David Conway
@dconway66.bsky.social
Trade unionist, Sky Blues supporter and distance runner.
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You have to get to the fourth para before this article even mentions that football arrests are DOWN by 11%.
Another stat:
- 4.2 arrests per 100,000 at football.
- 14.8 arrests per 100,000 at Glastonbury.
Where's the BBC article on that?
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Another stat:
- 4.2 arrests per 100,000 at football.
- 14.8 arrests per 100,000 at Glastonbury.
Where's the BBC article on that?
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Police report 18% rise in disorder at football matches during 2024-25 season
Latest Home Office figures show the number of football matches in England and Wales with reported incidents of disorder increased by 18% during the 2024-25 season.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 18, 2025 at 3:59 PM
You have to get to the fourth para before this article even mentions that football arrests are DOWN by 11%.
Another stat:
- 4.2 arrests per 100,000 at football.
- 14.8 arrests per 100,000 at Glastonbury.
Where's the BBC article on that?
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Another stat:
- 4.2 arrests per 100,000 at football.
- 14.8 arrests per 100,000 at Glastonbury.
Where's the BBC article on that?
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
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“This strike is being compared to the past. I'd like to think this strike will shape our future.”
📺Mike Masters, striking Birmingham Bin worker, addressing #GFTU's #BGCM2025: youtu.be/cPQAAQRiBXc?...
#Birmingham #BirminghamBinStrike #BrumBinStrike
📺Mike Masters, striking Birmingham Bin worker, addressing #GFTU's #BGCM2025: youtu.be/cPQAAQRiBXc?...
#Birmingham #BirminghamBinStrike #BrumBinStrike
“This strike is being compared to the past. I'd like to think this strike will shape our future.”
YouTube video by General Federation of Trade Unions
youtu.be
June 2, 2025 at 7:14 PM
“This strike is being compared to the past. I'd like to think this strike will shape our future.”
📺Mike Masters, striking Birmingham Bin worker, addressing #GFTU's #BGCM2025: youtu.be/cPQAAQRiBXc?...
#Birmingham #BirminghamBinStrike #BrumBinStrike
📺Mike Masters, striking Birmingham Bin worker, addressing #GFTU's #BGCM2025: youtu.be/cPQAAQRiBXc?...
#Birmingham #BirminghamBinStrike #BrumBinStrike
Trades councils are too often overlooked—but they’re essential to rebuilding working-class power from the ground up.
Here’s why it matters ⬇️
🔗 morningstaronline.co.uk/article/meet...
#TradeUnions @tradeunionsunited.bsky.social @tuc.org.uk @gftu.org.uk @northamptontuc.bsky.social
Here’s why it matters ⬇️
🔗 morningstaronline.co.uk/article/meet...
#TradeUnions @tradeunionsunited.bsky.social @tuc.org.uk @gftu.org.uk @northamptontuc.bsky.social
Meet people where they are: why trades councils deserve the spotlight | Morning Star
morningstaronline.co.uk
June 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Trades councils are too often overlooked—but they’re essential to rebuilding working-class power from the ground up.
Here’s why it matters ⬇️
🔗 morningstaronline.co.uk/article/meet...
#TradeUnions @tradeunionsunited.bsky.social @tuc.org.uk @gftu.org.uk @northamptontuc.bsky.social
Here’s why it matters ⬇️
🔗 morningstaronline.co.uk/article/meet...
#TradeUnions @tradeunionsunited.bsky.social @tuc.org.uk @gftu.org.uk @northamptontuc.bsky.social
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#UCU2025 congress has passed a motion to prepare to raise a formal dispute with the Education Secretary over the devastating funding crisis in higher education.
Our message is clear: if Labour won’t intervene, we will.
#UCU2025 #ProtectEducationNow #UnionPower #Post16Crisis #HigherEducation
Our message is clear: if Labour won’t intervene, we will.
#UCU2025 #ProtectEducationNow #UnionPower #Post16Crisis #HigherEducation
May 26, 2025 at 10:50 AM
#UCU2025 congress has passed a motion to prepare to raise a formal dispute with the Education Secretary over the devastating funding crisis in higher education.
Our message is clear: if Labour won’t intervene, we will.
#UCU2025 #ProtectEducationNow #UnionPower #Post16Crisis #HigherEducation
Our message is clear: if Labour won’t intervene, we will.
#UCU2025 #ProtectEducationNow #UnionPower #Post16Crisis #HigherEducation
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A #mayday win today.
Bittersweet, but a win.
No compulsory redundancies in 2025.
