John Moloney
@johnmoloney.bsky.social
Twice elected Assistant General Secretary of PCS Union
Please read this. An important response from the trade union and wider movement.
Unions and community orgs are calling for a Minnesota-wide shutdown in 10 days to protest the ferocious assault by federal immigration agents. They're saying on Jan 23, no work, no school, no shopping. SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, & others are supporting, w/ more to join. By me, Amie Stager
“We Are Facing a Tsunami of Hate”: Amid ICE Crackdown, Unions and Community Groups Call for Minnesota Shutdown in 10 Days
Following the ICE murder of Renee Good and an assault on the state by federal immigration forces, a labor-community coalition is calling for residents to refuse to work, shop or go to school on Januar...
inthesetimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Please read this. An important response from the trade union and wider movement.
If you don't think something similar couldn't happen in this country, then think again. Reform openly speaks of having an Ice-like force for this country and to carry out raids to deport hundreds of thousands of people.
January 14, 2026 at 7:35 PM
If you don't think something similar couldn't happen in this country, then think again. Reform openly speaks of having an Ice-like force for this country and to carry out raids to deport hundreds of thousands of people.
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ICE appears to be reveling in the hypocrisy and double standards that the Trump administration’s unqualified defense of their sickeningly violent and occasionally murderous behavior, against Renee Good and innumerable others, has given them license to indulge in.
ICE Is on a Violent, Illegal, Immoral Rampage
ICE appears to be reveling in the hypocrisy and double standards that the Trump administration’s unqualified defense of their sickeningly violent and occasionally murderous behavior, against Renee Good and innumerable others, has given them license to indulge in.
jacobin.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:29 PM
ICE appears to be reveling in the hypocrisy and double standards that the Trump administration’s unqualified defense of their sickeningly violent and occasionally murderous behavior, against Renee Good and innumerable others, has given them license to indulge in.
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It’s been almost 4️⃣ years.
▪️ For four years, the Ukrainian people have been living under bombs.
▪️ For four years, Russia’s brutal aggression has continued.
▪️ For four years, workers in #Ukraine have been keeping their country running - rescuing people & supporting those forced to leave their homes.
▪️ For four years, the Ukrainian people have been living under bombs.
▪️ For four years, Russia’s brutal aggression has continued.
▪️ For four years, workers in #Ukraine have been keeping their country running - rescuing people & supporting those forced to leave their homes.
January 13, 2026 at 9:21 AM
It’s been almost 4️⃣ years.
▪️ For four years, the Ukrainian people have been living under bombs.
▪️ For four years, Russia’s brutal aggression has continued.
▪️ For four years, workers in #Ukraine have been keeping their country running - rescuing people & supporting those forced to leave their homes.
▪️ For four years, the Ukrainian people have been living under bombs.
▪️ For four years, Russia’s brutal aggression has continued.
▪️ For four years, workers in #Ukraine have been keeping their country running - rescuing people & supporting those forced to leave their homes.
130 PCS members at the London Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) will strike from today to 15 January over real-terms pay cuts. They were offered a 2% rise while the Mayor of London received 3.2%, with other policing organisations IOPC and NCA receiving 3.5% and 4.4% respectively.
January 12, 2026 at 1:42 PM
130 PCS members at the London Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) will strike from today to 15 January over real-terms pay cuts. They were offered a 2% rise while the Mayor of London received 3.2%, with other policing organisations IOPC and NCA receiving 3.5% and 4.4% respectively.
Along with UNISON and other unions, 2026 is also a year of Green activity for PCS as well.
This year is UNISON's Year of Green Activity (YoGA). Register for the launch event on 13 Jan here, where you'll find out why
climate change is a priority for all of us, including health members: www.unison.org.uk/events/uniso...
Watch this space for the health highlight month in Feb!
climate change is a priority for all of us, including health members: www.unison.org.uk/events/uniso...
Watch this space for the health highlight month in Feb!
January 9, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Along with UNISON and other unions, 2026 is also a year of Green activity for PCS as well.
The Employment Rights Acts has been passed which is good. But it is inadequate in so many ways. To read about that, please see here: freeourunions.org/2025/12/21/t...
The Employment Rights Act and the right to strike
Comment by a Free Our Unions supporter Good news that the Employment Rights Bill has finally passed, against resistance from the House of Lords, the Tories and Reform UK, and employers. The Employm…
freeourunions.org
January 8, 2026 at 5:35 PM
The Employment Rights Acts has been passed which is good. But it is inadequate in so many ways. To read about that, please see here: freeourunions.org/2025/12/21/t...
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10,000 UFCW grocery workers in Colorado struck Kroger in January last year, setting the pace for 2025. By the time the gov't shutdown paused the official counting of strikes, 183,000 workers had walked out. Our editor Jenny Brown on last year's notable labor struggles labornotes.org/2025/12/2025...
