Jack Phipps
@jackphipps.bsky.social
Labour and GMB. I really like it when we win elections
Look who I bumped into in the park as a special birthday treat #celebspotting #daymade
October 24, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Look who I bumped into in the park as a special birthday treat #celebspotting #daymade
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Parliamentary staff of colour earn £2,000 less than white colleagues, study suggests
Parliamentary staff of colour earn £2,000 less than white colleagues, study suggests
Exclusive: Report by GMB union also finds pay disparity for women and disabled, trans, non-binary and gay staffers
A race and gender pay gap among parliamentary staff means people of colour earn on average £2,000 less each year than their white counterparts, research seen by the Guardian suggests.
A study due to be released this week will say that parliamentary employees who have a range of protected characteristics under equality legislation are more likely to suffer disparities in pay. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 12, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Parliamentary staff of colour earn £2,000 less than white colleagues, study suggests
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The invective that Daisley hurls at Muslims he would have hurled at my great-grandparents when they came here and indeed much of it is still true of the ethnic group he slobbers over. 'Aggressive integration policies' do not work in France and would diminish Jewish life here in the UK.
October 8, 2025 at 11:17 AM
The invective that Daisley hurls at Muslims he would have hurled at my great-grandparents when they came here and indeed much of it is still true of the ethnic group he slobbers over. 'Aggressive integration policies' do not work in France and would diminish Jewish life here in the UK.
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No, it's not. It's all a lie. The blunt truth is across the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them.
Outstanding piece by Stephen Daisley.
Ethnicity is no barrier to Britishness - it's culture and integration.
That means 'smaller cohorts and aggressive integration policies' - and tackling the institutions that 'have amplified grievance narratives and radical anti-Western ideologies'.
Ethnicity is no barrier to Britishness - it's culture and integration.
That means 'smaller cohorts and aggressive integration policies' - and tackling the institutions that 'have amplified grievance narratives and radical anti-Western ideologies'.
October 8, 2025 at 11:15 AM
No, it's not. It's all a lie. The blunt truth is across the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them.
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thinking of everyone emerging tonight on this horrible day, our community is strong and this is our home
October 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
thinking of everyone emerging tonight on this horrible day, our community is strong and this is our home
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"I hear again and again that the Israelis – the Jews – had it coming. Knowing allusions to Jewish influence, Jewish power. Stereotypes of Jewish cruelty."
Written before today's attack on a Manchester synagogue. It's the kind of piece I never thought I'd write.
www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
Written before today's attack on a Manchester synagogue. It's the kind of piece I never thought I'd write.
www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
The 7 October attacks changed what it means to be Jewish in Britain
The war in Gaza has exposed a level of anti-Semitism I didn’t realise was there
www.newstatesman.com
October 2, 2025 at 12:42 PM
"I hear again and again that the Israelis – the Jews – had it coming. Knowing allusions to Jewish influence, Jewish power. Stereotypes of Jewish cruelty."
Written before today's attack on a Manchester synagogue. It's the kind of piece I never thought I'd write.
www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
Written before today's attack on a Manchester synagogue. It's the kind of piece I never thought I'd write.
www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
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Thank you to the GMP officers who, it seems, prevented the terrorist hurting anyone else. And thank you to the CST volunteers who protect British Jews every day. For those doing so, wishing them an easy fast.
October 2, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Thank you to the GMP officers who, it seems, prevented the terrorist hurting anyone else. And thank you to the CST volunteers who protect British Jews every day. For those doing so, wishing them an easy fast.
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Join us for our annual Socialist Societies reception at Labour Conference 2025 in Liverpool!
Get to know campaigners from across our brilliant Labour affiliated SocSocs and hear from some fab speakers.
See you there!
🗓️ Tuesday 30 September
⏰ 18:30 - 19:30
📍 ACC Hall 2D
Get to know campaigners from across our brilliant Labour affiliated SocSocs and hear from some fab speakers.
See you there!
🗓️ Tuesday 30 September
⏰ 18:30 - 19:30
📍 ACC Hall 2D
September 17, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Join us for our annual Socialist Societies reception at Labour Conference 2025 in Liverpool!
Get to know campaigners from across our brilliant Labour affiliated SocSocs and hear from some fab speakers.
