A group of people stands in front of a brick building with a sign that reads "GFTU Educational Trust." Some individuals are smiling, and they are all wearing casual clothing. There are trees reflected in the windows.

✨ Celebrate 2 years of the Friends of GFTUET scheme this summer.

📍 @soasuni.bsky.social
📅 2 June

🗣️ FT. presentation from KTP Associate, @hwanheebae.bsky.social & appearance from Gawain Little.

🚨 RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/new-date-friends-...

#GFTUET #FriendsofET

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Explore the #GFTUET shop 📚✊

👀 The publications in our shop are designed to inform, inspire, and strengthen union practice.

🏡 We're here to support your development and deepen your understanding of the movement - https://gftuet.org.uk/shop-page

#BookOfTheMonth #BOTM

The image is a promotional banner for the GFTU Educational Trust event titled "Rebuilding Solidarity," dated 5-6 May 2026. The background features a large crowd gathering.

You’ve probably faced this 👇

😬 Difficult conversations
🗯️ Divisive views
😡 Things escalating fast

✊ Handle these moments with confidence. Practical strategies, not theory.

90+ courses. 2,200+ unionists trained.

‼️ Limited space: https://gftuet.org.uk/courses/rebuilding-solidarity

#GFTUET

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🏡 The home of trade union education is where the next generation of trade union leaders are made.

✨ Residential to online, reps training to political economy courses.

There's. Nothing. We. Can't. Do 🚀

There's nothing you can't do either - https://gftuet.org.uk/education

#GFTUET

Lessons from the Largest Strike in History with Ashok Dhawale - 19 March YouTube video by GFTU Educational Trust

📺Catch up on the fourth session in our #StrategySeries w/ Ashok Dhawale and @sarahwoolley1.bsky.social in Lessons from the Largest Strike in History.

📷Watch & share: youtu.be/h24HJFp8SXc

#TUed #GFTUET #GFTU #TradeUnionEducation

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🔥 We’ve officially launched our TikTok on Tom Mann's birthday! 🎉

👀 Insights from our education programmes
🗣️ Voices from across GFTU
🎬 Behind the scenes access

📺 Check out our first video & follow us for more - www.tiktok.com/@gftuet1899/video/762893...

#GFTUET #TikTokForTom

🔥 Limited spaces left at the @gftu.org.uk #SummerSchool.

✨Unmissable. 🚀Unforgettable. ✊Unstoppable.

🚘 The trade union movement is a way of life. Learning is what drives it - https://gftuet.org.uk/courses/gftu-summer-school

#GFTUET #GFTU

⏳ Limited time only

The first survey of its kind in decades will remain open for just one more week.

💡 Help shape the future of workers’ education.

🗓️ Don’t miss out, make your voice heard - https://gftuet.org.uk/workersvoices2026

#GFTUET #WorkersVoices2026

Poster promoting an event featuring Rhys Davies at the GFTU Summer School at Quorn Grange Hotel from July 13th to July 15th, 2026. It includes a photo of someone presenting in a room with attendees. Organised by the General Federation of Trade Unions (GFTU).

Text on a poster reads: "Union Maps: How Strong is the Movement Where You Live? With Rhys Davies. Event is called GFTU Summer School. 13.07.26 - 15.07.26. Quorn Grange Hotel. Logos for GFTU are included.

⛱️ Get serious about winning at work and strengthening our movement at the #SummerSchool 2026.

🗣 Rhys Davies | 📍 Union Maps - How Strong Is The Movement Where You Live?

✊ Register now - https://gftuet.org.uk/courses/gftu-summer-school

#GFTUET #GFTU #Union #Movement

We are really enjoying this Activists Corner session on mapping our workplace with Mel Jenner.

Our final session in the series - writing good workplace bulletins on 14 May.

Book your next course here: gftuet.org.uk/education

#GFTUET #TuEd

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Explore the movements, moments & people that shaped our rights and the lessons we can use to win in the present.

🚩 Part-Time Work in Post-War Years | 28 May, 7pm

👉 Sign up today: gftuet.org.uk/courses/trade-union-and-...

#GFTUET #WorkingClass #TradeUnion #History

Promotional poster for a course titled 'Political Economy for Beginners' by GFTU Educational Trust. It mentions tutor Hwanhee Bae and details four sessions from 3 June to 5 August 2026. The background features red and green colours.

