SUNAK: 'I will never dismiss or downplay the illnesses people have.'

Meanwhile:

The UN found that government policy has “undermined the human dignity” of disabled people, they also found disabled people are “demonised” by the government

Rishi? Respond?

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🗣️ Almost two thirds of people in destitution live with a chronic health condition or disability. Cutting people’s eligibility for benefits won't help.

The PM's speech was an irresponsible war of words on people who already aren’t getting enough support.
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Today's news feels like an assault on disabled people.

We are in a cost-of-living crisis. Government looking to slash disabled people’s income by hitting personal independence payment (PIP) is a horrific proposal.

It's dangerous and risks leaving disabled people destitute.…

Couldn’t of put it better 👏👏

Our Migrant Organising Network is growing!📈

Last week, UNISON organisers spoke about the network to NHS and care workers at the Malayee Cultural Association Easter celebration in Oldham 😀

You can sign-up to the network here: vist.ly/z47h

'From Gernika to Palestine'
Poster produced in December 2023 by Gernika Palestine organisation.
Still the power of Picasso's nightmare of contorted utterly defenceless figures slain by faceless bombs

NEW: The Fire Brigades Union has launched fresh calls for fire and rescue service employers to refuse the government’s minimum service levels, which Fire Brigades Union says amounts to an attempt to ban firefighters and control staff from taking strike action.

Tomorrow's front page:

COURT VERDIT A HUGE WIN FOR STRIKE RIGHTS - Judges sink Tory bid to enable vindictive bosses

BREAKING 🚨 | Bosses will no longer able to punish striking workers, thanks to UNISON's Supreme Court win.

This is another crushing defeat for the government in court over its oppressive strike laws.

Monumental victory for UNISON - and the whole union movement!

‘What I achieved was simply delivering to the Home Secretary a simple proletarian protest, the fact that he was responsible for the murder of 13 people.’

Irish republican and socialist Bernadette was elected MP for Mid Ulster on this day in 1969. tribunemag.co.uk/2023/04/the-ph…

An excellent result for UNISON - UK's largest union today in the UK Supreme Court. This outcome will add much needed protection to our members taking industrial action in the future.

Note for everyone who still insists WhatsApp is secure

UNISON wins landmark judgment in the UK Supreme Court

Employers are no longer be able to discipline their staff for taking part in legal strike action.

UNISON's legal team fought the case on behalf of care worker Fiona Mercer.

“This is the most important industrial action case

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On this day in 1961, Fidel Castro delivered a speech to honour the Cubans killed the day before in an attack that paved the way for the Bay of Pigs invasion.

In it, he declared the socialist character of the Cuban Revolution for the first time.

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Wish I wasn’t sharing this, I can’t think of a single person who has got our movement to fight smarter, harder & more strategically across the world. We shall raise a glass to you tonight at STUC congress Jane, our hearts are with you dear sister ✊🏼❤️

On this day, 35 years ago, 97 football fans went to a match and never came back. Looking back, Hillsborough survivor lan Byrne MP discusses the cross-football solidarity movement still fighting for justice.

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Blame for escalation of conflict in the Middle East, and now the risk of a wider regional war, must be laid directly and squarely at the door of the genocidal and terrorist Israeli state - supported, aided and abetted at all times by the USA and the UK.

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#OtD 13 Apr 1985 Danuta Danielsson, the Polish-Jewish daughter of a Holocaust survivor, hit a neo-Nazi on the head with her handbag in Växjö, Sweden. The Nazis were then chased out of town. We have some anti-fascist merch here to help fund our work: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/an…

Grand National day. I fucking hate it.

And don't come at me with:

'They're treated like loyalty blah blah blah'
'They love it'
'They wouldn't run if they didn't want to'

You're betting on a horse's life, and they didn't ask to do it. End of.

#GrandNational2024