Promise of more partnership from management.
Students (staff, too) won’t have to suffer the awfulness of a MAB.
The struggle continues.
✊💖
@cardiffucu.bsky.social
@ucu.org.uk
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/educati...
Bittersweet, but a win.
No compulsory redundancies in 2025.
Promise of more partnership from management.
Students (staff, too) won’t have to suffer the awfulness of a MAB.
The struggle continues.
✊💖
@cardiffucu.bsky.social
@ucu.org.uk
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/educati...
Strike action at Cardiff University called off
The main union changed its mind after bosses agreed to no compulsory redundancies before the end of 2025
www.walesonline.co.uk
May 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
A #mayday win today.
Bittersweet, but a win.
No compulsory redundancies in 2025.
Promise of more partnership from management.
Students (staff, too) won’t have to suffer the awfulness of a MAB.
The struggle continues.
✊💖
@cardiffucu.bsky.social
@ucu.org.uk
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/educati...
Bittersweet, but a win.
No compulsory redundancies in 2025.
Promise of more partnership from management.
Students (staff, too) won’t have to suffer the awfulness of a MAB.
The struggle continues.
✊💖
@cardiffucu.bsky.social
@ucu.org.uk
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/educati...
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Of course she has won. Of course they were wrong. And at a time when other Scottish Universities were calling for an immediate ceasefire. They could have just picked up the phone to their colleagues. This is not hard. And then there is international law too.
They put a brave woman through hell.
They put a brave woman through hell.
A Scottish university rector has won her appeal against a decision to remove her from the governing body after she called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza
St Andrews rector wins appeal after dismissal over Gaza comments
www.thenational.scot
May 2, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Of course she has won. Of course they were wrong. And at a time when other Scottish Universities were calling for an immediate ceasefire. They could have just picked up the phone to their colleagues. This is not hard. And then there is international law too.
They put a brave woman through hell.
They put a brave woman through hell.
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📣 SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT📣
Tabusam Ahmed, @unitetheunion.bsky.social London & Eastern will be speaking at our rally.
This #MayDay we say Yes to Workers Rights, No to the Far Right.
1 May | Assemble 12 noon | Clerkenwell Green
#MayDay2025
Tabusam Ahmed, @unitetheunion.bsky.social London & Eastern will be speaking at our rally.
This #MayDay we say Yes to Workers Rights, No to the Far Right.
1 May | Assemble 12 noon | Clerkenwell Green
#MayDay2025
April 14, 2025 at 1:33 PM
📣 SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT📣
Tabusam Ahmed, @unitetheunion.bsky.social London & Eastern will be speaking at our rally.
This #MayDay we say Yes to Workers Rights, No to the Far Right.
1 May | Assemble 12 noon | Clerkenwell Green
#MayDay2025
Tabusam Ahmed, @unitetheunion.bsky.social London & Eastern will be speaking at our rally.
This #MayDay we say Yes to Workers Rights, No to the Far Right.
1 May | Assemble 12 noon | Clerkenwell Green
#MayDay2025
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Auditors have raised serious concerns about Coventry University's financial future, putting hundreds of jobs at risk. UCU is calling for urgent transparency. Staff and students deserve clarity now. bit.ly/44m741F
Coventry University staff seek urgent answers following auditors' warning on institution's future
University and College Union (UCU) has called for immediate transparency from Coventry University after its recently published Annual Report and Financial Statements revealed a concerning warning from...
bit.ly
April 14, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Auditors have raised serious concerns about Coventry University's financial future, putting hundreds of jobs at risk. UCU is calling for urgent transparency. Staff and students deserve clarity now. bit.ly/44m741F
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"We casually hear humans valued not as each of us innately but rather by our productive contribution"
Resist Britain's slide into an anti-human dystopia
The shameful passage of the assisted dying Bill where safeguards have been all but jettisoned is symptomatic of a hyper-liberalised society where the cult of individualism reigns supreme, argues KEVIN...
morningstaronline.co.uk
March 22, 2025 at 10:51 AM
"We casually hear humans valued not as each of us innately but rather by our productive contribution"
It's National #nonleagueday!
Which non league team will you be supporting?
Which non league team will you be supporting?
Home - non league football
nonleagueday.co.uk
March 22, 2025 at 7:51 AM
It's National #nonleagueday!
Which non league team will you be supporting?
Which non league team will you be supporting?
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#SocialistSunday DIY Follow post.
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Unite, Organise, Cooperate
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March 15, 2025 at 11:18 PM
#SocialistSunday DIY Follow post.
