Cameron Matthews
@c4meronm4tthews.bsky.social
The type of comment we came to expect from the likes of Jacob Rees-Mogg. Seems there's no real difference with Steve Reed.
Workers deserve better than this.
#4DayWeek has been shown a success.
If out-of-touch politicians can't back progress, then we can vote for ones that do.
Workers deserve better than this.
#4DayWeek has been shown a success.
If out-of-touch politicians can't back progress, then we can vote for ones that do.
Four-day week may be considered a sign of failure, England councils told
Four-day week may be considered a sign of failure, England councils told
Local government secretary writes to town halls warning them against ‘part-time work for full-time pay’
The secretary for local government has written to all councils to warn that adopting a four-day week for staff puts them at risk of being declared a failing authority, according to reports.
Twenty-five councils have discussed a four-day week policy and one, South Cambridgeshire district council, has already moved to the pattern. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 11:16 AM
The type of comment we came to expect from the likes of Jacob Rees-Mogg. Seems there's no real difference with Steve Reed.
Workers deserve better than this.
#4DayWeek has been shown a success.
If out-of-touch politicians can't back progress, then we can vote for ones that do.
Workers deserve better than this.
#4DayWeek has been shown a success.
If out-of-touch politicians can't back progress, then we can vote for ones that do.
Illegal under international law.
In Ukraine, sanctions were immediately applied and Starmer promised "boots on the ground & planes in the air" to oppose hostile annexation.
bbc.com/news/articles/…
In Ukraine, sanctions were immediately applied and Starmer promised "boots on the ground & planes in the air" to oppose hostile annexation.
bbc.com/news/articles/…
December 22, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Illegal under international law.
In Ukraine, sanctions were immediately applied and Starmer promised "boots on the ground & planes in the air" to oppose hostile annexation.
bbc.com/news/articles/…
In Ukraine, sanctions were immediately applied and Starmer promised "boots on the ground & planes in the air" to oppose hostile annexation.
bbc.com/news/articles/…
Reposted by Cameron Matthews
UK CEO salary increases outstripping those of the workforce.
Remuneration Committees & non-execs perpetuate fat-cattery as rises provide a benchmark for their greed.
Need worker-elected directors on boards of large companies, workers to vote on exec pay to secure equitable distribution of income.
Remuneration Committees & non-execs perpetuate fat-cattery as rises provide a benchmark for their greed.
Need worker-elected directors on boards of large companies, workers to vote on exec pay to secure equitable distribution of income.
CEO salary: an opportunity cost? - High Pay Centre
Against the backdrop of the cost-of-living crisis, data highlights a worrying trend: CEO salary increases outstripping those of the wider workforce.
highpaycentre.org
December 20, 2025 at 7:54 AM
UK CEO salary increases outstripping those of the workforce.
Remuneration Committees & non-execs perpetuate fat-cattery as rises provide a benchmark for their greed.
Need worker-elected directors on boards of large companies, workers to vote on exec pay to secure equitable distribution of income.
Remuneration Committees & non-execs perpetuate fat-cattery as rises provide a benchmark for their greed.
Need worker-elected directors on boards of large companies, workers to vote on exec pay to secure equitable distribution of income.
Greens set a local election fundraising target £100k. Hit it in 5hrs.
Then set a stretch target of £250k. Now that's hit... still with 25 days left 😯 And importantly not from a single billionaire, but from 8000+ people.
Lets all be honest, it was a good campaign video 👇🏽
Then set a stretch target of £250k. Now that's hit... still with 25 days left 😯 And importantly not from a single billionaire, but from 8000+ people.
Lets all be honest, it was a good campaign video 👇🏽
Hope is here.
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
December 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Greens set a local election fundraising target £100k. Hit it in 5hrs.
Then set a stretch target of £250k. Now that's hit... still with 25 days left 😯 And importantly not from a single billionaire, but from 8000+ people.
Lets all be honest, it was a good campaign video 👇🏽
Then set a stretch target of £250k. Now that's hit... still with 25 days left 😯 And importantly not from a single billionaire, but from 8000+ people.
Lets all be honest, it was a good campaign video 👇🏽
One country is banned from @eurovision.tv and one country is not.
Does this represent what #Eurovision thinks is unacceptable vs acceptable within its values?
Does this represent what #Eurovision thinks is unacceptable vs acceptable within its values?
December 6, 2025 at 8:08 AM
One country is banned from @eurovision.tv and one country is not.
