Impressive speaker ratio at @mstaronline.bsky.social conference today - 18 women to 10 men. Others take note...

Great to be part of this panel on women's rights with such inspiring sisters. Onwards! #UnionsForWomen

Looking forward to a day of discussion and debate at @mstaronline.bsky.social Conference on organised labour 100 years from the General Strike. Pleased to be speaking later for @filiacharity.bsky.social and @womensliball.bsky.social #UnionsForWomen

Thanks to the #AlloaWomensFestival for inviting #FiLiA Trade Union Women's Network. Kate, our Scottish Network convenor, spoke about the Network & the importance of #UnionsForWomen on a panel on Women's representation.

#InternationalWomensDay #IWD2026 #WomensDay

✨A few tickets left for this week's Women-only tour of the Marx Memorial Library #London and workshop on Annie Mills, the little-known activist of the National Unemployed Workers' Movement.

🗓️ Wednesday 28th January 6pm
📍 Marx Memorial Library
🎟️ bit.ly/FiLiAAnnieMillsMML

#UnionsForWomen

If you are not a member of the FiLiA Trade Union Women's Network, join here: filia.org.uk/filia-trade-union-womens-network

#UnionsForWomen #London #WomensHistory

Later this month, join us for a Women-only tour of the Marx Memorial Library & workshop on Annie Mills, the little-known activist of the National Unemployed Workers' Movement.

🗓️ Wednesday 28th January 6pm
📍 Marx Memorial Library
🎟️ bit.ly/FiLiAAnnieMillsMML

#UnionsForWomen #London

FiLiA Trade Union Women's Network — FiLiA

Let's do the same now! We’re building #solidarity across sectors to hold leadership to account & to put Women’s voices at the heart of the labour movement.

Join the FiLiA Trade Union Women’s Network.

#UnionsForWomen

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Really looking forward to this. Spaces limited so book early! #UnionsForWomen #AnnieMills

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...

"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

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...

"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

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...

"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...

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...

"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

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 ...

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...

"#FiLiA2025 debated the rise of misogyny, the spycops scandal, the exploitation of poor women through the surrogacy industry & migrant women & class. Its trade union network shows its keenness to reach out to the labour movement." @filiacharity.bsky.social @mstaronline.bsky.social
#UnionsForWomen

FiLiA Trade Union Women's Network — FiLiA

It was a brilliant buzzy atmosphere - so much energy, knowledge and experience in the room. And so wonderful to see TU women connecting and organising across their regions/nations and within unions. Join us! www.filia.org.uk/filia-trade-... 2/2 #FiLiA2025 #UnionsForWomen

It's high time trade unions did right by women. It's our movement too and we are not giving way. #UnionsForWomen

At #FiLiA2025, we will be running a workshop and some networking sessions on Friday and Saturday – let's get organised! @kiritunks.bsky.social @ph-severn.bsky.social

🎟️ filia.org.uk/tickets

#UnionsForWomen

FiLiA Trade Union Women's Network — FiLiA

Join the Network here:

🔗 filia.org.uk/filia-trade-union-womens-network

Read our article in the @tuc.org.uk edition of @mstaronline.bsky.social

🔗 morningstaronline.co.uk/article/women-make-unions-stronger

#TUC2025 #TUC25 #UnionsForWomen

💥 #FiLiA2025 workshop news 💥

•UNIONS FOR WOMEN: GETTING ORGANISED!•

Come and connect with other Women in a workshop and get organised to take up issues and campaigns in trade unions all over the UK @kiritunks.bsky.social @ph-severn.bsky.social

🎟️ filia.org.uk/tickets

#UnionsForWomen

FiLiA Trade Union Women's Network — FiLiA

You can find out more about the FiLiA Trade Union Women's Network and sign up below.

We are just getting started - join us! #FiLiA2025 #TUC2025 #TUC25 #UnionsForWomen

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www.filia.org.uk/filia-trade-...

FiLiA Trade Union Women's Network — FiLiA

Join the FiLiA Trade Union Women's Network to help make unions work for Women #UnionsForWomen @kiritunks.bsky.social @ph-severn.bsky.social

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www.filia.org.uk/filia-trade-...

And then it clicked..." @tuc.org.uk report on Black Women's Experience of Sexual Harassment in the Workplace. Black women's voices winning change in workplaces & unions. www.tuc.org.uk/sites/defaul...
#TUC25 #TUC2025 #Misogynoir #Misogyny #UnionsForWomen #SexualHarassment

Look out for us at the @tuc.org.uk today and tomorrow, where we are flyering for #FiLiA2025 and the Trade Union Women’s Network @kiritunks.bsky.social @ph-severn.bsky.social.

We also have our Fringe meeting tomorrow – email tuwomen@filia.org.uk for more info!

#TUC2025 #TUC25 #UnionsForWomen

You can sign up to the FiLiA Trade Union Women’s Network here: filia.org.uk/filia-trade-union-womens-network

Be part of a growing #Feminist force fighting for power in our workplaces and unions.

#TUC2025 #TUC25 #UnionsForWomen

🧵Ahead of @tuc.org.uk, which starts in #Brighton today, check out the #FiLiA Trade Union Women’s Network briefing on how Women’s TUC and Conference structures function and feed into making TUC policy.

🔗 filia.org.uk/s/FiLiA-TUWN-WTUC-2025-6-Briefing.pdf

#UnionsForWomen
#TUC2025
#TUC25

MML Online Course - Women, Work & Trade Unions This MML online course of four weekly Zoom classes focuses on women’s role in trade union history

Four session course on Women, Work and Trade Unions at Marx Memorial Library from 16th September. Details in link www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mml-online...
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💥 #FiLiA2025 session news 💥

STRIKING WOMEN: As we approach the 50th anniversary of the #Grunwick strike, the leadership of Jayaben Desai & other South Asian Women serve as an example of the power of #solidarity across race & sex.

🎟️ filia.org.uk/tickets

#UnionsForWomen

"Retired women in the UK in effect go four months of the year without a pension when their income is compared with that of men, union leaders have warned." theguardian.com/world/2025/aug…
@tuc.org.uk
#unionsforwomen
#pensionsforwomen
#pensions

Excited to be part of this @filiacharity.bsky.social project. We are growing in strength and number. Join us! #UnionsForWomen

FiLiA Trade Union Women’s Network: Putting Women at the Heart of the Labour Movement — FiLiA On the anniversary of the Matchwomen's Strike of 1888, we are launching our FiLiA webpage along with an updated sign-up form. This blog explains what we have been doing since our launch in April and w...

Read more about what we have done so far and our plans for the future in our blog by @kiritunks.bsky.social

🔗 filia.org.uk/latest-news/...

#UnionsForWomen #Sisterhood #Solidarity