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Solidarity to @ucu.org.uk Coventry University who are defending members against drastic job cuts and fire and hire, while the VC picks up a hefty wage and bonus.
Good to catch up with @drjogrady.bsky.social at the protest this morning.
Fingers crossed for 3 points PUSB 🤞
Good to catch up with @drjogrady.bsky.social at the protest this morning.
Fingers crossed for 3 points PUSB 🤞
March 15, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Solidarity to @ucu.org.uk Coventry University who are defending members against drastic job cuts and fire and hire, while the VC picks up a hefty wage and bonus.
Good to catch up with @drjogrady.bsky.social at the protest this morning.
Fingers crossed for 3 points PUSB 🤞
Good to catch up with @drjogrady.bsky.social at the protest this morning.
Fingers crossed for 3 points PUSB 🤞
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True Trade Union Leader.
“If you fight you won't always win. But if you don't fight you will always lose”
Bob Crow
“If you fight you won't always win. But if you don't fight you will always lose”
Bob Crow
March 14, 2025 at 11:13 AM
True Trade Union Leader.
“If you fight you won't always win. But if you don't fight you will always lose”
Bob Crow
“If you fight you won't always win. But if you don't fight you will always lose”
Bob Crow
The new @northantsucu.bsky.social banner being created by students is slowly coming together...
Great example of students enhancing employability through applying theory to practice, alongside learning about how trade unions support career management
#UCU #TUC @mel3artpubsphere.bsky.social
Great example of students enhancing employability through applying theory to practice, alongside learning about how trade unions support career management
#UCU #TUC @mel3artpubsphere.bsky.social
March 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The new @northantsucu.bsky.social banner being created by students is slowly coming together...
Great example of students enhancing employability through applying theory to practice, alongside learning about how trade unions support career management
#UCU #TUC @mel3artpubsphere.bsky.social
Great example of students enhancing employability through applying theory to practice, alongside learning about how trade unions support career management
#UCU #TUC @mel3artpubsphere.bsky.social
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‘In every classroom of 30 children, nine will be living in poverty’: Campaigners urge government to roll out universal free school meals morningstaronline.co.uk/article/in-e...
‘In every classroom of 30 children, nine will be living in poverty’
Campaigners urge government to roll out universal free school meals
morningstaronline.co.uk
March 12, 2025 at 11:20 AM
‘In every classroom of 30 children, nine will be living in poverty’: Campaigners urge government to roll out universal free school meals morningstaronline.co.uk/article/in-e...
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Man United Supporters Trust ‘anxious’ over new stadium plans
Announcement comes just two days after major fan protest outside Old Trafford morningstaronline.co.uk/article/man-...
Announcement comes just two days after major fan protest outside Old Trafford morningstaronline.co.uk/article/man-...
Man United Supporters Trust ‘anxious’ over new stadium plans
Announcement comes just two days after major fan protest outside Old Trafford
morningstaronline.co.uk
March 12, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Man United Supporters Trust ‘anxious’ over new stadium plans
Announcement comes just two days after major fan protest outside Old Trafford morningstaronline.co.uk/article/man-...
Announcement comes just two days after major fan protest outside Old Trafford morningstaronline.co.uk/article/man-...
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Coventry Uni, John Latham, thinks the job is a part-time role. As well as this role he has been appointed to the Gov board for Business & Trade, has roles with the Singapore gov, an Aussie software company and NHS England workforce & training committee
Show your support and pop along on Saturday
Show your support and pop along on Saturday
UCU - Coventry University staff & students hold alternative open day in protest against fire & rehire cuts as petition hits 4,000 signatures www.ucu.org.uk/article/1394...
Coventry University staff & students hold alternative open day in protest against fire & rehire cuts as petition hits 4,000 signatures
On Saturday 15 March Coventry University staff and students will hold an alternative open day in protest against the fire and rehire cost cutting exercise vice-chancellor John Latham (CBE) has embarke...
www.ucu.org.uk
March 12, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Coventry Uni, John Latham, thinks the job is a part-time role. As well as this role he has been appointed to the Gov board for Business & Trade, has roles with the Singapore gov, an Aussie software company and NHS England workforce & training committee
Show your support and pop along on Saturday
Show your support and pop along on Saturday
@the1958.bsky.social , I wrote this article in solidarity. i hope your protest gets the turnout it deserves on Sunday.
Reviving Manchester United's identity by getting organised
DAVID CONWAY writes how recognising trade unions for non-playing staff could help the club rediscover success both on and off the football pitch
morningstaronline.co.uk
March 6, 2025 at 9:22 PM
@the1958.bsky.social , I wrote this article in solidarity. i hope your protest gets the turnout it deserves on Sunday.