Does this represent what #Eurovision thinks is unacceptable vs acceptable within its values?
Does this represent what #Eurovision thinks is unacceptable vs acceptable within its values?
19 Sep, @jackabbott.bsky.social: "We made a promise to workers in Ipswich & across the country"
Jack chastised efforts to "water down crucial laws like day one protection from unfair dismissal"
Keir Starmer has now done that.
Will u speak up or stay silent, Jack?
www.eadt.co.uk/news/2547804...
Jack chastised efforts to "water down crucial laws like day one protection from unfair dismissal"
Keir Starmer has now done that.
Will u speak up or stay silent, Jack?
www.eadt.co.uk/news/2547804...
OPINION: Taking a step towards biggest upgrade to workers’ rights in a generation
Jack Abbott's latest opinion column.
www.eadt.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 8:41 AM
19 Sep, @jackabbott.bsky.social: "We made a promise to workers in Ipswich & across the country"
Jack chastised efforts to "water down crucial laws like day one protection from unfair dismissal"
Keir Starmer has now done that.
Will u speak up or stay silent, Jack?
www.eadt.co.uk/news/2547804...
Jack chastised efforts to "water down crucial laws like day one protection from unfair dismissal"
Keir Starmer has now done that.
Will u speak up or stay silent, Jack?
www.eadt.co.uk/news/2547804...
Solidarity with @unisonsw.bsky.social Phlebotomists ✊🏽 Fighting for pay justice.
Doing band 3 work, paid band 2 wages.
Shameful how Trust bosses are treating these frontline workers: southwest.unison.org.uk/campaigns/fa...
Doing band 3 work, paid band 2 wages.
Shameful how Trust bosses are treating these frontline workers: southwest.unison.org.uk/campaigns/fa...
November 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Solidarity with @unisonsw.bsky.social Phlebotomists ✊🏽 Fighting for pay justice.
Doing band 3 work, paid band 2 wages.
Shameful how Trust bosses are treating these frontline workers: southwest.unison.org.uk/campaigns/fa...
Doing band 3 work, paid band 2 wages.
Shameful how Trust bosses are treating these frontline workers: southwest.unison.org.uk/campaigns/fa...
Our movement & worker solidarity must be international 🤝🏽
Support @sbworkersunited.org fight for a fair contract 👉🏽 Boycott Starbucks until US bosses get to the table & negotiate in good faith with these workers.
#NoContractNoCoffee
Support @sbworkersunited.org fight for a fair contract 👉🏽 Boycott Starbucks until US bosses get to the table & negotiate in good faith with these workers.
#NoContractNoCoffee
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 15, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Our movement & worker solidarity must be international 🤝🏽
Support @sbworkersunited.org fight for a fair contract 👉🏽 Boycott Starbucks until US bosses get to the table & negotiate in good faith with these workers.
#NoContractNoCoffee
Support @sbworkersunited.org fight for a fair contract 👉🏽 Boycott Starbucks until US bosses get to the table & negotiate in good faith with these workers.
#NoContractNoCoffee
At Hellesdon Hospital with counsellors from Norfolk & Waveney @mind.org.uk
They're being paid trainee pay, despite being qualified & accredited.
Unfair, unacceptable, unethical.
Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation Trust shd intervene with their contractor
Petition:
action.unison.org.uk/page/173007/pe…
They're being paid trainee pay, despite being qualified & accredited.
Unfair, unacceptable, unethical.
Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation Trust shd intervene with their contractor
Petition:
action.unison.org.uk/page/173007/pe…
September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
At Hellesdon Hospital with counsellors from Norfolk & Waveney @mind.org.uk
They're being paid trainee pay, despite being qualified & accredited.
Unfair, unacceptable, unethical.
Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation Trust shd intervene with their contractor
Petition:
action.unison.org.uk/page/173007/pe…
They're being paid trainee pay, despite being qualified & accredited.
Unfair, unacceptable, unethical.
Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation Trust shd intervene with their contractor
Petition:
action.unison.org.uk/page/173007/pe…
Counsellors working for mental health charity Norfolk & Waveney Mind are being paid trainee pay, despite being qualified & accredited.
It's unfair, unacceptable, & unethical.
@drsarahhughesceo.bsky.social, CEO of @mind.org.uk, should step in & help resolve this dispute.
@unison.org.uk
It's unfair, unacceptable, & unethical.
@drsarahhughesceo.bsky.social, CEO of @mind.org.uk, should step in & help resolve this dispute.