The image is a flyer for an event called "Political Economy for Beginners." It features the logo of GFTU Educational Trust at the top. It includes a photo of a person, identified as an Economics PhD candidate at SOAS University of London. The text mentions their role and research interests, including financialisation, housing, pensions, welfare, and political economy.

👋 Political Economy for Beginners course, new to our 2025/26 programme.

Get to the heart of the issues shaping work, inequality, power & change ♥

🎓 Tutor announcement | @hwanheebae.bsky.social

🔗 Sign up: gftuet.org.uk/courses/political-econom...

#GFTUET #PoliticalEconomy

General Strike 1926 with Callum Cant and Matthew Lee 📺Catch up and share our fifth session of the #tradeunion and working-class #history series 2025-2026, featuring Callum Cant and Matthew Lee. This series is delivered in partnership with Marx Memorial Library and the Working Class Movement Library. #TUed #TradeUnionEducation #GeneralStrike #GeneralStrike100

🔁Share our fifth session of the #tradeunion and working-class #history series 2025-2026.

General Strike 1926 with CallumCant and Matthew Lee: bit.ly/GS100GFTU

This series is delivered in partnership with Marx Memorial Library & @wcmlibrary.bsky.social.

#TUed #GeneralStrike100

🚀 Take your health and safety skills further

Health & Safety Stage 2 is the best next step for union reps looking to build confidence, deepen knowledge, and make real change in the workplace.

📍 Residential + online
👉 https://gftuet.org.uk/courses/health-safety-stage-2

#GFTUET #Health #Safety

📢 We're gathering real experiences from workers across Britain & Ireland.

Your perspective matters.

🗣️ Share your views on membership, access to education, and the challenges workers face today.

Help shape what comes next 👉 https://gftuet.org.uk/workersvoices2026

#GFTUET #WorkersVoices2026

The image is a promotional poster featuring a person in front of a brick wall. The text includes the name "Jamie Woodcock" in large, bold letters at the top. Below the image, there is information about an event called GFTU Summer School organised by the GFTU and GFTU Educational Trust scheduled for July 13-15, 2026 at Quorn Grange Hotel.

Poster with bold red text reading, "Organising Game Workers in a Time of AI with Jamie Woodcock." The event is scheduled for July 13 to July 15, 2026, at Quorn Grange Hotel. Logos for the GFTU and Summer School are at the bottom.

Promotional poster for a discussion titled "'Salting' – What is it? Does it work?" featuring Jamie Woodcock. Organised by GFTU and GFTU Educational Trust at Quorn Grange Hotel, dated July 13 to July 15.

⛱️ Get serious about winning at work and strengthening our movement at the #SummerSchool 2026.

🗣 @jamiewoodcock.com | Organising Game Workers In A Time of AI + 'Salting' - What Is It? Does It Work?

✊ Register now - https://gftuet.org.uk/courses/gftu-summer-school

#GFTUET #GFTU #Salting #AI

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Looking to learn something new and support change at work? 👋

Our programme gives union members the chance to develop skills, share ideas, and build confidence. 💡

Find your course and get involved 👇
https://gftuet.org.uk/education

#GFTUET #TradeUnionEducation

This image is a promotional poster for a course titled "Political Economy for Beginners." It features the GFTU Educational Trust logo. The tutor's name is Les Doherty. The course spans four sessions from June 3 to August 5, 2026.

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Why are we working more but getting less?
Why does inequality keep rising?

💥 Get the answers.

Political Economy for Beginners breaks it all down clearly, practically & powerfully - gftuet.org.uk/courses/political-econom...

🗣 Tutor announcement | Les Doherty

#GFTUET

🚨 The #WorkersVoices2026 survey will remain open for just a few more weeks.

✊ If you haven't already, spare just a few minutes to have a lasting impact on the future of trade union education.

✨ Get your voices heard and influence change - https://gftuet.org.uk/workersvoices2026

#GFTUET

An advertisement for a GFTU Educational Trust event titled "How Do We Deal With Activist Burnout?" featuring an image of Hannah Proctor. The event is scheduled for Thursday, 21 May, at 7 PM.

The image is a poster titled "Meet the Tutor" featuring a person standing in a professional attire. The background is plain indoors. Text beside them highlights Hannah Proctor's qualifications and achievements.

🔥 Sign up to the last, but certainly not least, session of what has been a hugely successful Strategy Series.

How do we Deal with Activist Burnout? with Hannah Proctor.

Secure your place: gftuet.org.uk/courses/strategy-series-...

