Jay McKenna
@jaymckenna.bsky.social
Regional Secretary for TUC North West. Likely to be talking about unions, workers, LFC, football supporter activism, politics and some life too!
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Thanks to @roswynnejones.bsky.social at The Mirror for her coverage today - members were happy to see themselves and their fight featured
February 7, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Thanks to @roswynnejones.bsky.social at The Mirror for her coverage today - members were happy to see themselves and their fight featured
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We were back on the picket line at Livv Housing this morning with our general secretary @paulnowaktuc.bsky.social , Knowsley MP @anneliesemidgleymp.bsky.social and importantly, @knowsleyunison.bsky.social and @unitenorthwest.bsky.social members
The support is growing and will until they win✊
The support is growing and will until they win✊
February 7, 2025 at 11:21 AM
We were back on the picket line at Livv Housing this morning with our general secretary @paulnowaktuc.bsky.social , Knowsley MP @anneliesemidgleymp.bsky.social and importantly, @knowsleyunison.bsky.social and @unitenorthwest.bsky.social members
The support is growing and will until they win✊
The support is growing and will until they win✊
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The extreme hoarding of wealth is sociopathic. Example below.
It amazes me that people can argue the toss that hospital cleaners shouldn’t get sick pay from day one, and argue just as vehemently that the super rich shouldn’t be asked to pay their fair share of tax.
It amazes me that people can argue the toss that hospital cleaners shouldn’t get sick pay from day one, and argue just as vehemently that the super rich shouldn’t be asked to pay their fair share of tax.
January 29, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The extreme hoarding of wealth is sociopathic. Example below.
It amazes me that people can argue the toss that hospital cleaners shouldn’t get sick pay from day one, and argue just as vehemently that the super rich shouldn’t be asked to pay their fair share of tax.
It amazes me that people can argue the toss that hospital cleaners shouldn’t get sick pay from day one, and argue just as vehemently that the super rich shouldn’t be asked to pay their fair share of tax.
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Why are billionaires so unhappy?
January 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Why are billionaires so unhappy?
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The state of Kemi Badenoch’s response to the sentencing, confirming there is no topic, however serious, that she will do the minimum of research on.
January 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The state of Kemi Badenoch’s response to the sentencing, confirming there is no topic, however serious, that she will do the minimum of research on.
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We have had so much in recent weeks about suspected cover ups and the damage to trust attributed to various key institutions in the UK. Will those folks extend that criticism to The Sun, or does that institution get a free pass?
January 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
We have had so much in recent weeks about suspected cover ups and the damage to trust attributed to various key institutions in the UK. Will those folks extend that criticism to The Sun, or does that institution get a free pass?
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The public enquiry should also consider the behaviour of elected politicians during the investigation and prosecution of this case, and their willingness to confect rumour and spread inflammatory misinformation in the service of their own agendas.
Keir Starmer: “If this trial had collapsed because I or anyone else had revealed crucial details while the police were investigating,... then the vile individual who committed these crimes would have walked away a free man. The prospect of justice, destroyed for the victims and their families.”
January 21, 2025 at 8:54 AM
The public enquiry should also consider the behaviour of elected politicians during the investigation and prosecution of this case, and their willingness to confect rumour and spread inflammatory misinformation in the service of their own agendas.
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Representatives of 🆘, SpionKop1906, LFCWSC, cultuRED and the OLSC network have written to Liverpool FC ahead of discussions around ticket pricing.
#LFC #StopExploitingLoyalty
#LFC #StopExploitingLoyalty
January 17, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Representatives of 🆘, SpionKop1906, LFCWSC, cultuRED and the OLSC network have written to Liverpool FC ahead of discussions around ticket pricing.
#LFC #StopExploitingLoyalty
#LFC #StopExploitingLoyalty
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This is why CEOs don't like the phrase 'work-life balance'.
January 16, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is why CEOs don't like the phrase 'work-life balance'.
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If one in six workers are skipping meals because of a lack of cash, there is something fundamentally wrong with our economy.
And it’s why it is vital the government delivers its plans to make work pay, in full.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
And it’s why it is vital the government delivers its plans to make work pay, in full.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Millions of workers are skipping a meal at least once a week to save cash
The TUC hit out at poor wage growth under the Tories as they released polling that shows working people are having to cut back on meals, heating and hot water to save money
www.mirror.co.uk
January 13, 2025 at 6:09 AM
If one in six workers are skipping meals because of a lack of cash, there is something fundamentally wrong with our economy.
And it’s why it is vital the government delivers its plans to make work pay, in full.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
And it’s why it is vital the government delivers its plans to make work pay, in full.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Honestly, the lengths some companies go to avoiding directly employing staff.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
‘So immoral’: gig economy workers forced to pay fee to receive their wages
Retail assistants on low pay using YoungOnes platform docked cash or told to wait up to 30 days for earnings
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Honestly, the lengths some companies go to avoiding directly employing staff.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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"Prices have risen over 800% since 1992. That is not sustainable."
