Stuart Richards
@stuart-richards.bsky.social
Regional Secretary of TUC Midlands 🏳️🌈
Pronouns- he/him
Pronouns- he/him
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📣Union members in the Midlands: A thought-provoking evening in #BurtonUponTrent. Speakers will include @stuart-richards.bsky.social; Danielle Jackson of @pcsunion.bsky.social and Louise Regan of @neunion.bsky.social & me. 📣
24/10/2025
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24/10/2025
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Discussing the relevance of Vale in 2025
Vale Rawlings was a pioneer in the local trade union movement and a committed member of the Burton Trades Council. This month, the successor to that organisation, now called East Staffordshire Trades ...
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October 7, 2025 at 2:48 PM
📣Union members in the Midlands: A thought-provoking evening in #BurtonUponTrent. Speakers will include @stuart-richards.bsky.social; Danielle Jackson of @pcsunion.bsky.social and Louise Regan of @neunion.bsky.social & me. 📣
24/10/2025
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24/10/2025
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I’m so glad that @tomvickers.bsky.social was around to pull together the stories and lesson from the campaign to build a union in Amazon Coventry
It’s a brilliant read with additional essays by some of those involved (even me!)
It’s available now but don’t buy it from Amazon 😉
It’s a brilliant read with additional essays by some of those involved (even me!)
It’s available now but don’t buy it from Amazon 😉
September 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I’m so glad that @tomvickers.bsky.social was around to pull together the stories and lesson from the campaign to build a union in Amazon Coventry
It’s a brilliant read with additional essays by some of those involved (even me!)
It’s available now but don’t buy it from Amazon 😉
It’s a brilliant read with additional essays by some of those involved (even me!)
It’s available now but don’t buy it from Amazon 😉
The British pottery industry is in crisis
Add your name to the campaign calling for urgent action now - www.potterspledge.uk
Add your name to the campaign calling for urgent action now - www.potterspledge.uk
July 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The British pottery industry is in crisis
Add your name to the campaign calling for urgent action now - www.potterspledge.uk
Add your name to the campaign calling for urgent action now - www.potterspledge.uk
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While Jeff Bezos held a lavish wedding in Venice, Amazon refused to send a high-level representative to testify in the European Parliament.
This is an insult to its workers and our democratic institutions.
We demand an end to Amazon's contracts with the European institutions.
This is an insult to its workers and our democratic institutions.
We demand an end to Amazon's contracts with the European institutions.
July 3, 2025 at 6:43 AM
While Jeff Bezos held a lavish wedding in Venice, Amazon refused to send a high-level representative to testify in the European Parliament.
This is an insult to its workers and our democratic institutions.
We demand an end to Amazon's contracts with the European institutions.
This is an insult to its workers and our democratic institutions.
We demand an end to Amazon's contracts with the European institutions.
The government has signed a Dying to Work agreement with 6 unions to bring much needed protection for workers with a terminal illness across the civil service
There is power in a union ✊
There is power in a union ✊
June 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The government has signed a Dying to Work agreement with 6 unions to bring much needed protection for workers with a terminal illness across the civil service
There is power in a union ✊
There is power in a union ✊
"TUC Midlands marks 20 years of celebrating the 1910 chainmakers’ victory with a festival that connects historical lessons to modern struggles — because working-class history should inspire action, not just nostalgia"
@mstaronline.bsky.social
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/wome...
@mstaronline.bsky.social
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/wome...
The Women Chainmakers’ Festival: what it is and why we do it | Morning Star
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June 26, 2025 at 9:10 AM
"TUC Midlands marks 20 years of celebrating the 1910 chainmakers’ victory with a festival that connects historical lessons to modern struggles — because working-class history should inspire action, not just nostalgia"
@mstaronline.bsky.social
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/wome...
@mstaronline.bsky.social
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/wome...
The Women Chainmakers’ Festival is the only annual Trade Union run festival inspired by the successes of working-class women
Follow the link to donate and support the festival
support-the-women-chainmakers-festival.raiselysite.com
Follow the link to donate and support the festival
support-the-women-chainmakers-festival.raiselysite.com
Support The Women Chainmakers Festival
Can you support The Women Chainmakers Festival? Your donation, no matter the size, will play a crucial role in ensuring the festival thrives
support-the-women-chainmakers-festival.raiselysite.com
June 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The Women Chainmakers’ Festival is the only annual Trade Union run festival inspired by the successes of working-class women
Follow the link to donate and support the festival
support-the-women-chainmakers-festival.raiselysite.com
Follow the link to donate and support the festival
support-the-women-chainmakers-festival.raiselysite.com
Great to join the ´Trade Unions and University Research: Collaborating to make work better’ Conference at Nottingham Trent University today
Lots of interesting discussions around how trade unionists and academic researchers can work together to improve working conditions
Lots of interesting discussions around how trade unionists and academic researchers can work together to improve working conditions
June 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Great to join the ´Trade Unions and University Research: Collaborating to make work better’ Conference at Nottingham Trent University today
Lots of interesting discussions around how trade unionists and academic researchers can work together to improve working conditions
Lots of interesting discussions around how trade unionists and academic researchers can work together to improve working conditions
How do we defeat Reform and the far right?