#GFTUET #Activist #Burnout

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Poster for "Iron Ladies" screening with director Q&A at the GFTU Summer School. Includes collage images of protests and political figures. Logo of Shut Out The Light Films is displayed.

⛱️ Our #SummerSchool will feature a screening of @sotl-films.bsky.social fantastic documentary, Iron Ladies.

+ a Q&A with the Director, Daniel Draper 🎬

✊ Register now - https://gftuet.org.uk/courses/gftu-summer-school

#GFTUET #GFTU

GFTU Educational Trust promotional image for an event titled "Writing Good Workplace Bulletins," scheduled for Thursday, 14 May at 7 PM. The background features pinned notes on a board.

💪 Strong communication builds strong unions

📝 Join our Activists' Corner session with Lydia Hughes and learn how to create clear, effective workplace bulletins that inform, engage, and organise: gftuet.org.uk/courses/activists-corner...

#GFTUET #UnionSkills

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Trade union education strengthens our movement 📌

Our #EducationFund enables union branches, regions and Trades Union Councils access our independent education programmes, building skills in organising, leadership & activism.

✨ Learn more: https://gftuet.org.uk/educationfund

#GFTUET

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📢 Ready to build your skills this spring?

Our April Education Bulletin is packed with upcoming courses designed to support trade unionists at every stage.

Places on all courses are limited, don’t miss out ❌

👉 Sign up for a space on our list: https://gftuet.org.uk/mailing-list

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✨Trade union education has long been central to building confidence, collective understanding, and the power to organise.

📣 Help build a more accessible and effective future for trade union education through the #WorkersVoices2026 survey - https://gftuet.org.uk/workersvoices2026

#GFTUET

Cover of the book "When We Were Almost Like Men" by Martin Hayes, featuring a stylised collage. The design includes a grayscale side profile of a person's head overlaid with abstract mechanical shapes.

Cover of the book "Speaking Tools: Poems 1975-2005" by Doug Nicholls, featuring a person welding, with bright sparks flying in various directions in a workshop setting.

A large, ancient tree is surrounded by a gathering of people. The sun sets in the background, casting a warm glow. The text reads "The Commonwealth of Britain" and "Doug Nicholls.

📚✊ This #WorldPoetryDay, celebrate words that inspire #Solidarity and change.

🖋️ Explore poetry, history and crucial resources from our shop and support independent trade union education - https://gftuet.org.uk/shop-page

#GFTUET #BookOfTheMonth #BOTM

This image shows an event poster featuring a person in formal attire with long dark hair and glasses, set against a light background. Large red text at the top reads "HWANHEE BAE." Below, it says the event is called Summer School, taking place from July 13 to July 15, at Quorn Grange Hotel. Logos of GFTU and GFTU Educational Trust are visible at the bottom left.

Text advertising an session titled "Why Won't Our Economy Grow?" with Hwanhee Bae. The session is part of a Summer School course, taking place from July 13 to July 15 at Quorn Grange Hotel.

⛱️ Get serious about winning at work and strengthening our movement at the #SummerSchool 2026.

🗣 @hwanheebae.bsky.social | 🌱 Why Won't Our Economy Grow?

✊ Register now - https://gftuet.org.uk/courses/gftu-summer-school

#GFTUET #GFTU #Economy

Burning Planet: Unions in the Fight for Climate YouTube video by GFTU Educational Trust

📺Catch up on the 10th session in the Political Economy International School series w/ John Bellamy Foster,
@maxajl.bsky.social & Chair, Ying Chen.

🌍Burning Planet: Unions in the Fight for Climate

@soasnssrfree.bsky.social | @soaseconomics.bsky.social

📷Watch here: youtu.be/kJNQYO7-X8Q

#GFTUET

The image features a promotional poster for a GFTU Educational Trust event titled "Lessons in Organising - Workplace," scheduled for 11-13 May. Pencil graphics are used in the design. There is a photo of a speaker labeled "Howard Stevenson.

This is a promotional card titled "Meet the Tutor" for Howard Stevenson. It features a photo of Howard speaking at an event. Text on the card details Howard's credentials, including being an Emeritus Professor at the University of Nottingham. The course offered is "Lessons in Organising - Workplace" at GFTU Quorn Grange, with dates 11-13 May 2026 and an application deadline of 27 April 2026.

Strong unions are built through organising

Lessons in Organising – Workplace helps workplace reps and activists develop practical strategies to strengthen organisation and union power.

Tutor: @howardstevenson.bsky.social

🔗 gftuet.org.uk/courses/lessons-in-organ...

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