#StopExploitingLoyalty
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
#StopExploitingLoyalty
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
‘Prices have risen 800% since 1992’: the Premier League fans’ unions campaigning for affordable tickets
Bitter rivalries are being set aside, as supporters join forces to push back against ‘absolute disgrace’ of cost increases
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2025 at 6:25 PM
"Prices have risen over 800% since 1992. That is not sustainable."
#StopExploitingLoyalty
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
#StopExploitingLoyalty
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
I’m not saying my worry my 3 year old might be the most like me is coming true, but she’s currently leading a march around the kitchen demanding ice cream 📢
January 6, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I’m not saying my worry my 3 year old might be the most like me is coming true, but she’s currently leading a march around the kitchen demanding ice cream 📢
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"Patriot" apparently.
Ah well, he will have more time to read Mein Kampf now. 👍
Ah well, he will have more time to read Mein Kampf now. 👍
Other messages posted by McIntyre on the Southport Wake Up Telegram include "get ready for war lads" and "Adolf Hitler was the only politician since Roman times to truly care for his people...THE FIGHT WILL BE LONG BROTHERS, BUT WE WILL SUCCEED. NEVER CAPITULATE"
January 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
"Patriot" apparently.
Ah well, he will have more time to read Mein Kampf now. 👍
Ah well, he will have more time to read Mein Kampf now. 👍
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Important public interest journalism from @joeduggan1.bsky.social at the i
We @the-tuc.bsky.social are calling for a ban on the use of high-silica stone as young men working with it continue to die.
They are all around my age (average age 34). Preventable deaths.
Front page news. As it should be.
We @the-tuc.bsky.social are calling for a ban on the use of high-silica stone as young men working with it continue to die.
They are all around my age (average age 34). Preventable deaths.
Front page news. As it should be.
January 3, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Important public interest journalism from @joeduggan1.bsky.social at the i
We @the-tuc.bsky.social are calling for a ban on the use of high-silica stone as young men working with it continue to die.
They are all around my age (average age 34). Preventable deaths.
Front page news. As it should be.
We @the-tuc.bsky.social are calling for a ban on the use of high-silica stone as young men working with it continue to die.
They are all around my age (average age 34). Preventable deaths.
Front page news. As it should be.
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To celebrate joining Bluesky, here's the most joyful cricket video of 2024:
November 20, 2024 at 8:49 PM
To celebrate joining Bluesky, here's the most joyful cricket video of 2024:
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Ineos/Ratcliffe have form for this stuff. This kind of hostility towards workers and former players is damaging to a club as a whole.
December 29, 2024 at 9:49 AM
Ineos/Ratcliffe have form for this stuff. This kind of hostility towards workers and former players is damaging to a club as a whole.
Really do need to make the most of this being at the bottom of the road next year!
December 30, 2024 at 5:06 PM
Really do need to make the most of this being at the bottom of the road next year!
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Excl: Crumbling state of school buildings is exposing pupils to “irreparable” harm, the UK’s children’s laureate has said, after a Guardian investigation revealed that more than 1.5 million students were being taught in dilapidated schools
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
Rundown schools risk ‘irreparable’ harm to pupils, UK children’s laureate says
Exclusive: Frank Cottrell-Boyce says Conservative funding freeze over 14 years has created ‘enormous’ equality gap
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2024 at 8:59 PM
Excl: Crumbling state of school buildings is exposing pupils to “irreparable” harm, the UK’s children’s laureate has said, after a Guardian investigation revealed that more than 1.5 million students were being taught in dilapidated schools
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
Given how he’s playing with a new contract hanging over him, even I might agree to Salah being on a zero hours contract!
December 29, 2024 at 7:12 PM
Given how he’s playing with a new contract hanging over him, even I might agree to Salah being on a zero hours contract!
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About a 10th of the number of Ukrainian refugee children state schools took in without any panicked coverage.
Such nonsense.
Such nonsense.
There are more than 10m children in school in the UK…but, per Times, 3,000 might move to state sector because of VAT rise…so Whitehall is “braced” 😲😲😲
Says a lot about UK media bubble, the way this story is reported.
You pay VAT on luxuries. Private schooling is that.
Says a lot about UK media bubble, the way this story is reported.
You pay VAT on luxuries. Private schooling is that.
December 26, 2024 at 9:15 AM
About a 10th of the number of Ukrainian refugee children state schools took in without any panicked coverage.
Such nonsense.
Such nonsense.
Sing the Andy Carroll song lads…
December 18, 2024 at 8:25 PM
Sing the Andy Carroll song lads…
Southampton singing ‘Feed the Scousers’? Who’s leading the chant for them, Rishi Sunak?
Divvies
Divvies
December 18, 2024 at 8:08 PM
Southampton singing ‘Feed the Scousers’? Who’s leading the chant for them, Rishi Sunak?
Divvies
Divvies