We come together, build collective strength and fight back ✊
Huge thanks to everyone who joined the SUTR event in Birmingham today
We come together, build collective strength and fight back ✊
Huge thanks to everyone who joined the SUTR event in Birmingham today
June 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
How do we defeat Reform and the far right?
We come together, build collective strength and fight back ✊
Huge thanks to everyone who joined the SUTR event in Birmingham today
We come together, build collective strength and fight back ✊
Huge thanks to everyone who joined the SUTR event in Birmingham today
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Very much looking forward to speaking at this event
It’s nearly time for the Women Chainmakers Festival 2025!
Here’s what’s on and when
Here’s what’s on and when
June 12, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Very much looking forward to speaking at this event
It’s nearly time for the Women Chainmakers Festival 2025!
Here’s what’s on and when
Here’s what’s on and when
June 12, 2025 at 6:16 PM
It’s nearly time for the Women Chainmakers Festival 2025!
Here’s what’s on and when
Here’s what’s on and when
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"What is this obsession with becoming billionaires?" - Jameela Jamil
June 11, 2025 at 9:15 AM
"What is this obsession with becoming billionaires?" - Jameela Jamil
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Since 2010, we have lost:
279 school playing fields
750 youth centres
793 playgrounds
800 libraries
1,086 swimming pools
1,416 Sure Start children’s centres
No wonder children have nowhere to go
Tax multi millionaires, give us back our public services
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
279 school playing fields
750 youth centres
793 playgrounds
800 libraries
1,086 swimming pools
1,416 Sure Start children’s centres
No wonder children have nowhere to go
Tax multi millionaires, give us back our public services
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com
June 11, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Since 2010, we have lost:
279 school playing fields
750 youth centres
793 playgrounds
800 libraries
1,086 swimming pools
1,416 Sure Start children’s centres
No wonder children have nowhere to go
Tax multi millionaires, give us back our public services
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
279 school playing fields
750 youth centres
793 playgrounds
800 libraries
1,086 swimming pools
1,416 Sure Start children’s centres
No wonder children have nowhere to go
Tax multi millionaires, give us back our public services
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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“The real problem is the model: we shouldn’t be subsidising union-busting, tax-avoiding, anti-democratic companies".
Oliver Roethig spoke to @euobserver.com for this long piece on our proposal for an Amazon Tax.
Oliver Roethig spoke to @euobserver.com for this long piece on our proposal for an Amazon Tax.
EU holds back on taxing US Big Tech
In April, EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen floated an 'Amazon tax' on digital ads as a counter to US tariffs. But with the EU now limiting retaliation to goods, the bloc appears to be back...
euobserver.com
June 10, 2025 at 11:44 AM
“The real problem is the model: we shouldn’t be subsidising union-busting, tax-avoiding, anti-democratic companies".
Oliver Roethig spoke to @euobserver.com for this long piece on our proposal for an Amazon Tax.
Oliver Roethig spoke to @euobserver.com for this long piece on our proposal for an Amazon Tax.
Yesterday’s Derby’s Silk Mill Festival was brilliant!
It’s not everyday you get to do a speech from on top of a fire engine
It’s not everyday you get to do a speech from on top of a fire engine
June 8, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Yesterday’s Derby’s Silk Mill Festival was brilliant!
It’s not everyday you get to do a speech from on top of a fire engine
It’s not everyday you get to do a speech from on top of a fire engine
Just one day to go!
Really looking forward to the Derby Silk Mill Festival ✊
Really looking forward to the Derby Silk Mill Festival ✊
June 6, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Just one day to go!
Really looking forward to the Derby Silk Mill Festival ✊
Really looking forward to the Derby Silk Mill Festival ✊
Add your name now to demand the Employment Rights Bill is passed - in full, and without delay
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/pa...
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Pass the Employment Rights Bill – in full, without delay
The biggest upgrade in workers’ rights in a generation is within reach. But Tory peers and big business want to water it down. Add your name now to demand the House of Lords passes the Employment Righ...
www.megaphone.org.uk
June 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Add your name now to demand the Employment Rights Bill is passed - in full, and without delay
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/pa...
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/pa...
Really looking forward to reading Logging Off by @adelewalton.bsky.social
It takes a long hard look at the digital world and big tech, including a bit on Amazon warehouses
I even get a mention!
It takes a long hard look at the digital world and big tech, including a bit on Amazon warehouses
I even get a mention!
June 3, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Really looking forward to reading Logging Off by @adelewalton.bsky.social
It takes a long hard look at the digital world and big tech, including a bit on Amazon warehouses
I even get a mention!
It takes a long hard look at the digital world and big tech, including a bit on Amazon warehouses
I even get a mention!
