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Kiri Tunks
@kiritunks.bsky.social
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Socialist. Feminist. Organiser.
Co-founder & Director, Woman’s Place UK.

Another world is possible.

https://womansplaceuk.org/
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filiacharity.bsky.social
#VAWG is a trade union issue... ‘the trade union movement itself – still need to take the crisis of violence against women more seriously’.

@kiritunks.bsky.social of the FiLiA TU Women’s Network writes for @mstaronline.bsky.social for #IDEVAW & the #16Days

morningstaronline.co.uk/article/viol...
Violence against women is a trade union issue
IT IS clear from a casual search that unions in Britain understand that violence against women is endemic. Many union websites provide easily accessible guidance, toolkits and model policies.
morningstaronline.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
kiritunks.bsky.social
Good to see
@mstaronline.bsky.social
has a good cluster of articles to mark #16DaysOfActivism and the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. My contribution on why violence against women and girls is a trade union issue. morningstaronline.co.uk/article/viol... /1
Violence against women is a trade union issue
IT IS clear from a casual search that unions in Britain understand that violence against women is endemic. Many union websites provide easily accessible guidance, toolkits and model policies.
morningstaronline.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 10:02 AM
kiritunks.bsky.social
Fabulous thread and photos from the
@filiacharity.bsky.social
parliamentary launch of FiLiA's excellent new report Making Policy work for Women. Link to report here t.co/Y7BufYXZgk
November 25, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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filiacharity.bsky.social
The #FiLiA newsletter is out now, with an update on the next conference in #Blackpool, our event in Parliament, our new research project, a @filiahaguemums.bsky.social campaign and more!

🔗 mailchi.mp/filia/next-conference-in-blackpool-first-parliamentary-event-and-more

#Sisterhood & #Solidarity
November 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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filiacharity.bsky.social
Fantastic launch of the FiLiA Womens Assembly in Parliament today & report, Making Policy Work for Women.

Thanks to @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social for sponsoring us & all who came for the enthusiastic reception @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social

Read the report: bit.ly/FiLiA-Making-Policy-Work-For-Women
November 19, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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rmtunion.bsky.social
RMT warns of widespread welfare failures leaving women transport workers without safe toilet access

Coinciding with UN World Toilet Day, RMT is highlighting inadequate welfare for provision for transport workers.
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RMT warns of widespread welfare failures leaving women transport workers without safe toilet access
RMT today exposed widespread failures in welfare provision for transport workers, with new survey evidence and frontline testimony showing that women in particular are being denied safe, clean and acc...
rmtunion.org
November 19, 2025 at 8:07 AM
kiritunks.bsky.social
Fighting for Women's Liberation in 2025

@mstaronline.bsky.social
Conference in Glasgow

Sunday 30th November, 12-4pm

Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/morning-st...
November 18, 2025 at 9:09 PM
kiritunks.bsky.social
Clydebank TUC Public Meeting on the Far Right's manipulation of the issues around women and children's safety, including grooming gangs, upsurge in racism, how to respond. Monday 24th November, 7pm Clydebank
November 18, 2025 at 8:09 PM
kiritunks.bsky.social
Women's Liberation Alliance webinar:

Violence Against Women and the Mainstreaming of the Far Right,

Tuesday 25th November, 7-9pm

#16Days
#antiracism
#EndVAWG
#VAWG

Register here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/violence-a...
November 17, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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unison.org.uk
Support the Phlebotomists - on strike for 236 days - the longest strike in NHS history.

All they're asking for is the right pay for the job. Other Trusts have stepped up, time for Gloucestershire NHS Foundation Trust to do the right thing.

Rally today Shire Hall, Gloucester GL1 2TG ✊💜
November 17, 2025 at 8:27 AM
kiritunks.bsky.social
"THE Communist Party agreed to “develop a strategy… to reverse gender identity policy capture in the trade union movement” at its weekend congress." Great to see this position agreed by Communist party. morningstaronline.co.uk/article/comm... #UnionsForWomen
Communists will fight for recognition of women’s sex-based rights across trade unions, party congress agrees
THE Communist Party agreed to “develop a strategy… to reverse gender identity policy capture in the trade union movement” at its weekend congress.Mary Davis of Hackney & Tower Hamlets branch welco...
morningstaronline.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 7:22 PM
kiritunks.bsky.social
"Is this dispute not getting either the profile or support it deserves because we are talking mainly about women workers?"

Roger McKenzie on @unison.org.uk strike by NHS phlebotomists. morningstaronline.co.uk/article/stri... #UnionsForWomen
Strikes led by women deserve universal support
PHLEBOTOMISTS at Gloucestershire Hospitals have been on strike since March 17. As of this week, at more than 200 days, that makes it the longest strike in NHS history.Not that you would really know fr...
morningstaronline.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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pcsunion.bsky.social
PCS General Secretary Fran Heathcote had inspiring words for delegates to our women’s seminar in Birmingham today: “It’s all about giving women the confidence and support to get involved in their union and think they can do this and encourage them."
#PCSEquality25
The photo shows PCS General Secretary Fran Heathcote standing to address the PCS women's seminar in Birmingham today.
November 15, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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womensbudgetgrp.bsky.social
The two-child limit is the main driver of child poverty across the UK. We urge the Chancellor to act in the Budget and in the upcoming child poverty strategy.

