all. Act. Organise.
www.moreincommon.org.uk/latest-insig...
"Work related stress is rising fast, and the North cannot afford to ignore it" @tucneyh.bsky.social www.tuc.org.uk/blogs/neyh/w...
Work related stress is rising fast, and the North cannot afford to ignore it
A quiet crisis is unfolding across Britain’s workplaces, and it is being felt sharply here in the North.
www.tuc.org.uk
January 15, 2026 at 2:26 PM
"Work related stress is rising fast, and the North cannot afford to ignore it" @tucneyh.bsky.social www.tuc.org.uk/blogs/neyh/w...
Thank you to @organising4achange.bsky.social for inviting me on their Podcast.
As Trade Unionist we build hope among our members, we can and must be ambitious for what we can achieve – listen to our chat about our plans for the @tucneyh.bsky.social;
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As Trade Unionist we build hope among our members, we can and must be ambitious for what we can achieve – listen to our chat about our plans for the @tucneyh.bsky.social;
open.spotify.com/episode/4wFB...
22 How to be "aggresively hopeful" feat. Dave Pike
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December 19, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Thank you to @organising4achange.bsky.social for inviting me on their Podcast.
As Trade Unionist we build hope among our members, we can and must be ambitious for what we can achieve – listen to our chat about our plans for the @tucneyh.bsky.social;
open.spotify.com/episode/4wFB...
As Trade Unionist we build hope among our members, we can and must be ambitious for what we can achieve – listen to our chat about our plans for the @tucneyh.bsky.social;
open.spotify.com/episode/4wFB...
This is the disregard being fostered by the right.
Those trying to debate being physically attacked. Actions like this will further erode our democratic spaces.
We must all stand up and fight like hell for our class.
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Those trying to debate being physically attacked. Actions like this will further erode our democratic spaces.
We must all stand up and fight like hell for our class.
share.google/dX2qcxfor485...
Balaclava-clad protesters disrupt Kent refugee debate, MP says
Kevin McKenna MP says
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December 12, 2025 at 6:13 AM
This is the disregard being fostered by the right.
Those trying to debate being physically attacked. Actions like this will further erode our democratic spaces.
We must all stand up and fight like hell for our class.
share.google/dX2qcxfor485...
Those trying to debate being physically attacked. Actions like this will further erode our democratic spaces.
We must all stand up and fight like hell for our class.
share.google/dX2qcxfor485...
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Sheffield University must reverse the threat to lockout UCU members without pay following their legitimate strike action.
Please sign our petition to support our call to overturn this dickensian era approach to industrial relations.
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/no...
Please sign our petition to support our call to overturn this dickensian era approach to industrial relations.
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/no...
No lockout for University of Sheffield staff
UCU members have been standing up against the continual cutting and restructuring of the last several years which has significantly damaged the University’s international standing, the quality of educ...
www.megaphone.org.uk
December 11, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Sheffield University must reverse the threat to lockout UCU members without pay following their legitimate strike action.
Please sign our petition to support our call to overturn this dickensian era approach to industrial relations.
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/no...
Please sign our petition to support our call to overturn this dickensian era approach to industrial relations.
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/no...
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Our Regional Secretary @davepikesheff.bsky.social speaking over the weekend at a rally to support @unisonyh.bsky.social members striking over pay at the National Coal Mining Musuem.
Sign our petition to support their call for the Cheid Exex & Trustees to go - www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/ch...
Sign our petition to support their call for the Cheid Exex & Trustees to go - www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/ch...
December 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Our Regional Secretary @davepikesheff.bsky.social speaking over the weekend at a rally to support @unisonyh.bsky.social members striking over pay at the National Coal Mining Musuem.
Sign our petition to support their call for the Cheid Exex & Trustees to go - www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/ch...
Sign our petition to support their call for the Cheid Exex & Trustees to go - www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/ch...
Yesterday I had the honour of representing the @tucneyh.bsky.social at Durham Pride's World Aids Day event.
The politicisation of queer peoples health care, and its impact, is a trade union issue, and solidarity is the answer. Proper funding for HIV/Aids medical intervention must be our demand.
The politicisation of queer peoples health care, and its impact, is a trade union issue, and solidarity is the answer. Proper funding for HIV/Aids medical intervention must be our demand.