@unison.org.uk
September 23, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Counsellors working for mental health charity Norfolk & Waveney Mind are being paid trainee pay, despite being qualified & accredited.
It's unfair, unacceptable, & unethical.
@drsarahhughesceo.bsky.social, CEO of @mind.org.uk, should step in & help resolve this dispute.
@unison.org.uk
It's unfair, unacceptable, & unethical.
@drsarahhughesceo.bsky.social, CEO of @mind.org.uk, should step in & help resolve this dispute.
@unison.org.uk
The real world consequences of austerity & neoliberal policy for working class families.
Meanwhile, the super rich sit atop record mountains of cash like dragon hoards.
Wealth inequality is decimating the UK.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Meanwhile, the super rich sit atop record mountains of cash like dragon hoards.
Wealth inequality is decimating the UK.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Families in Britain are £20,000 worse off than 20 years ago, report warns
Income stagnation over the past two decades is ‘unprecedented in modern times,’ damning new report warns
www.independent.co.uk
September 18, 2025 at 6:15 AM
The real world consequences of austerity & neoliberal policy for working class families.
Meanwhile, the super rich sit atop record mountains of cash like dragon hoards.
Wealth inequality is decimating the UK.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Meanwhile, the super rich sit atop record mountains of cash like dragon hoards.
Wealth inequality is decimating the UK.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Millionaire on £10.5 million last year says public sector workers like nurses, care workers, school support staff, should have their pay rises limited...
You couldnt make it up!
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
You couldnt make it up!
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Barclays boss urges UK ministers to limit public sector pay rises
TUC says CS Venkatakrishnan has ‘brass neck’ calling for curbs when his pay packet has doubled to £10.5m
www.theguardian.com
September 14, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Millionaire on £10.5 million last year says public sector workers like nurses, care workers, school support staff, should have their pay rises limited...
You couldnt make it up!
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
You couldnt make it up!
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Reposted by Cameron Matthews
Holding govts to ransom.
Head of UK's banking lobby warns chancellor about additional tax on banks.
Banks happy to be bailed out, take £895bn QE, £10bn+ interest a year on central reserves.
Banks make excessive profits, must face windfall tax.
Head of UK's banking lobby warns chancellor about additional tax on banks.
Banks happy to be bailed out, take £895bn QE, £10bn+ interest a year on central reserves.
Banks make excessive profits, must face windfall tax.
Bank lobby chief warns Reeves over budget tax raid
In a letter to the chancellor obtained by Sky News, the UK Finance boss David Postings said she risked undermining economic growth if she increased the tax burden on UK lenders.
news.sky.com
September 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Holding govts to ransom.
Head of UK's banking lobby warns chancellor about additional tax on banks.
Banks happy to be bailed out, take £895bn QE, £10bn+ interest a year on central reserves.
Banks make excessive profits, must face windfall tax.
Head of UK's banking lobby warns chancellor about additional tax on banks.
Banks happy to be bailed out, take £895bn QE, £10bn+ interest a year on central reserves.
Banks make excessive profits, must face windfall tax.
Reposted by Cameron Matthews
Nigel Farage is not on the side of working people.
September 4, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Nigel Farage is not on the side of working people.
Wealth inequality is out of control. A runaway train decimating the working class. Rebalance is critical.
"Is a wealth tax possible?"
*Spoiler: Yes. But will be hard & needs collective work for efficient & effective policy.
@garyseconomics.bsky.social
#TaxWealthNotWork
youtube.com/watch?v=gHrx...
"Is a wealth tax possible?"
*Spoiler: Yes. But will be hard & needs collective work for efficient & effective policy.
@garyseconomics.bsky.social
#TaxWealthNotWork
youtube.com/watch?v=gHrx...
Is a wealth tax actually possible?
YouTube video by Garys Economics
youtube.com
September 1, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Wealth inequality is out of control. A runaway train decimating the working class. Rebalance is critical.
"Is a wealth tax possible?"
*Spoiler: Yes. But will be hard & needs collective work for efficient & effective policy.
@garyseconomics.bsky.social
#TaxWealthNotWork
youtube.com/watch?v=gHrx...
"Is a wealth tax possible?"
*Spoiler: Yes. But will be hard & needs collective work for efficient & effective policy.
@garyseconomics.bsky.social
#TaxWealthNotWork
youtube.com/watch?v=gHrx...
"When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it - always" - Mahatma Gandhi
August 31, 2025 at 10:54 AM
"When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it - always" - Mahatma Gandhi