2025 in Review: Stark Battle Lines, Big Potential
Already before Donald Trump was inaugurated in January, there were dire omens. Poultry workers reported that their supervisors were using Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric to divide workers up—allowing ...
labornotes.org
January 6, 2026 at 11:20 PM
10,000 UFCW grocery workers in Colorado struck Kroger in January last year, setting the pace for 2025. By the time the gov't shutdown paused the official counting of strikes, 183,000 workers had walked out. Our editor Jenny Brown on last year's notable labor struggles labornotes.org/2025/12/2025...
The DWP ballot will now start on 19 January. This is because DWP queried some of the information supplied as part of the ballot notification. Until ALL the anti-trade union laws are scrapped, unions will be subject to challenges in conducting strike votes. We need a positive right to strike.
January 6, 2026 at 12:49 PM
The DWP ballot will now start on 19 January. This is because DWP queried some of the information supplied as part of the ballot notification. Until ALL the anti-trade union laws are scrapped, unions will be subject to challenges in conducting strike votes. We need a positive right to strike.
The DWP strike ballot begins today (5 Jan). I urge all DWP members to vote YES and to send in the ballot ASAP. For more information on the vote please see here: www.pcs.org.uk/news-events/...
Two weeks to go to DWP strike ballot
Vote yes for fair pay in the DWP strike ballot, which opens on 5 January with an online rally on PCS’s social media channels.
www.pcs.org.uk
January 5, 2026 at 11:49 AM
The DWP strike ballot begins today (5 Jan). I urge all DWP members to vote YES and to send in the ballot ASAP. For more information on the vote please see here: www.pcs.org.uk/news-events/...
A good note to end the year on.
BREAKING: While baristas continue the largest ULP strike in Starbucks history, 19 more stores filed for a union election today - one of the biggest filing days since our union began.
330+ workers across 15 states hope to join the 250+ baristas who have unionized since mid-November alone.
330+ workers across 15 states hope to join the 250+ baristas who have unionized since mid-November alone.
December 31, 2025 at 12:23 PM
A good note to end the year on.
Whilst we're enjoying Christmas and preparing for the New Year, we mustn't forget that very early in 2026 the DWP ballot begins - a ballot that we need to win.
PCS reps at DWP Fyldeview in Blackpool have been busy getting members ready for the group strike ballot by urging them to update their details, and if they do it before 19 December they will be entered into a prize draw.
December 30, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Whilst we're enjoying Christmas and preparing for the New Year, we mustn't forget that very early in 2026 the DWP ballot begins - a ballot that we need to win.
I hope that the government will get around the negotiation table with the BMA, and make a credible offer that actually could end the dispute.
For the past five days, tens of thousands of resident doctors in England took strike action over jobs and pay, yet it didn’t need to happen.
Our members showed their collective strength and are demanding a credible new offer from the Government.
Our members showed their collective strength and are demanding a credible new offer from the Government.
December 29, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I hope that the government will get around the negotiation table with the BMA, and make a credible offer that actually could end the dispute.
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During the festive days and on Old/New Year workers deliver our public services 24h a day, 7 days a week, the whole year round
Thank you
EPSU, your union voice in Europe, wishes you all a very good 2026 with many victories for higher pay and better conditions
@epsu.bsky.social
Thank you
EPSU, your union voice in Europe, wishes you all a very good 2026 with many victories for higher pay and better conditions
@epsu.bsky.social
December 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
During the festive days and on Old/New Year workers deliver our public services 24h a day, 7 days a week, the whole year round
Thank you
EPSU, your union voice in Europe, wishes you all a very good 2026 with many victories for higher pay and better conditions
@epsu.bsky.social
Thank you
EPSU, your union voice in Europe, wishes you all a very good 2026 with many victories for higher pay and better conditions
@epsu.bsky.social
Steve Reed’s letter to councils warning against a four-day week is a backward step. Instead of embracing innovation that boosts productivity and staff well-being, he’s clinging to outdated notions of “hard work” = longer hours: www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Four-day week may be considered a sign of failure, England councils told
Local government secretary writes to town halls warning them against ‘part-time work for full-time pay’
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Steve Reed’s letter to councils warning against a four-day week is a backward step. Instead of embracing innovation that boosts productivity and staff well-being, he’s clinging to outdated notions of “hard work” = longer hours: www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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As we come to the end of a very difficult year I wanted to say a few words about *some* of the issues that, with your help, I will focus on next year.
At the top of my list:
- Campaign finance reform
- Income & wealth inequality
- The rapid deployment of AI
- Medicare for All
At the top of my list:
- Campaign finance reform
- Income & wealth inequality
- The rapid deployment of AI
- Medicare for All
Our Focus for the New Year 2026 | Sen. Bernie Sanders
YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders
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December 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
As we come to the end of a very difficult year I wanted to say a few words about *some* of the issues that, with your help, I will focus on next year.