December 2, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Yesterday I had the honour of representing the @tucneyh.bsky.social at Durham Pride's World Aids Day event.
The politicisation of queer peoples health care, and its impact, is a trade union issue, and solidarity is the answer. Proper funding for HIV/Aids medical intervention must be our demand.
The politicisation of queer peoples health care, and its impact, is a trade union issue, and solidarity is the answer. Proper funding for HIV/Aids medical intervention must be our demand.
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Thank you to the young trade unionists from across our region who came together for our annual Youth Patrol in Sheffield this weekend. Joined by a delegation from @social.verdi.de speaking to hundreads of young workers across the city, about their rights and why they should join a union
December 1, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Thank you to the young trade unionists from across our region who came together for our annual Youth Patrol in Sheffield this weekend. Joined by a delegation from @social.verdi.de speaking to hundreads of young workers across the city, about their rights and why they should join a union
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Thank you to @ucu.org.uk members at Sheffield University for welcoming us on their picket lines this morning. Solidarity in their fight against redundancies.
Managment meed to stop playing games and make meaningful offers.
Victory to UCU members in Sheffield!
Managment meed to stop playing games and make meaningful offers.
Victory to UCU members in Sheffield!
November 21, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Thank you to @ucu.org.uk members at Sheffield University for welcoming us on their picket lines this morning. Solidarity in their fight against redundancies.
Managment meed to stop playing games and make meaningful offers.
Victory to UCU members in Sheffield!
Managment meed to stop playing games and make meaningful offers.
Victory to UCU members in Sheffield!
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A moving statement of solidarity with the Trans community to mark Trans Day of Rememberence.
Thank you to Alex Summerson from the NEU, and our regions LGBT+ seat holder for expressing our message on this important day of commemeration.
#TransgenderDayOfRemembrance #transrightsarehumanrights
Thank you to Alex Summerson from the NEU, and our regions LGBT+ seat holder for expressing our message on this important day of commemeration.
#TransgenderDayOfRemembrance #transrightsarehumanrights
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 PM
A moving statement of solidarity with the Trans community to mark Trans Day of Rememberence.
Thank you to Alex Summerson from the NEU, and our regions LGBT+ seat holder for expressing our message on this important day of commemeration.
#TransgenderDayOfRemembrance #transrightsarehumanrights
Thank you to Alex Summerson from the NEU, and our regions LGBT+ seat holder for expressing our message on this important day of commemeration.
#TransgenderDayOfRemembrance #transrightsarehumanrights
Victory to @ucu.org.uk members at Sheffield Hallam & University of Sheffield
Management must wake up and listen to staff, vanity projects and six figure salaries wont cut it!
Our universities are a economic lynchpin for our region, and an engine of social mobility
Solidarity to UCU members!
Management must wake up and listen to staff, vanity projects and six figure salaries wont cut it!
Our universities are a economic lynchpin for our region, and an engine of social mobility
Solidarity to UCU members!
November 17, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Victory to @ucu.org.uk members at Sheffield Hallam & University of Sheffield
Management must wake up and listen to staff, vanity projects and six figure salaries wont cut it!
Our universities are a economic lynchpin for our region, and an engine of social mobility
Solidarity to UCU members!
Management must wake up and listen to staff, vanity projects and six figure salaries wont cut it!
Our universities are a economic lynchpin for our region, and an engine of social mobility
Solidarity to UCU members!
Solidarity with @ucu.org.uk members at Sheffield Hallam on strike this week over proposed redudancies.
The leadership of Sheffield Hallam University must stop and listen to their staff. It is the lectrurers and support staff that keep a University running, not those on 6 figures salaries.
The leadership of Sheffield Hallam University must stop and listen to their staff. It is the lectrurers and support staff that keep a University running, not those on 6 figures salaries.
November 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Solidarity with @ucu.org.uk members at Sheffield Hallam on strike this week over proposed redudancies.
The leadership of Sheffield Hallam University must stop and listen to their staff. It is the lectrurers and support staff that keep a University running, not those on 6 figures salaries.
The leadership of Sheffield Hallam University must stop and listen to their staff. It is the lectrurers and support staff that keep a University running, not those on 6 figures salaries.
