Prof Catherine Rowett 💚 Ex-MEP @catherinerowett@respublicae.eu

RT @ucu: Today, 70,000 UCU members resume strike action at UK universities

They are sick of being told a sector worth £40bn can't afford decent pay and pensions

And they are sick of millionaire vice chancellors denying them job security

RT IF YOU SUPPORT THEIR FIGHT

#ucuRISING

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RT @ucu: The biggest-ever rally in UCU history is LIVE now

Our president @janetfarrarUCU kicks off - the fault for the largest strikes in the history of higher education lies with the bosses, not with the workers

#ucuRISING

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb1rKuAjvqQ

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BBC News - Ambulance staff in England vote for strike action
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-63806656

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RT @GreenPartyTU: Solidarity to education workers in @ucu on strike today! #ucuRISING

Join us tonight at 7pm to hear from @louiseatkinso14, @VixL and @APowellLaw on how we can all support educators in their fights 👇

https://actionnetwork.org/events/educators-in-struggle

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@Harry_is_human @RantyHighwayman @papadeltasierra That's what airbags are in cars. You don't also remove the external protections that keep the saw away from the children.

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Now the corruption shows up because there aren't enough workers, and that should mean wages rise. But now it's clear that the £££ going in aren't delivering anything of value, either wages or productivity. £££ flowing straight to bogus companies delivering nothing usable.

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Procurement is fixed so that prices are high and profits are high, and the tax payer is told that "more money than ever" is being put into health/schools/railways etc, and yet services are on their knees and employees are on below the living wage.

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We have the worst possible system where we take money from the public purse, taxing the workers, but the public services it pays for are private profit provisions, which charge both the customers and the treasurer for services that are below standard and run for profit.

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@RantyHighwayman @papadeltasierra Why not? It is in almost all circumstances.

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@RantyHighwayman @thukflish12 People shouldn't die because drivers drive through them accidentally. Drivers need to take care of themselves. Bollards take care of their victims. If you can't drive safely don't drive.

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RT @NicholasTyrone: It is not undemocratic to point out that the result of a vote was the country getting worse. The people can get it wrong sometimes. It’s one of the reasons why we have a general election every five years and not say, vote for something in 2016 and be stuck with it forever.

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RT @WCL_News: Today we release our annual report on wildlife crime📢

After soaring in 2020, reports of crimes such as raptor persecution remain at record levels🐰

Read more, including our recommendations to @ukhomeoffice on how to #EndWildlifeCrime👇

https://www.wcl.org.uk/wildlife-crime-could-be-worsened-by-new-government-law.asp

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RT @PalmOilDetect: A #humanrights complaint to the #RSPO about @AgropalmaSA found in favour of Agropalma after 5 years. A member of the complaints panel - Orangutan Land Trust receives funds from Agropalma to push "sustainable" #palmoil #greenwashing
#Boycottpalmoil #RT2022 https://palmoildetectives.com/2022/11/30/amazon-palm-global-brands-continue-to-source-palm-oil-from-amazon-destroyers-agropalma-bbf/

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Brexit is nicely revealing the fault in a system that was designed to take public money (including EU funding) and funnel it into the pockets of shareholders, while depressing wages and starving serfs who wouldn't comply. What needs to change is the privatisation, the corruption.

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RT @JamesWoodfield: Diphtheria is a Notifiable Disease. If protocol was not followed, are prosecutions in order?

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RT @CWUnews: 🚨BREAKING: CWU can reveal that Royal Mail managers will receive up to 20% of their salaries as a bonus payment for introducing unagreed changes and forcing through redundancies.

From a company claiming to have no money.

Sickening.

Be ready for the strikes.

#StandByYourPost

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BBC News - Onshore wind: Grant Shapps criticised for 'nonsense' claims
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63795274

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RT @JosephineCumbo: UCU gen secretary Jo Grady, said the #USS was "going from strength to strength and there remained no credible reason why benefits should not be restored".
‘It is a disgrace that dedicated university staff have been forced to take industrial action to win their pensions back."

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RT @JosephineCumbo: NEW: The #USS said that a deficit (£14bn) identified in the 2020 valuation, had been "eliminated" as of the end of August with the scheme showing a £5.6bn surplus.

The controversial 2020 scheme valuation led to a range of benefit cuts for tens of thousands of #USS members.

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@IAtherton @CarolineLucas @StopSizewellC We need to stop building with concrete. And stop steel unless it's zero carbon or will yield a better route to immediate reductions in carbon (e.g. Turbines). Construction with wood is OK.

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