At the top of my list:
- Campaign finance reform
- Income & wealth inequality
- The rapid deployment of AI
- Medicare for All
At the top of my list:
- Campaign finance reform
- Income & wealth inequality
- The rapid deployment of AI
- Medicare for All
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“The Brotherhood,” as many members affectionately called it, would become a vehicle to educate Black communities about labor unions and an institutional anchor for waging civil rights fights and developing activist pressure tactics, writes Paul Prescod labornotes.org/blogs/2025/1...
100 Years Ago, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters Changed Black Politics
The fact that the meeting was even happening was enough to produce an air of subversive excitement. One hundred years ago on August 25, 1925, Black sleeping car porters, hoping to form a union at the ...
labornotes.org
December 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
“The Brotherhood,” as many members affectionately called it, would become a vehicle to educate Black communities about labor unions and an institutional anchor for waging civil rights fights and developing activist pressure tactics, writes Paul Prescod labornotes.org/blogs/2025/1...
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Opinion | "Any Health Secretary should be making allies of the workforce, not enemies," writes Andrew Fisher trib.al/PxH4Akx
December 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Opinion | "Any Health Secretary should be making allies of the workforce, not enemies," writes Andrew Fisher trib.al/PxH4Akx
Though I should add the protections around fire and rehire and zero hours contract are not as robust as I think they should be; nor are the protections in place. In the case of zero hours contracts, they might not come into effect until 2027!
December 17, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Though I should add the protections around fire and rehire and zero hours contract are not as robust as I think they should be; nor are the protections in place. In the case of zero hours contracts, they might not come into effect until 2027!
This is good.
December 17, 2025 at 11:08 AM
This is good.
Dr Jack Fletcher, the chair of the BMA’s resident doctors sets out the reality that the BMA faces. He accuses the health secretary of “cruel and calculated” behaviour.
December 16, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Dr Jack Fletcher, the chair of the BMA’s resident doctors sets out the reality that the BMA faces. He accuses the health secretary of “cruel and calculated” behaviour.
BMA members have spoken and so the trade union movement should fully support this strike. The Resident doctors through their demand for more training spaces are trying to end corridor care. Given his refusal to provide those spaces, Wes Streeting is perpetuating such care.
Strikes will GO AHEAD from 17-22 December, after resident doctors in England voted overwhelmingly to reject the latest offer from Wes Streeting.
December 16, 2025 at 8:57 AM
BMA members have spoken and so the trade union movement should fully support this strike. The Resident doctors through their demand for more training spaces are trying to end corridor care. Given his refusal to provide those spaces, Wes Streeting is perpetuating such care.
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Great to be joined last week by PCS members (love the banner) inc @johnmoloney.bsky.social AGS - who explains in our video why @pcsunion.bsky.social opposes Rosebank.
Join them in signing our open letter here: docs.google.com/forms/d/11xy...
Join them in signing our open letter here: docs.google.com/forms/d/11xy...
Trade unionists call on the Labour government to do the right thing by our planet, UK communities and workers, and refuse approval for the climate-wrecking Rosebank oil field.
If you're a union member sign the open letter 👇 and share!
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If you're a union member sign the open letter 👇 and share!
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December 10, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Great to be joined last week by PCS members (love the banner) inc @johnmoloney.bsky.social AGS - who explains in our video why @pcsunion.bsky.social opposes Rosebank.
Join them in signing our open letter here: docs.google.com/forms/d/11xy...
Join them in signing our open letter here: docs.google.com/forms/d/11xy...
DWP can easily give the guarantees that Carrie-May and the members are asking for. Solidarity with the Lincoln strikers.
PCS members in Lincoln facing the threat of redundancy are still determined to fight against the closure of their office. Rep Carrie-May said: “We call on the DWP to stop being Scrooges and give members the Christmas present they really want by keeping our office open." #PCSonStrike
December 12, 2025 at 5:10 PM
DWP can easily give the guarantees that Carrie-May and the members are asking for. Solidarity with the Lincoln strikers.
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Trump says it's an A++++ economy. He's right. His billionaire friends have never had it better.
If you're a working class person:
👉60% live paycheck to paycheck
👉Grocery prices at record highs
👉Premiums to double for 20+ million
The economy must work for all, not just the 1%
If you're a working class person:
👉60% live paycheck to paycheck
👉Grocery prices at record highs
👉Premiums to double for 20+ million
The economy must work for all, not just the 1%
December 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Trump says it's an A++++ economy. He's right. His billionaire friends have never had it better.
If you're a working class person:
👉60% live paycheck to paycheck
👉Grocery prices at record highs
👉Premiums to double for 20+ million
The economy must work for all, not just the 1%
If you're a working class person:
👉60% live paycheck to paycheck
👉Grocery prices at record highs
👉Premiums to double for 20+ million
The economy must work for all, not just the 1%