As Friedrich Merz's Christian Social Union seeks to form a coalition government today, it is crucial not to overlook the key election issues, including the need to address problems within the German childcare system @strikemap.bsky.social @social.verdi.de
Munich terror: why the workers were marching
DAVID CONWAY explains the crisis in the German childcare sector that had driven workers to the streets — a cause that is not being reported alongside the deadly ramming attack on their march
morningstaronline.co.uk
February 24, 2025 at 8:12 AM
As Friedrich Merz's Christian Social Union seeks to form a coalition government today, it is crucial not to overlook the key election issues, including the need to address problems within the German childcare system @strikemap.bsky.social @social.verdi.de
University of Northampton Fine Art students using the @ucu.org.uk Branch Development Fund to create a new branch banner, whilst learning about why it's more important than ever to be a member of a trade union ✊
Making a new marching banner with volunteers. It’s for UCU Northampton. We started, it’s going to take a while but we will get there.
February 18, 2025 at 9:19 AM
University of Northampton Fine Art students using the @ucu.org.uk Branch Development Fund to create a new branch banner, whilst learning about why it's more important than ever to be a member of a trade union ✊
University of Northampton Fine Art students using the @ucu.org.uk Branch Development Fund to create a new branch banner, whilst learning about why it's more important than ever to be a member of a trade union ✊
Making a new marching banner with volunteers. It’s for UCU Northampton. We started, it’s going to take a while but we will get there.
February 18, 2025 at 9:19 AM
University of Northampton Fine Art students using the @ucu.org.uk Branch Development Fund to create a new branch banner, whilst learning about why it's more important than ever to be a member of a trade union ✊
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🚨NEW| Employment Rights Bill (ERB) resources by the @ieruk.bsky.social
🎧Podcast series: www.ier.org.uk/the-ier-podc...
📜List of suggested amendments to the ERB: www.ier.org.uk/publications...
📌Single issue factsheets around the bill: www.ier.org.uk/employment-r...
🎧Podcast series: www.ier.org.uk/the-ier-podc...
📜List of suggested amendments to the ERB: www.ier.org.uk/publications...
📌Single issue factsheets around the bill: www.ier.org.uk/employment-r...
January 22, 2025 at 10:39 AM
🚨NEW| Employment Rights Bill (ERB) resources by the @ieruk.bsky.social
🎧Podcast series: www.ier.org.uk/the-ier-podc...
📜List of suggested amendments to the ERB: www.ier.org.uk/publications...
📌Single issue factsheets around the bill: www.ier.org.uk/employment-r...
🎧Podcast series: www.ier.org.uk/the-ier-podc...
📜List of suggested amendments to the ERB: www.ier.org.uk/publications...
📌Single issue factsheets around the bill: www.ier.org.uk/employment-r...
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😱 Median pay for CEOs is £4.22m. 113 times as more than a worker! Think that is wrong?
💥 Join a union. Unite has won nearly £450m in improved pay for workers through strikes since 2021.
💥 Demand a wealth tax. Just 1% on the top 1% could raise £25bn a year for public services & economic investment
💥 Join a union. Unite has won nearly £450m in improved pay for workers through strikes since 2021.
💥 Demand a wealth tax. Just 1% on the top 1% could raise £25bn a year for public services & economic investment
FTSE 100 CEOs have now made more money in 2025 than the amount the median full time UK worker earns in an entire year
Some ideas for how to get income captured by the super rich flowing to low and middle earners instead via this @highpaycentre.bsky.social report
highpaycentre.org/a-charter-fo...
Some ideas for how to get income captured by the super rich flowing to low and middle earners instead via this @highpaycentre.bsky.social report
highpaycentre.org/a-charter-fo...
A Charter for Fair Pay • High Pay Centre
Our new research outlines policies to empower workers, boost productivity, and reduce inequality.
highpaycentre.org
January 6, 2025 at 4:50 PM
😱 Median pay for CEOs is £4.22m. 113 times as more than a worker! Think that is wrong?
💥 Join a union. Unite has won nearly £450m in improved pay for workers through strikes since 2021.
💥 Demand a wealth tax. Just 1% on the top 1% could raise £25bn a year for public services & economic investment
💥 Join a union. Unite has won nearly £450m in improved pay for workers through strikes since 2021.
💥 Demand a wealth tax. Just 1% on the top 1% could raise £25bn a year for public services & economic investment