See you there!
🗓️ Tuesday 30 September
⏰ 18:30 - 19:30
📍 ACC Hall 2D
Get to know campaigners from across our brilliant Labour affiliated SocSocs and hear from some fab speakers.
See you there!
🗓️ Tuesday 30 September
⏰ 18:30 - 19:30
📍 ACC Hall 2D
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Hundreds of content moderators are being laid off by TikTok.
Now they're unionising and speaking out.
@cwunews.bsky.social
Now they're unionising and speaking out.
@cwunews.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Hundreds of content moderators are being laid off by TikTok.
Now they're unionising and speaking out.
@cwunews.bsky.social
Now they're unionising and speaking out.
@cwunews.bsky.social
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Let’s cut through the bullshit pretence around free speech. At best that is motivated reasoning, at worst it is hate-mongers using liberalism they despise as cover while laughing at our free society.
September 13, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Let’s cut through the bullshit pretence around free speech. At best that is motivated reasoning, at worst it is hate-mongers using liberalism they despise as cover while laughing at our free society.
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Every individual, every organisation and public body committed to peaceful politics in the UK needs to stop posting on it. You know the mantra: The best time to do that was months ago, the second best time is now.
September 13, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Every individual, every organisation and public body committed to peaceful politics in the UK needs to stop posting on it. You know the mantra: The best time to do that was months ago, the second best time is now.
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Given the context and the crowd, despite Musk’s weasel words, this was a call for violence against the British state, from a foreign national who controls a major propaganda engine, and has engineered it to monetise hate
September 13, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Given the context and the crowd, despite Musk’s weasel words, this was a call for violence against the British state, from a foreign national who controls a major propaganda engine, and has engineered it to monetise hate
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"My school saves thousands of pounds every year from those solar panels." The TUC directly takes on Reform, a party funded by the fossil fuel Industry. Posted on IG by tradesunioncongress
September 10, 2025 at 7:38 AM
"My school saves thousands of pounds every year from those solar panels." The TUC directly takes on Reform, a party funded by the fossil fuel Industry. Posted on IG by tradesunioncongress
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Abi Young is our Health and Safety rep at Birmingham Airport.
In a year she has:
📈 more than doubled union membership
✈️ improved working conditions
We couldn't be more proud that she's won H&S rep of the year at #TUC25
In a year she has:
📈 more than doubled union membership
✈️ improved working conditions
We couldn't be more proud that she's won H&S rep of the year at #TUC25
September 9, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Abi Young is our Health and Safety rep at Birmingham Airport.
In a year she has:
📈 more than doubled union membership
✈️ improved working conditions
We couldn't be more proud that she's won H&S rep of the year at #TUC25
In a year she has:
📈 more than doubled union membership
✈️ improved working conditions
We couldn't be more proud that she's won H&S rep of the year at #TUC25
Excellent @gmblondonregion.bsky.social School Support Staff Conference today in Euston. GMB - the union for school support staff!
September 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Excellent @gmblondonregion.bsky.social School Support Staff Conference today in Euston. GMB - the union for school support staff!
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California lawmakers reach an agreement with Uber and Lyft that will open the door for app-based drivers to form unions.
This is a victory for organized labor that could lay the groundwork for similar efforts in other states.
This is a victory for organized labor that could lay the groundwork for similar efforts in other states.
California reaches deal with Uber, Lyft to allow gig worker unions
The deal brings Uber and Lyft on board with a pathway to unionization for ride-hailing workers after the companies spent years fighting against the idea.
www.politico.com
August 29, 2025 at 5:34 PM
California lawmakers reach an agreement with Uber and Lyft that will open the door for app-based drivers to form unions.
This is a victory for organized labor that could lay the groundwork for similar efforts in other states.
This is a victory for organized labor that could lay the groundwork for similar efforts in other states.
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No, empty homes won't be enough to fix the housing crisis. It may be a vote winner. That doesn’t make it right.
A tepeat for the weekday morning crowd
A tepeat for the weekday morning crowd
No, empty homes can’t solve the housing crisis
It may be a vote winner. That doesn’t make it right.
jonn.substack.com
August 4, 2025 at 9:04 AM
No, empty homes won't be enough to fix the housing crisis. It may be a vote winner. That doesn’t make it right.
