Strong support from eight trade unions for our campaign against Britain's nuke jets. Thanks to Fran Heathcote of @pcsunion.bsky.social for joining us at Downing Street and for sharing our #WagesNotWeapons message.
See the letter: cnduk.org/allies-unite...
UK government press release: New strategic partnership to unlock billions and boost military AI and innovation The UK will be at the leading edge of defence innovation as the government signs a new partnership with Palantir to unlock billions in investment and deliver on the Government’s Plan for Change.
So much for boosting growth – this investment shows the reality of jobs created by the arms industry. £1.5 billion investment for 350 jobs, that’s £4.3 million spent per job created. #NursesNotNukes #WagesNotWeapons
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Thanatocene: "During the Second World War, General Patton’s Third Army consumed one US gallon of petrol (3.7 litres) per person per day. This figure reached nine gallons during the Vietnam War, ten gallons for Operation Desert Storm, and fifteen gallons during the Second Gulf War. Present-day military technologies have reached unheard-of levels of energy consumption. An Abrams tank in the US Army burns four litres per kilometre. A B-52 bomber burns 12,000 litres of jet fuel per hour, and an F-15 fighter 7,000 litres, comparable to the consumption of an average family car in a whole decade. In 2006, the US Air Force consumed a total of 2.6 billion gallons of jet fuel, as much as was used overseas during the whole of the Second World War." Source: Bonneuil, Christophe; Fressoz, Jean-Baptiste. The Shock of the Anthropocene: The Earth, History and Us (Function). Kindle Edition.
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H/T @adamtooze.bsky.social.
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British trade unionists, in a very significant vote, have backed a motion overturning previous support for the government’s military spending hikes. The #WagesNotWeapons motion was proposed by the UCU union, and supported by unions including the RMT, NEU, CWU, FBU, and PCS. It was passed at […]
Graphic with CND symbol and an image from TUC Congress showing UCU's Jo Grady visible on a large screen. She is wearing a t-shirt with the slogan "wages not weapons." Text below the image reads: "Wages not weapons: trade unions overturn support for military spending hikes."
British trade unionists, in a very significant vote, have backed a motion overturning previous support for the government’s military spending hikes. The #WagesNotWeapons motion passed by 2,871,000 votes to 2,291,000.
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UCU GS @drjogrady.bsky.social putting an end to weapons over wages at #TUC2025:
“Our country is broken… yet billions for bombs.
Cash found for weapons. No cash found for wages.” ✊
#WagesNotWeapons
Great to see @tuc.org.uk delegates vote for #WagesNotWeapons. So important, morally correct & politically urgent. Well done to all who campaigned for this & supported the campaign & whovoted in favour today. Brilliant trade union work! Great speeches, incl Tony Kearns for @cwunews.bsky.social
Jo speaking
At #TUC2025 @drjogrady.bsky.social told Congress:
💥 “Cash found for weapons. No cash found for wages.”
It’s an anti-worker agenda and an attack on our class, our communities, and our movement.
#WagesNotWeapons #FreePalestine
At #TUC2025 this morning, Congress will vote on Wages not Weapons.
As @zackpolanski.bsky.social said:
“You need to vote for security, not the arms trade to invest in people and planet, not destruction.” ✊🌍
#UCU #WagesNotWeapons
