Into organised labour, mountains, motorbikes, music, list of interests keep growing. Internationalist. Bothered (a lot) by climate change. Views all my fault
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Michael MacNeil retweeted
In 2022: the World Cup in Qatar came to a close. The work didn't. 🔥
Together BWI and WSIF have reached 140,000+ workers in the last two years with our heat safety campaign in Qatar - turning awareness into impact! 📈
#HeatSafety #Qatar #WorkersRights
Michael MacNeil retweeted
Thank you to our supporters from Bethlehem, Glasgow and around the world. 💚
Our supporters used our debut in competitive football to thank Celtic fans and everyone else who has supported our journey.
Michael MacNeil retweeted
A club born out of a moral stance in support of Palestine, to an international solidarity movement.
Tomorrow, we play our first competitive match.
Thank you for being part of our journey.
Michael MacNeil retweeted
FIFA’s leadership crisis is bigger than one person. Real change requires systemic reforms that embed transparency, accountability, good governance, & human rights at the heart of world football. Otherwise, corruption & abuse will persist.
Read: bwint.org/BwiNews/NewsDetail…
Michael MacNeil retweeted
The climate crisis is a reality. As Europe endures another deadly record-breaking heatwave, BWI has launched a new global report on protecting workers from extreme heat through strong laws, collective bargaining, and social dialogue.
Read: bwint.org/BwiNews/NewsDetail…
Michael MacNeil retweeted
Michael MacNeil retweeted
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.
STATEMENT👇
stuc.org.uk/news/news/stuc-b…
Michael MacNeil retweeted
This May Day, let’s defend our hard-won victories. No step back on rights, democracy, and peace.
Power shifts when we organise!
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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.
Michael MacNeil retweeted
RMT leader Eddie Dempsey: It’s hard not to feel disenfranchised right now. Forget ‘wedge issues’, the number one issues for everybody are class issues. Housing and living standards, health and education, “don’t let social media fool you.” holyrood.com/inside-politics…
Michael MacNeil retweeted
It is an outrage how the Scottish Government has neglected our institutions of working class history.
Whether it’s the People’s Palace in Glasgow or the People’s History Museum in Edinburgh, the consistent message is that working class stories are not worth telling.
Michael MacNeil retweeted
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
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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-mo…
RT @CMochan: Thanks to @ScottishCuba and @unisonscot for inviting me to speak at their event in Glasgow this evening.
I have been proud to…
Michael MacNeil retweeted
US atrocities in South America were never a reaction to the Cold War as liberals would have you believe. Violence is the essence of Western colonialism. It invents enemies, attacks them, invents new enemies inorder to attack them. It is "violence in its natural state". (Fanon)
