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Siôn Whellens @Scumboni

Principle Six worker #coops organiser ¶ @calverts@solidfund@workers_coop@cecop_coops@cicopa

Joined March 2009
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Hi friends, I'll shortly be closing my X account and hope to see many of you over on Bluesky. Follow me at scumboni.bsky.social, also workers-coop.bsky.social, and if you have your own account there dm me your handle please!
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The live criminal conspiracy to flog off a famous workers' club, and the fight by dissident members, performers and punters to keep it as a place for working class fun and cheap beer💃⬇️ londoncentric.media/p/drag-q…

The £4m fight for Bethnal Green Working Men's Club

An in-depth London Centric investigation. Plus: A discounted penthouse flat at St Pancras; the person dragged by an Overground train with their fingers stuck in the door.

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Just subscribed to this londoncentric.media?utm_camp…

London Centric | Jim Waterson | Substack

Proper local journalism about who really runs London - and what's actually going on in the city. Click to read London Centric, by Jim Waterson, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of...

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Two long read accounts (and a film by labournet.tv) of the inspiring workers' collective at Rome Polyclinic, that united health workers across the service in a struggle for better terms and for a better service ➡️ tinyurl.com/3fatk3yu
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...for private landlords. Targeted ad got me.
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S'okay so far folks, #Walthamstow still under workers control 😉
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The campaign to save Bethnal Green Working Mens Club is gathering strength. Thanks to @ActorsEquity for getting stuck in! ✊️#saveourvenues
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The campaign to save Bethnal Green Working Mens Club is gathering strength. Thanks to @ActorsEquity for getting stuck in! ✊️#saveourvenues
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Calverts design and print@calverts
1 Jul 2024
Inspirational poster from #letterpress printshop @linternacali, all the way from Colombia #itsnicethat
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POWER & Bank Job@BankJobPictures
24 Jun 2024
Something beautiful about sending out a poem through 48,800 letterboxes! Thank you @calverts helping us meet the deadline for election post #votedan #walthamstow power.film/walthamstowpower
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Dinner with @CECOP_coops at Da Meo Patacca #workercoops restaurant and mariachi both. Almost hit that note yeah 😅
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Greencity Wholefoods@GreenCityCoop
22 May 2024
Looking forward to this
mediaco-op@mediaco_op
22 May 2024
Woo hoo worker #coop s in #Scotland - our Gathering coming up in #Dundee on 27 June 🤸 Free. Book now here bit.ly/workercoopgather_2024. Please share @GreenCityCoop @fractalscoop @cdscotland @workers_coop @CooperativesUK @coopnews @loco_retrofit @GSHCoop
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My friend Syndia and her teenage daughter Slay need to get out of the gang-controlled hellzone of downtown Port au Prince but rooms in safe areas are at a premium. Please chip in if you possibly can ⬇️ gofundme.com/f/help-syndia-a…

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#MondayMotivation “All individual and social woes are born of passion for work.” ― Paul Lafargue, 'The Right to Be Lazy'. We sometimes say worker cooperation is a way to 'realise and reduce' socially necessary labour time, but does this go far enough? Thanks @stewarthome1
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"...there’s a massive surge in tech unions. Tech workers have realised they’re not founders-in-waiting. In Seattle, Amazon’s tech workers walked out in sympathy with Amazon’s warehouse workers, because they’re all workers." on.ft.com/3wieCDB via @FT
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I'm supporting this session - come along if you can, and please share!
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Simel Esim@simcim
19 Nov 2023
This @ilo tool on the role of #coops in eliminating child labour is an example of how in agriculture coops, farmers’ associations & other producer organizations can be activated to eliminate #childlabour It is available in English, French & Spanish ilo.org/global/topics/cooper…

ILO Cooperative, Social and Solidarity Economy@ilocoopsse
19 Nov 2023
#DYK @AfricaAccel project works to raise awareness & capacities of #coops & producer organizations in #Africa’a agriculture to eliminate #childlabour? Here see how this @ilo project works & how it can be replicated in #SouthAfrica & beyond ilo.org/global/topics/cooper…
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Diāna Potjomkina@DianaPotjomkina
17 Nov 2023
I like @industriAll_EU argumentation on this one. 4-day working week will indeed help bring in more talent AND save on healthcare AND improve the quality of work.
industriAll Europe
@industriAll_EU
17 Nov 2023
Happier at work 🙂 Today we conclude our information series on working time ⏰ Trade unions argue that reducing working time can be part of the solution to a tight labour market, as it increases job attractiveness by improving work-life balance. news.industriall-europe.eu/A…
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