This evening, I got to join Garfield Hylton, brilliant union leader at Amazon Coventry, and some fab @teamsters.bsky.social colleagues
We spoke at the “How can academics support workers’ organising at Amazon?” event
Huge thanks to the team at Sheffield University’s Centre for Decent Work
We spoke at the “How can academics support workers’ organising at Amazon?” event
Huge thanks to the team at Sheffield University’s Centre for Decent Work
May 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
This evening, I got to join Garfield Hylton, brilliant union leader at Amazon Coventry, and some fab @teamsters.bsky.social colleagues
We spoke at the “How can academics support workers’ organising at Amazon?” event
Huge thanks to the team at Sheffield University’s Centre for Decent Work
We spoke at the “How can academics support workers’ organising at Amazon?” event
Huge thanks to the team at Sheffield University’s Centre for Decent Work
Years of underfunding in both councils and schools, the dislocation caused by Academisation, low pay and increased workloads have all contributed to create an SEND crisis
Thanks to @alexballingermp.bsky.social for creating a space to talk about what we need to rebuild SEND provision
Thanks to @alexballingermp.bsky.social for creating a space to talk about what we need to rebuild SEND provision
May 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Years of underfunding in both councils and schools, the dislocation caused by Academisation, low pay and increased workloads have all contributed to create an SEND crisis
Thanks to @alexballingermp.bsky.social for creating a space to talk about what we need to rebuild SEND provision
Thanks to @alexballingermp.bsky.social for creating a space to talk about what we need to rebuild SEND provision
The UK has fallen to 22 in ILGA-Europe’s annual rankings of nations
A decade ago the UK topped the list
This is why pride is a protest. 🏳️🌈✊
rainbowmap.ilga-europe.org?utm_source=S...
A decade ago the UK topped the list
This is why pride is a protest. 🏳️🌈✊
rainbowmap.ilga-europe.org?utm_source=S...
May 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The UK has fallen to 22 in ILGA-Europe’s annual rankings of nations
A decade ago the UK topped the list
This is why pride is a protest. 🏳️🌈✊
rainbowmap.ilga-europe.org?utm_source=S...
A decade ago the UK topped the list
This is why pride is a protest. 🏳️🌈✊
rainbowmap.ilga-europe.org?utm_source=S...
Looks like Birmingham City Council is trying to ban culture
If you think they should let the music play and focus on some of the city’s real problems, please take a few minutes and complete the consultation 👇
www.birminghambeheard.org.uk/bcc/citycent...
If you think they should let the music play and focus on some of the city’s real problems, please take a few minutes and complete the consultation 👇
www.birminghambeheard.org.uk/bcc/citycent...
Proposed City Centre Noise Public Space Protection Order (PSPO)
- Birmingham City Council
- Citizen Space
This site contains consultations that are run by Birmingham City Council.
www.birminghambeheard.org.uk
May 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Looks like Birmingham City Council is trying to ban culture
If you think they should let the music play and focus on some of the city’s real problems, please take a few minutes and complete the consultation 👇
www.birminghambeheard.org.uk/bcc/citycent...
If you think they should let the music play and focus on some of the city’s real problems, please take a few minutes and complete the consultation 👇
www.birminghambeheard.org.uk/bcc/citycent...
The default position for the presentation of working class history is far too often a sanitized gloss that ignores the role of trade unions
Can’t think of a better example than the Black Country Living Museum turning the Workers’ Institute into a Police Station for the "1960's weekend"
Can’t think of a better example than the Black Country Living Museum turning the Workers’ Institute into a Police Station for the "1960's weekend"
May 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The default position for the presentation of working class history is far too often a sanitized gloss that ignores the role of trade unions
Can’t think of a better example than the Black Country Living Museum turning the Workers’ Institute into a Police Station for the "1960's weekend"
Can’t think of a better example than the Black Country Living Museum turning the Workers’ Institute into a Police Station for the "1960's weekend"
Great to join David Etherington, Professor of Local and Regional Economic Development, University of Staffordshire, at the North Staffs TUC launch of the report:
Still Digging Deeper: The Impact of Austerity on Inequalities and Deprivation in the Coalfield Areas
eprints.staffs.ac.uk/8893/1/Coalf...
Still Digging Deeper: The Impact of Austerity on Inequalities and Deprivation in the Coalfield Areas
eprints.staffs.ac.uk/8893/1/Coalf...
eprints.staffs.ac.uk
May 14, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Great to join David Etherington, Professor of Local and Regional Economic Development, University of Staffordshire, at the North Staffs TUC launch of the report:
Still Digging Deeper: The Impact of Austerity on Inequalities and Deprivation in the Coalfield Areas
eprints.staffs.ac.uk/8893/1/Coalf...
Still Digging Deeper: The Impact of Austerity on Inequalities and Deprivation in the Coalfield Areas
eprints.staffs.ac.uk/8893/1/Coalf...
Great to bring representatives from 5 unions to Parliament to talk with Midlands Labour MPs
I’m looking forward to following up on our discussions
I’m looking forward to following up on our discussions
May 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Great to bring representatives from 5 unions to Parliament to talk with Midlands Labour MPs
I’m looking forward to following up on our discussions
I’m looking forward to following up on our discussions