A tepeat for the weekday morning crowd
A tepeat for the weekday morning crowd
RECOGNITION AGREEMENT SIGNED
Delighted to announce GMB recognition agreed with Medirest at Barnet Hospital - giving hundreds more NHS outsourced workers the structures they need to negotiate on pay and conditions
@gmblondonregion.bsky.social @gmb.org.uk
Delighted to announce GMB recognition agreed with Medirest at Barnet Hospital - giving hundreds more NHS outsourced workers the structures they need to negotiate on pay and conditions
@gmblondonregion.bsky.social @gmb.org.uk
July 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
RECOGNITION AGREEMENT SIGNED
Delighted to announce GMB recognition agreed with Medirest at Barnet Hospital - giving hundreds more NHS outsourced workers the structures they need to negotiate on pay and conditions
@gmblondonregion.bsky.social @gmb.org.uk
Delighted to announce GMB recognition agreed with Medirest at Barnet Hospital - giving hundreds more NHS outsourced workers the structures they need to negotiate on pay and conditions
@gmblondonregion.bsky.social @gmb.org.uk
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📈Seafarer abandonment is rising in 2025!
Over 2,280 seafarers have been abandoned aboard 222 vessels so far this year - a 30% year on year increase - with $13.1 million in unpaid wages.
www.itfglobal.org/en/news/seaf...
Over 2,280 seafarers have been abandoned aboard 222 vessels so far this year - a 30% year on year increase - with $13.1 million in unpaid wages.
www.itfglobal.org/en/news/seaf...
Seafarer abandonments cases surge by 30% in 2025
Over 2,280 seafarers have been abandoned aboard 222 vessels so far this year – with $13.1 million in unpaid wages and a 30% year-on-year increase in cases New figures released today b
www.itfglobal.org
July 15, 2025 at 2:44 PM
📈Seafarer abandonment is rising in 2025!
Over 2,280 seafarers have been abandoned aboard 222 vessels so far this year - a 30% year on year increase - with $13.1 million in unpaid wages.
www.itfglobal.org/en/news/seaf...
Over 2,280 seafarers have been abandoned aboard 222 vessels so far this year - a 30% year on year increase - with $13.1 million in unpaid wages.
www.itfglobal.org/en/news/seaf...
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P&O Ferries boss got pay rise of at least 55% after firing almost 800 workers
P&O Ferries boss got pay rise of at least 55% after firing almost 800 workers
Delayed 2023 accounts show Peter Hebblethwaite was paid £683,000 despite public outrage over dismissals
The boss of P&O Ferries was paid £683,000 in the financial year after the cross-Channel operator outraged the public and parliament by dismissing almost 800 mainly British workers.
The windfall, revealed in much delayed 2023 accounts seen by the Guardian and ITV News that report more than £90m of annual losses, represents a pay rise of at least 55% for Peter Hebblethwaite, who was the company’s highest-paid director. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
July 3, 2025 at 3:47 PM
P&O Ferries boss got pay rise of at least 55% after firing almost 800 workers
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All governments are imperfect but they are NOT "all the same".
The lazy trope that "it doesn't matter who you vote for" isn't just false; it feeds the nihilism on which the radical right prey.
It's like a burning tyre, coating everything in acrid smoke, choking off any meaningful democratic choice
The lazy trope that "it doesn't matter who you vote for" isn't just false; it feeds the nihilism on which the radical right prey.
It's like a burning tyre, coating everything in acrid smoke, choking off any meaningful democratic choice
Compare and contrast the plutocratic US government's grotesque help for the richest... with social democratic Britain. Like night and day.
June 14, 2025 at 8:43 AM
All governments are imperfect but they are NOT "all the same".
The lazy trope that "it doesn't matter who you vote for" isn't just false; it feeds the nihilism on which the radical right prey.
It's like a burning tyre, coating everything in acrid smoke, choking off any meaningful democratic choice
The lazy trope that "it doesn't matter who you vote for" isn't just false; it feeds the nihilism on which the radical right prey.
It's like a burning tyre, coating everything in acrid smoke, choking off any meaningful democratic choice