Martin Smith OFaC
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All things trade union building and struggling together to change our world. Solidarity forever.
I never watch it. Its important we keep europap music out of politics
December 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I never watch it. Its important we keep europap music out of politics
Reform UK Plc are the party of and for the tax dodging millionaires and billionaires. They want you to look down on our most vulnerable neighbours and not look up at them as they pick our pockets through tax dodging. Id double my support to asylum seekers to £4 a year if we could tax them. Look Up!
December 3, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Reform UK Plc are the party of and for the tax dodging millionaires and billionaires. They want you to look down on our most vulnerable neighbours and not look up at them as they pick our pockets through tax dodging. Id double my support to asylum seekers to £4 a year if we could tax them. Look Up!
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Major exploitation exists in the supply chains of the clothes we wear. No Sweat as a campaign collective helps lead the way on union building. Top tip: If you are given work clothes to wear by your employer - ask who made them and where. And organise from there...
Major exploitation exists in the supply chains of the clothes we wear. No Sweat as a campaign collective helps lead the way on union building. Top tip: If you are given work clothes to wear by your employer - ask who made them and where. And organise from there...
21 No Sweat and union building feat. Jay Kerr
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November 28, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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Major exploitation exists in the supply chains of the clothes we wear. No Sweat as a campaign collective helps lead the way on union building. Top tip: If you are given work clothes to wear by your employer - ask who made them and where. And organise from there...
Major exploitation exists in the supply chains of the clothes we wear. No Sweat as a campaign collective helps lead the way on union building. Top tip: If you are given work clothes to wear by your employer - ask who made them and where. And organise from there...
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More reports this week of Reform UK (Plc) intervening in union workplaces to sow division and hate. Big unions need to make sure were in conversation with members. Link to recent podcast discussing the "Five Tribes of Reform" analysis into who supports them and why
More reports this week of Reform UK (Plc) intervening in union workplaces to sow division and hate. Big unions need to make sure were in conversation with members. Link to recent podcast discussing the "Five Tribes of Reform" analysis into who supports them and why
Episode 20: Countering divisive workplace narratives
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November 15, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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More reports this week of Reform UK (Plc) intervening in union workplaces to sow division and hate. Big unions need to make sure were in conversation with members. Link to recent podcast discussing the "Five Tribes of Reform" analysis into who supports them and why
More reports this week of Reform UK (Plc) intervening in union workplaces to sow division and hate. Big unions need to make sure were in conversation with members. Link to recent podcast discussing the "Five Tribes of Reform" analysis into who supports them and why
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New OfAC Podcast starts today with a discussion with Matthew Collins about why and how union builders should tackle divisive rhetoric from the far right where we work
New OfAC Podcast starts today with a discussion with Matthew Collins about why and how union builders should tackle divisive rhetoric from the far right where we work
Episode 20: Countering divisive workplace narratives
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October 31, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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New OfAC Podcast starts today with a discussion with Matthew Collins about why and how union builders should tackle divisive rhetoric from the far right where we work
New OfAC Podcast starts today with a discussion with Matthew Collins about why and how union builders should tackle divisive rhetoric from the far right where we work
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Next blog for union builders. Big challenge to build unity and solidarity at work
Next blog for union builders. Big challenge to build unity and solidarity at work
Tackling Division at Work
Union Builders know that employers will tend to latch on to anything that helps them divide their workforce and set them against each other as we try to build unity and solidarity. Many of the working...
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October 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Next blog for union builders. Big challenge to build unity and solidarity at work
Next blog for union builders. Big challenge to build unity and solidarity at work
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With the Blacklist Support Group (BSG) blocked from giving evidence tomorrow at the Supreme Court, a look back to the OfaC podcast over the Summer telling the story of the union busting scandal so far with BSGs own Dave Smith
With the Blacklist Support Group (BSG) blocked from giving evidence tomorrow at the Supreme Court, a look back to the OfaC podcast over the Summer telling the story of the union busting scandal so far with BSGs own Dave Smith
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October 12, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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With the Blacklist Support Group (BSG) blocked from giving evidence tomorrow at the Supreme Court, a look back to the OfaC podcast over the Summer telling the story of the union busting scandal so far with BSGs own Dave Smith
With the Blacklist Support Group (BSG) blocked from giving evidence tomorrow at the Supreme Court, a look back to the OfaC podcast over the Summer telling the story of the union busting scandal so far with BSGs own Dave Smith
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Bolsanaro, Sarkozy… come on Johnson I’ve got you in an accumulator.
September 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Bolsanaro, Sarkozy… come on Johnson I’ve got you in an accumulator.
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Starbucks is a multi-billion dollar company. Their CEO made 6,666x what the average barista made last year. It’s time for them to get serious, finish negotiating a strong union contract and invest in @sbworkersunited.org baristas who power their profits.
Starbucks, Union Approach 4-Year Mark Without A Contract
Progressive groups say they’ll stand with baristas on the picket line if CEO Brian Niccol doesn’t reach an agreement.
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September 22, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Starbucks is a multi-billion dollar company. Their CEO made 6,666x what the average barista made last year. It’s time for them to get serious, finish negotiating a strong union contract and invest in @sbworkersunited.org baristas who power their profits.
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Peter Mandelson being sacked for a third time? Oh you are spoiling us ambassador.