The autumn Budget is the moment to act – for every child, in every nation.
Child poverty rates across the UK. 31% in England and Wales, 23% in Scotland and 24% in Northern Ireland.
November 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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4refugeewomen.bsky.social
🚨 The Government has announced plans to emulate Denmark's harsh asylum system - widely recognised for its cruel and harmful approach.

For some Danish politicians, the openly stated goal is 'zero asylum-seekers'.

This should alarm us all.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... 1/🧵
UK to announce plans to emulate stringent Danish immigration system
Shabana Mahmood’s proposals draw scorn from some Labour MPs, while others want government to go further
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:18 AM
kiritunks.bsky.social
"In a recent survey of women public transport workers, it was revealed that 70 per cent had experienced workplace violence in the past year. Of those, more than 85 per cent said it happened more than once." @rmtunion.bsky.social #STUCWomen25 #UnionsForWomen morningstaronline.co.uk/article/wome...
Women threatened and assaulted simply for doing their job
AT THIS year’s Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) Women’s Conference, RMT will be advocating on key issues relevant to our female members’ everyday experiences in the workplace.One issue that has s...
morningstaronline.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 8:01 PM
kiritunks.bsky.social
"...our health & social care system only functions because nursing staff of every ethnicity, nationality & faith make it so." @rcn.org.uk calls on employers, govt & politicians to tackle racism and stop the use of anti-migrant rhetoric. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Racist incidents against UK nurses surge by 55%
Royal College of Nursing calls on government to stop using anti-migrant rhetoric, which it says emboldens racist behaviour
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:54 AM
kiritunks.bsky.social
"What should be deeply troubling for the STUC is that, after the Supreme Court ruling, so many of its policies and positions have been confirmed as incorrect and even unlawful." morningstaronline.co.uk/article/road... #STUCWomen25 #UnionsForWomen #SexMatters
The road to ruin?
THIS year’s STUC Women’s Conference marks 50 years since the achievement of two landmark pieces of legislation for women’s rights. Women trade unionists were at the forefront of winning the Sex Discri...
morningstaronline.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 6:37 AM
kiritunks.bsky.social
Great piece by Ann Henderson on the inspirational women trade unionists who came before us and how their struggles still resonate today. #UnionsForWomen #Solidarity #STUCWomen25

morningstaronline.co.uk/article/reme...
Remembering the heroes of the Women’s Trade Union League
AS THE STUC Women’s Conference meets in Glasgow later this week, it provides another welcome opportunity to remember some of the challenges faced by women trade union activists from the past, and the ...
morningstaronline.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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stwc.bsky.social
🇵🇸 International Day for Palestine 🇵🇸

A fragile ceasefire isn't enough. There must be an end to Israel's occupation, an end to arms sales, an end to Apartheid

🇵🇸National March for Palestine
🗓️ Saturday 29 November
⏰ Noon
📍 Central London

🚍 Book your coaches now!
October 24, 2025 at 11:28 AM
kiritunks.bsky.social
"...what kind of politics wishes to “bash back” against these women — fighters for workplace rights, against racism, for migrant justice, and against police intrusion?
It’s a serious question that deserves a serious answer." #FiLiA2025 morningstaronline.co.uk/article/snap...
Snapshot of sisterhood
“THIS is only the beginning … We are not finished … Our targets have blood on their hands… We refuse to let them wash it off in peace.”This could be mistaken for a corny line in the kind of throwaway ...
morningstaronline.co.uk
October 18, 2025 at 1:26 PM
kiritunks.bsky.social
"Reports of sexual assaults and harassment on trains have risen by more than a third over the past 10 years, according to data requested by a BBC investigation. There were 2,661 incidents reported across England, Scotland and Wales last year..."
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Sexual offences on trains have risen more than a third since 2015
A BBC investigation reveals a 37% increase in reports of sexual offences across England, Scotland and Wales.
www.bbc.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:37 PM
kiritunks.bsky.social
"Delegates heard that 1.9 million pensioners in the UK now live in poverty — a shocking figure for the world’s sixth richest country." www.unison.org.uk/news/2025/10... @unison.org.uk
Nearly two million pensioners in the UK now live in poverty | Article, News | News | UNISON National
Shocking statistic is shared as over 300 delegates attend UNISON’s national retired members’ conference in Brighton
www.unison.org.uk
October 15, 2025 at 7:34 AM
kiritunks.bsky.social
"These are difficult times. But they are also clarifying times.

"And I would rather stand in difficulty, among Women who see clearly, than in comfort among those who have chosen to forget, or to be selective."

#FiLiA2025

@matriactivista.bsky.social

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I Stand with FiLiA Because FiLiA Stands with Women
These are difficult times ,not only politically, but existentially.The ground under our feet feels unstable, and the language that once named our oppression is being stripped from us, word by word. To...
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October 14, 2025 at 4:57 PM
kiritunks.bsky.social
A very thoughtful reflection by @rachelhewitt.bsky.social on #FiLiA2025, the power of feminist organising and the challenges we all need to address. rachelhewitt.substack.com/p/i-was-at-f... 1/2
I was at FiLiA 2025 and what I saw, amid everything, was the power of female solidarity. Let's not lose sight of that.
The tenth anniversary conference of FiLiA, a major women’s liberation organisation in the UK, has just been held in Brighton.
rachelhewitt.substack.com
October 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM