Into organised labour, mountains, motorbikes, music, list of interests keep growing. Internationalist. Bothered (a lot) by climate change. Views all my fault
Joined February 2015
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Michael MacNeil retweeted
Jun 11
@SkyNews @BBCNews Why do you keep asking about violent racist gangs "legitimate concerns"?Do you think having a "concern" about migration legitimises riot, arson and attempted murder? Asking that question isn't journalistic balance. It endorses racist violence and prompts more
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Michael MacNeil retweeted
May 5
We are alarmed by reports of increased racial and Islamophobic harassment of candidates in the run up to the Scottish Parliament elections.
No one should have to deal with abuse, racist or otherwise, and staying silent risks normalising it.
STATEMENTš
stuc.org.uk/news/news/stuc-bā¦
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Michael MacNeil retweeted
This May Day, letās defend our hard-won victories. No step back on rights, democracy, and peace.
Power shifts when we organise!
Read more:
bwint.org/BwiNews/NewsDetailā¦
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Good speech @UnionTyke but why didnāt you tag where it was reported, @M_Star_Online ?
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āTrade unions have always understood that change does not come from waiting. It comes from organising.ā
Apr 20
With unity we can become a force that cannot be ignored.
@RozFoyer / @M_Star_Online
morningstaronline.co.uk/artiā¦ #morningstaronline
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Michael MacNeil retweeted
Don't try pitting us against other workers. We aren't your convenient argument. We support each other in the trade union movement.
The RMT dispute isn't even about pay, its about hours and fatigue.
'You earn more than doctors...I would suggest a resident doctor's had more training than a Tube driver.'
@NickFerrariLBC challenges the RMT's Jared Wood over the strikes.
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Spot on from Roz Foyer of @ScottishTUC.
The Scottish Parliament has fallen short and will do so again
heraldscotland.com/opinion/2ā¦
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Thatās the next few days listening sorted. 126 ālostā tracks from THE Titan of Scots folk and protest music.
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Michael MacNeil retweeted
Mar 26
š£STUC statement on the closing of the 2021-26 Scottish Parliament.
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As the editorial says, āCondemnation must be unhesitatingā¦Our duty is toā¦confront anti-semitism as we do all forms of racism, and to work- difficult as it is - for working-class unity against a capitalist system that uses racist ideologies to divide those it exploits.ā
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Somehow I donāt think itās worth me holding my breath for a massive injection of money, staff, and facilities into Scotlandās palliative care sector. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c33jā¦
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One of my daughterās football team was playing over in Falkirk today. Behind us was Grangemouth, the site of another act of industrial vandalism by the UK and Scottish Governments. A plague on both those houses.
BTW - our team, Dumbarton Womenās FC, won 6-1.
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Michael MacNeil retweeted
RMT leader Eddie Dempsey: Itās hard not to feel disenfranchised right now. Forget āwedge issuesā, the number one issues for everybody are class issues. Housing and living standards, health and education, ādonāt let social media fool you.ā holyrood.com/inside-politicsā¦
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Michael MacNeil retweeted
Feb 20
It is an outrage how the Scottish Government has neglected our institutions of working class history.
Whether itās the Peopleās Palace in Glasgow or the Peopleās History Museum in Edinburgh, the consistent message is that working class stories are not worth telling.
Reopening of Glasgow's People's Palace indefinitely delayed
i.stv.tv/3OnMvw4
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Isnāt it strange how the mainstream media never cover the successes of socialism? Well, not really. Hereās a short feature on how a small Caribbean island, subjected to a US economic blockage for over 50 years, still shines in scientific innovation. morningstaronline.co.uk/artiā¦
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Michael MacNeil retweeted
Feb 9
Offshore workers are constantly let down by governments delivering nothing but hot air as opportunities for public investment in the sector breeze right past politicians.
@RozFoyer / @heraldscotland
heraldscotland.com/politics/ā¦
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Michael MacNeil retweeted
About time that the corrupt, cash for access lobbyists linked to Labour are put under scrutiny. Mandelson taught them all they know. opendemocracy.net/en/dark-moā¦
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Michael MacNeil retweeted
Feb 3
ā Food banks shouldnāt need to exist.
Thatās it. Thatās the post.
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The Israeli state seemingly doesnāt like the idea of a global union federation meeting Palestinian workers. I wonder why?
Israel barred BWI and global construction union leaders from entering the West Bank to meet Palestinian workers.
This is not incidental. this is exclusion, control, and silencing of workers in action.
Read our press release:
bwint.org/BwiNews/NewsDetailā¦
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