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Yesterday we visited the children's hospital Oxmatdyt. Hit by a Russian missile in a deliberate attack. The scars still visible today. Several buildings demolished and many others saw windows blown out damaging child-patients and health workers. Behind the boards work continues to safe children
February 12, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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📣 EPSU is in #Ukraine ahead of the invasion’s third anniversary.

With @pcsunion.bsky.social colleagues, our General Secretary Jan Willem Goudriaan meets Ukrainian affiliates.

✊🏾 We stand with Ukraine’s people and unions — for peace, social justice, and reconstruction.

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February 12, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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Hopefully in the next day or so, we will post to our website an article as to why in reality the levy has subsidised the FM and other strikes and despite this, why we voted for the pause and review of the levy. In summary we will argue the levy was unfair and LU has weaponised the issue.
February 17, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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"We know that LU will claim they stopped the levy, despite the facts, but what they won’t do is propose what should replace it."
Yes, the levy does pay for strike action!
Strike pay comes out of the Fighting Fund. From May last year, members paid the levy into the FF. This raised around £550K each month. Separately, the default 50p per member (which is ringfenced ou…
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February 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM