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Linda Somerville
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Deputy General Secretary @ScottishTUC.bsky.social | building trade union power |enjoying new economics | organising in communities | all things Leith | fan of red lipstick and hot yoga - not at the same time
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October 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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The Employment Rights Bill from the UK Government could be the biggest upgrade to workers' rights in a generation.

It must be enacted fully. Today, we're bringing together workers from across the UK to ensure we empower our movement as the Bill becomes reality.
October 1, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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Deputy General Secretary @lindasomerville.bsky.social spoke to striking @eisunion.bsky.social members at the UWS Paisley campus picket today, joining their fight against the threat of compulsory redundancies.

EIS ULA members are on co-ordinated strike action today at UWS and Robert Gordon Uni.
September 11, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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STUC Deputy General Secretary @lindasomerville.bsky.social joined the PCS picket at OFGEM in Glasgow this morning sharing a strong message of solidarity with workers fighting to protect their jobs, pay, and conditions ✊

@pcsunion.bsky.social members at OFGEM are on strike on 26-28th August.
August 26, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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🏠 Scotland’s rents have surged by 32 % since May 2020.

This means tenants are paying an average of £245 more per month - in a cost-of-living crisis.

🧵
June 30, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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A strong showing by Mamdani would signal that Democratic voters in the nation’s biggest city are turning their backs on the party’s establishment, which could have big implications for primaries ahead of next year’s midterm elections. www.ft.com/content/792e...
June 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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CANADA: DHL stops deliveries in Canada amid strike, new law banning replacement workers www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
DHL stops deliveries in Canada amid strike, new law banning replacement workers | CBC News
More than 2,000 DHL workers have been on strike since June 8. Since then, DHL was using replacement workers to continue operations, but stopped deliveries Friday in light of new federal labour legisla...
www.cbc.ca
June 21, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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RMT: the only legal performance enhancer for your rights
#JoinRMT
www.rmt.org.uk/join
June 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Oasis get the blame, the fans get the blame, everyone except the profiteers. "Supply and demand will always dictate a destination’s room rates around the world and we all have to accept that." No we don't #overtourism
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2524661...
Oasis concerts blamed for slump in Edinburgh Festival Fringe ticket sales
The staging of huge stadium shows at Murrayfield has been blamed for slow ticket sales at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
www.heraldscotland.com
June 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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During #COVID19, the resilience of our public services failed. Failed due to austerity, due to public spending cuts, and due government inaction.

📺Today at the @covid19inquiry.scot STUC Deputy General Secretary, @lindasomerville.bsky.social, recognised the heroism of public sector workers.
June 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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10 years on and the fight for justice for Sheku Bayoh continues 💪🏽

STUC Deputy General Secretary @lindasomerville.bsky.social & Satman Ner from the STUC Black Workers' Committee joined trade unionists to demand #Justice4Sheku
June 12, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Policy Official & Vice Chair @scottishtucwc.bsky.social, @taralillis.bsky.social, addressed the vigil outside Capital House as the Sheku Bayoh public inquiry enters a critical point.

NASUWT sends unwavering solidarity to Sheku's family in their fight for justice.
#JusticeforSheku
June 12, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Birmingham bin strikers rally support in Edinburgh with a warning that other councils could follow Birmingham's attack on workers. Solidarity with the strikers 💪🏽
@unitetheunion.bsky.social
@scottishtuc.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
June 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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It is May Day - international workers day.

@lindasomerville.bsky.social reflecting on the outcomes of Congress #STUC25 and providing challenge to @kirstymcneill.bsky.social and the UK government to achieve a new deal for workers.
May 1, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Lecturing staff at Robert Gordon University have entered their second day of strike action today, in protest against proposed job cuts and compulsory redundancies
May 1, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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Tomorrow, #STUC25 begins. Our congress is united: we must drive out hatred, fascism and division from our communities and politics.

Read more from @rozfoyer.bsky.social with @neilmackay.bsky.social in today's @heraldscotland.bsky.social.

www.heraldscotland.com/news/2511835...
'Scotland's needs a wake-up call' Why STUC chief fears a disturbing dystopian future
In a wide-ranging interview with our Writer at Large, Scotland’s leading trade unionist paints a dark vision of the future
www.heraldscotland.com
April 27, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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As we approach #IWMD2025, we pledge to always remember the dead and fight for the living.
April 25, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Excl: Trade union bosses have accused Labour of leaving a "political vacuum" for Reform to exploit.
"The people of Scotland voted for change. What the Labour UK government has served, thus far, has not delivered."
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
Labour accused of leaving 'political vacuum' for Nigel Farage's Reform to exploit
The most senior union chief in Scotland has warned the Labour UK government has failed to deliver the change it promised - encouraging voters to turn to Reform.
www.scotsman.com
April 20, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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‘Awful April’ is the culmination of governments failing to get to grips with the cost of living and of big business committing daylight robbery.

@rozfoyer.bsky.social / @heraldscotland.bsky.social
It's 'Awful April' and the cost of living crisis continues
Last week we all got poorer. I’m not talking about Trump’s tariffs, although that too risks price hikes for us all. But more immediately, last…
www.heraldscotland.com
April 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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These workers woke up one morning to be told they would be taking up to an £8,000 pay cut. They are being made to pay the price for austerity and bad decisions by Birmingham City Council.

We will not stand by and watch workers and communities pay the price for government inaction.
April 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Tony Benn inspired so many people to stop, question, challenge, asking "What power have you got? Where did you get it from? In whose interests do you exercise it? To whom are you accountable? And how can we get rid of you?”
Tony Benn would have turned 100 today.

A rare, courageous and continuous voice for peace, Tony was driven by the radical idea that all human life had equal value.

We all have our inspirations – and he was mine. Happy birthday Tony.
April 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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The collective wealth of the world's 3,028 billionaires now exceeds the total GDP of all the countries in the world put together (excluding US and China).

Such an extreme concentration of wealth is a threat both to living standards and democracy.
www.forbes.com/sites/chasew...
Forbes Billionaires List 2025: World's Wealthiest Now Worth More Than Nearly All Nations' GDPs
The billionaires club has never been bigger—or richer. Here’s who’s up, who’s down, who’s off the list and why it matters more than ever.
www.forbes.com
April 3, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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Your energy prices are going up tomorrow. Enough is enough. The private ownership project for energy is failing us; it's time we own it instead.

@rozfoyer.bsky.social / @heraldscotland.bsky.social
Roz Foyer: Your energy bills are about to go up again. Time to take back control
On the 1st of April the price of heating your home will rise by 6.4. The cost of energy for a typical household will be £1,849, still sitting over…
www.heraldscotland.com
March 31, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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5 years on and we honour care workers who died during the pandemic, while the fight for better pay and conditions goes on.

@lindasomerville.bsky.social // @gmbscotland.bsky.social
March 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM