Stuart Richards
@stuart-richards.bsky.social
Regional Secretary of TUC Midlands 🏳️🌈
Pronouns- he/him
Pronouns- he/him
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
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 ✊
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
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
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 ✊
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. 🏳️🌈✊
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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...
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
Huge thanks again to the amazing Polly Smythe for delivering this year’s Mary Macarthur lecture for TUC Midlands
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May 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Huge thanks again to the amazing Polly Smythe for delivering this year’s Mary Macarthur lecture for TUC Midlands
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Louis Mosley, the UK head of Pallantir, went unchallenged on Laura Keunssberg’s BBC programme when he said the company was not political and their founder was a member of the Democrats
The reality around the company’s conservative founder is very different
The reality around the company’s conservative founder is very different
May 11, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Louis Mosley, the UK head of Pallantir, went unchallenged on Laura Keunssberg’s BBC programme when he said the company was not political and their founder was a member of the Democrats
The reality around the company’s conservative founder is very different
The reality around the company’s conservative founder is very different
It was great to join the protest at the Lifford Depot in Bham
This clearly shows the level of support for @unitetheunion.bsky.social bin workers ✊
This clearly shows the level of support for @unitetheunion.bsky.social bin workers ✊
May 9, 2025 at 9:45 AM
It was great to join the protest at the Lifford Depot in Bham
This clearly shows the level of support for @unitetheunion.bsky.social bin workers ✊
This clearly shows the level of support for @unitetheunion.bsky.social bin workers ✊
Sometimes it’s the simplest messages that mean the most
May 5, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Sometimes it’s the simplest messages that mean the most
Coventry TUC colleagues do an amazing amount of work supporting their community and standing up for the labour movement
So, it was a huge privilege to join them and speak at the May Day rally ✊
So, it was a huge privilege to join them and speak at the May Day rally ✊
May 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Coventry TUC colleagues do an amazing amount of work supporting their community and standing up for the labour movement
So, it was a huge privilege to join them and speak at the May Day rally ✊
So, it was a huge privilege to join them and speak at the May Day rally ✊
In a day of bleak politics, it was wonderful to spend the evening listening to the amazing Polly Smythe deliver the annual TUC Midlands Mary Macarthur Lecture
Check out her work as @novaramedia.com’s labour movement correspondent
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Check out her work as @novaramedia.com’s labour movement correspondent
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May 3, 2025 at 6:20 AM
In a day of bleak politics, it was wonderful to spend the evening listening to the amazing Polly Smythe deliver the annual TUC Midlands Mary Macarthur Lecture
Check out her work as @novaramedia.com’s labour movement correspondent
novaramedia.com/contributor/...
Check out her work as @novaramedia.com’s labour movement correspondent
novaramedia.com/contributor/...
It was a pleasure to join West Midlands HongKonger Support CIC, UK Welcome Refugees and researchers from the University of Bham today
The talk ranged from the latest survey of workers who had migrated to the UK from Hong Kong, to how UK unions can support the community to organise ✊
The talk ranged from the latest survey of workers who had migrated to the UK from Hong Kong, to how UK unions can support the community to organise ✊
April 30, 2025 at 4:57 PM
It was a pleasure to join West Midlands HongKonger Support CIC, UK Welcome Refugees and researchers from the University of Bham today
The talk ranged from the latest survey of workers who had migrated to the UK from Hong Kong, to how UK unions can support the community to organise ✊
The talk ranged from the latest survey of workers who had migrated to the UK from Hong Kong, to how UK unions can support the community to organise ✊
Huge thanks to everyone who attended the @tuc.org.uk International Workers' Memorial Day event at the National Memorial Arboretum
These events not only highlight the preventable nature of workplace deaths, but also promote how union organising delivers real improvements in workplace safety
These events not only highlight the preventable nature of workplace deaths, but also promote how union organising delivers real improvements in workplace safety
April 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Huge thanks to everyone who attended the @tuc.org.uk International Workers' Memorial Day event at the National Memorial Arboretum
These events not only highlight the preventable nature of workplace deaths, but also promote how union organising delivers real improvements in workplace safety
These events not only highlight the preventable nature of workplace deaths, but also promote how union organising delivers real improvements in workplace safety
Lots of things planned for this week!
I’m looking forward to this one ✊
I’m looking forward to this one ✊
April 28, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Lots of things planned for this week!
I’m looking forward to this one ✊
I’m looking forward to this one ✊
Each year, TUC Midlands holds the Mary Macarthur Lecture
It’s an opportunity for leading women to set out how we tackle the challenges facing women today
This year’s speaker is the fabulous Polly Smythe
Reserve your place here 👇
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It’s an opportunity for leading women to set out how we tackle the challenges facing women today
This year’s speaker is the fabulous Polly Smythe
Reserve your place here 👇
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April 12, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Each year, TUC Midlands holds the Mary Macarthur Lecture
It’s an opportunity for leading women to set out how we tackle the challenges facing women today
This year’s speaker is the fabulous Polly Smythe
Reserve your place here 👇
forms.office.com/pages/respon...
It’s an opportunity for leading women to set out how we tackle the challenges facing women today
This year’s speaker is the fabulous Polly Smythe
Reserve your place here 👇
forms.office.com/pages/respon...
Great to join @fbunational.bsky.social and @unison.org.uk colleagues today as Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service signed up to give workers much needed protection through the #DyingToWork charter
Find out more at www.dyingtowork.co.uk
Find out more at www.dyingtowork.co.uk
April 11, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Great to join @fbunational.bsky.social and @unison.org.uk colleagues today as Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service signed up to give workers much needed protection through the #DyingToWork charter
Find out more at www.dyingtowork.co.uk
Find out more at www.dyingtowork.co.uk
For years, Band 2 staff at Nottingham University Hospitals have been underpaid
It’s time for the hospitals bosses to do the right thing and pay their staff the money they’re owed
Sending solidarity from @tuc.org.uk to the @unison.org.uk members striking today ✊
It’s time for the hospitals bosses to do the right thing and pay their staff the money they’re owed
Sending solidarity from @tuc.org.uk to the @unison.org.uk members striking today ✊
April 10, 2025 at 8:51 AM
For years, Band 2 staff at Nottingham University Hospitals have been underpaid
It’s time for the hospitals bosses to do the right thing and pay their staff the money they’re owed
Sending solidarity from @tuc.org.uk to the @unison.org.uk members striking today ✊
It’s time for the hospitals bosses to do the right thing and pay their staff the money they’re owed
Sending solidarity from @tuc.org.uk to the @unison.org.uk members striking today ✊