An amazing message of hope out of New York today
A campaign focused squarely on the cost of living, unafriad to stand up for diversity, pulled off a political upset like few others
Congratulations to everyone who took to the streets of NYC, you earned this win!
labornotes.org/2025/11/zohr...
A campaign focused squarely on the cost of living, unafriad to stand up for diversity, pulled off a political upset like few others
Congratulations to everyone who took to the streets of NYC, you earned this win!
labornotes.org/2025/11/zohr...
Zohran Mamdani: New York's Working Class Elects a Movement Mayor
Zohran Kwame Mamdani, a Democratic Socialist and the Democratic nominee, will be New York City’s next mayor, after trouncing former Governor Andrew Cuomo in a primary and general election double whamm...
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November 5, 2025 at 8:08 AM
An amazing message of hope out of New York today
A campaign focused squarely on the cost of living, unafriad to stand up for diversity, pulled off a political upset like few others
Congratulations to everyone who took to the streets of NYC, you earned this win!
labornotes.org/2025/11/zohr...
A campaign focused squarely on the cost of living, unafriad to stand up for diversity, pulled off a political upset like few others
Congratulations to everyone who took to the streets of NYC, you earned this win!
labornotes.org/2025/11/zohr...
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No woman should have to risk harassment or assault to earn a living.
#Reclaimthenight #WomenEmpowerment
@mayorofwy.bsky.social
@westyorkshireca.bsky.social
#Reclaimthenight #WomenEmpowerment
@mayorofwy.bsky.social
@westyorkshireca.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 3:28 PM
No woman should have to risk harassment or assault to earn a living.
#Reclaimthenight #WomenEmpowerment
@mayorofwy.bsky.social
@westyorkshireca.bsky.social
#Reclaimthenight #WomenEmpowerment
@mayorofwy.bsky.social
@westyorkshireca.bsky.social
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🌈 SAVE DURHAM PRIDE 🌈
Durham Council has cut funding — but Pride will march on.
💜 Stand with us.
💜 Donate today.
💜 Share in solidarity.
👉 save-durham-pride.raiselysite.com
#SaveDurhamPride #Solidarity #UnionsForEquality
Durham Council has cut funding — but Pride will march on.
💜 Stand with us.
💜 Donate today.
💜 Share in solidarity.
👉 save-durham-pride.raiselysite.com
#SaveDurhamPride #Solidarity #UnionsForEquality
Save Durham Pride!
Durham County Council, now led by Reform UK, has withdrawn all it's funding for Durham Pride 2026. Please donate what you can to keep Durham Pride marching on.
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October 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🌈 SAVE DURHAM PRIDE 🌈
Durham Council has cut funding — but Pride will march on.
💜 Stand with us.
💜 Donate today.
💜 Share in solidarity.
👉 save-durham-pride.raiselysite.com
#SaveDurhamPride #Solidarity #UnionsForEquality
Durham Council has cut funding — but Pride will march on.
💜 Stand with us.
💜 Donate today.
💜 Share in solidarity.
👉 save-durham-pride.raiselysite.com
#SaveDurhamPride #Solidarity #UnionsForEquality
Free Palestine. End the genocide now. The UK government and countries around the world must do more. Solidarity with those who have the bravery to act and demand an end to these atrocious. youtube.com/shorts/HiiJn...
If You're Watching This Video, Israel Has Kidnapped Me in International Waters
YouTube video by Novara Media
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October 1, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Free Palestine. End the genocide now. The UK government and countries around the world must do more. Solidarity with those who have the bravery to act and demand an end to these atrocious. youtube.com/shorts/HiiJn...
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Join us to launch the "Year of Trade Union Climate Action" in NEYH 7pm Tue 14 Oct online! Join TUs & climate justice campaigners to kick-start a year of collaboration, meaningful action, & victories!
Sign up at forms.office.com/e/QzCbdKADdL
Sign up at forms.office.com/e/QzCbdKADdL
September 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Join us to launch the "Year of Trade Union Climate Action" in NEYH 7pm Tue 14 Oct online! Join TUs & climate justice campaigners to kick-start a year of collaboration, meaningful action, & victories!
Sign up at forms.office.com/e/QzCbdKADdL
Sign up at forms.office.com/e/QzCbdKADdL