September 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Peter Mandelson being sacked for a third time? Oh you are spoiling us ambassador.
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In the run up to TUC 2025 a quick look back to our recent podcast on how unions are changing to address new realities at work
In the run up to TUC 2025 a quick look back to our recent podcast on how unions are changing to address new realities at work
Episode 8 - Leading change
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September 5, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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In the run up to TUC 2025 a quick look back to our recent podcast on how unions are changing to address new realities at work
In the run up to TUC 2025 a quick look back to our recent podcast on how unions are changing to address new realities at work
Couple of things for Starmers spinners to keep in mind.
1. The new party being formed, like the Corbyn movement in 2016, is a symptom of the splitting left vote, not its cause.
2. The voters are miles ahead of MPs and already voting as if we had PR.
Labour better catch up and quick
1. The new party being formed, like the Corbyn movement in 2016, is a symptom of the splitting left vote, not its cause.
2. The voters are miles ahead of MPs and already voting as if we had PR.
Labour better catch up and quick
August 12, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Couple of things for Starmers spinners to keep in mind.
1. The new party being formed, like the Corbyn movement in 2016, is a symptom of the splitting left vote, not its cause.
2. The voters are miles ahead of MPs and already voting as if we had PR.
Labour better catch up and quick
1. The new party being formed, like the Corbyn movement in 2016, is a symptom of the splitting left vote, not its cause.
2. The voters are miles ahead of MPs and already voting as if we had PR.
Labour better catch up and quick
London is safer than most other parts of the UK. If they were honest people claiming "London has fallen" would agree that they are just unhappy that the most popular elected Mayor we ever had in London is Muslim
August 11, 2025 at 6:29 PM
London is safer than most other parts of the UK. If they were honest people claiming "London has fallen" would agree that they are just unhappy that the most popular elected Mayor we ever had in London is Muslim
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With the Annual TUC gathering due in a couple of weeks and recent union membership growth faltering, time to look back to our recent OfaC podcast on a great union building story
With the Annual TUC gathering due in a couple of weeks and recent union membership growth faltering, time to look back to our recent OfaC podcast on a great union building story
Episode 19: Union building for pharmacists: The PDAU story
Organising For A Change - the podcast for union builders · Episode
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August 11, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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With the Annual TUC gathering due in a couple of weeks and recent union membership growth faltering, time to look back to our recent OfaC podcast on a great union building story
With the Annual TUC gathering due in a couple of weeks and recent union membership growth faltering, time to look back to our recent OfaC podcast on a great union building story
Solidarity with RMT
August 11, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Solidarity with RMT
Out and about for the first time in a while so thought I'd take a stroll through our streets with 100,000 neighbours. (And some day trippers from up North.)
August 9, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Out and about for the first time in a while so thought I'd take a stroll through our streets with 100,000 neighbours. (And some day trippers from up North.)
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🚨 Campaign win🚨
Today it has been announced funding for Level 7 apprenticeships for a range of health roles has been secured until 2029. Since May, we have been warning the Westminster government about the impact of removing this funding, and they listened.
Read more. ⬇️ bit.ly/3UmRCMJ
Today it has been announced funding for Level 7 apprenticeships for a range of health roles has been secured until 2029. Since May, we have been warning the Westminster government about the impact of removing this funding, and they listened.
Read more. ⬇️ bit.ly/3UmRCMJ
Level 7 apprenticeships funding continued following RCN action | News | Royal College of Nursing
The move is a win for the RCN after repeatedly raising concerns about the ‘damaging’ decision to remove funding back in May
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August 8, 2025 at 3:28 PM
🚨 Campaign win🚨
Today it has been announced funding for Level 7 apprenticeships for a range of health roles has been secured until 2029. Since May, we have been warning the Westminster government about the impact of removing this funding, and they listened.
Read more. ⬇️ bit.ly/3UmRCMJ
Today it has been announced funding for Level 7 apprenticeships for a range of health roles has been secured until 2029. Since May, we have been warning the Westminster government about the impact of removing this funding, and they listened.
Read more. ⬇️ bit.ly/3UmRCMJ
Best politicians money can buy? Repeating "no rules or laws were broken" when they get caught grifting - as if its some kind of get out of jail free card - is getting embarrasing. They made the rules and laws to suit themselves. We voted to change them.
August 8, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Best politicians money can buy? Repeating "no rules or laws were broken" when they get caught grifting - as if its some kind of get out of jail free card - is getting embarrasing. They made the rules and laws to suit themselves. We voted to change them.
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We're living through a dark age of online misogyny. Education is the only answer, says comedian Chloe Petts.
Want to end misogyny? Bring back Page 3
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July 31, 2025 at 1:06 PM
We're living through a dark age of online misogyny. Education is the only answer, says comedian Chloe Petts.
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Tommy- Stephen-Yaxley-Lennon-Robinson- Cokey McCoke Face is on the run again.
Cyprus poolside TikTok of victimhood to follow.
Cyprus poolside TikTok of victimhood to follow.
July 29, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Tommy- Stephen-Yaxley-Lennon-Robinson- Cokey McCoke Face is on the run again.
Cyprus poolside TikTok of victimhood to follow.
Cyprus poolside TikTok of victimhood to follow.