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⚡One last question for Ed Miliband: UK Households & businesses pay some of the highest energy costs in Europe. Much of that is driven by profits, which are then distributed to investors in dividends & share buy-backs. Will you take UK energy into public hands to end profiteering & reduce costs?

3 stories on the water industry. Can you spot the link? 🚰 Thousands without water 💩 Sewage pumped into the sea in a 'storm overflow' during a drought 💰 Record profits How long do we have to put up with this?

⚡ The energy price cap will go up 13% OFGEM announced today 📈 That’s £18 a month. £221 a year 💰 Meanwhile, the UK energy industry reported over £3bn in profits in the first 3 months of 2026 “It’s time to pull the plug on the energy profiteers” @unitesharon.bsky.social Agree? 🗣️Comment & ♻️ Share

😟 Some Cos are telling Unite negotiators that the Iran war means they can’t afford a decent pay rise. 💰 But Unite research tells a different story. The 17 firms that have published results on the LSE made £25 bn in profit in just 3 months! More unitetheunion.org/fandf (p48)

💥 WIN Union rights, delivering better JOBS 💥 WIN Inflation-busting PAY deals 💥 WIN Better health and safety CONDITIONS Read how Unite members are organising and winning at work in Facts and Figures www.unitetheunion.org/fandf If you want better #JobsPayConditions JOIN UNITE

🛟 SAVE OUR JOBS 🛟 For over 60 years, the RNLI Inshore Lifeboat Centre on the Isle of White has built, maintained & repaired almost 2,000 lifeboats. Now 70 workers like Finlay face the closure of their workplace. With few alternative jobs, it is a worrying time for Finlay & his colleagues

💰💰💰The Sunday Times UK Rich List just dropped… Just the top 10 are worth over £261 billion! A wealth tax on the super-rich could end the housing crisis, rebuild the NHS and invest in green jobs... #WealthTax Now!

🤔 So, what would you do? 👑 The King's speech set's out the government's plan. How would you tackle the #CostofLiving crisis, inequality, jobs...? Introduce a Wealth Tax? 💰⚖️ Nationalise energy profits? 🔌🏭🇬🇧 Invest in jobs and homes? 👷🏠🌱

Know your rights: ⏰ Paid properly & on time ✍️ A written statement of employment 🏖️ Paid holiday, sick & parental leave 🖐️ Protection against bullying & discrimination ✊ Free to join a union… 🔴 Know your rights: Facts & Figures p68 www.unitetheunion.org/fandf 🔴 Join Unite join.unitetheunion.org

Unite members are winning better #JobsPayConditions 💥 6.2% pay rise at Oxalis 💥 3.9% on basic pay plus £1,600 on offshore allowances at Adura 💥 Union rights and a pay increase of up to 10.2% for Aberdeen Airport cleaners 💥 6% pay rise at BAE Systems ✊ Join your union join.unitetheunion.org

💸🍞 😡 Food prices have soared 40% in just 4 years & Tesco’s profits are up 72% “While workers & their families are struggling, Tesco is paying out millions in shareholder dividends & executive pay has soared. This sort of rampant profiteering must be stopped” @unitesharon.bsky.social

Iran war helps BP double profits to nearly $3.2bn in the first three months of 2026! While ordinary people pay huge price hikes at the pumps. “Ministers must take steps to halt unfettered profiteering now while there is still time to stop it hurting working people” urges @unitesharon.bsky.social

🚨BREAKING Deal agreed to end bins strike after 15 months! It is an absolute abhorrence that this deal has been blocked by unelected council commissioners. ✊ Congratulations to the Unite members who stood firm throughout, backed by their union

💥 For nine days 100 years ago, workers in Britain shook the establishment. Celebrate in Barnsley with Unite the union, Sat May 2. Speakers include @unitesharon.bsky.social Plus bands, talks and more... www.unitetheunion.org/news-events/...

NHS cuts cost lives 🚨 Hundreds of healthcare workers like Joanne, are coming to Parliament to make our voices heard. Join us. 📈 Wednesday, April 22 📍King George V Statue, Abingdon Street, Westminster SW1P 2DY ✍️Sign up here actionnetwork.org/events/save-...

📊Today’s new energy price cap means bills will go down. Briefly. But the war in Iran means they will soon bounce back up. 💰Unite research showed energy companies made £30bn profits in 2024. That's around £500 per household, and a quarter of business energy bills! 📣 Nationalise the energy companies

Under the leadership of our general secretary Sharon Graham, workers come first. Proud to support all striking workers ✊ #Solidarity #BirminghamBinStrike @unitesharon.bsky.social @bhamcitycouncil.bsky.social

Whatever divides us weakens us. Whoever divides and weakens us is doing the bosses’ work. That is why we will stand #Together against division tomorrow. Join us ✊ Meet at the Unite banner, Park Lane, midday www.togetheralliance.org.uk

📈The latest RPI figures show your shopping costs 3.6% more now than it did a year ago. And the Iran war is already driving hikes to the cost of fuel, energy, commodities and food. March Facts & Figures to help your pay campaigning: unitetheunion.org/fandf

United we stand. Divided we fall. Not a slogan. A fact. Don't let the haters divide us. Together we are strong 💪 📍Join us in London for the @togetheralliance.bsky.social march 🗓️ Saturday March 28 Details: www.togetheralliance.org.uk

🤯A year of all out strike action by bin workers. A year of failure by @bhamcitycouncil.bsky.social The council is attempting to snatch £8k a year from bin workers' pay. It has wasted £33m trying to break the strike & has failed to attend a single negotiation for nine months!

🎶✊Let's get this in the charts to mark a year of indefinite #BrumBinStrike action! Catch Dave from Banner Theatre chatting to BBC Radio WM about the new fundraising single for the Birmingham Bins strike, My Old Man's a Dustman. Buy it now 📀 distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...

📣 March with us on March 28 in London ✊ When workers stand together we win. We win better jobs, pay and conditions. We win better public services and housing When we divide we lose 💪 Don't let the haters and snake-oil salesmen divide us. Let's stand together and win @togetheralliance.bsky.social

🍺 Brewdog founder James Watt says it 'hurts' & he would have 'loved to save every job.' Meanwhile hundreds of workers are unemployed & investors have lost everything. Watt? Still a multi-millionaire. 📣 Unite demands answers on unpaid wages & the best possible redundancy terms for all Brewdog workers

📈 Profits on the rise again. Payouts to shareholders at record highs 💰 But instead of investing profits back into businesses, boosting innovating and creating jobs, bosses are rewarding themselves and shareholders 🔬 No money for a pay rise? Study those company accounts www.unitetheunion.org/fandf

😲 The average worker has lost £65k since the financial crisis in 2008 📈 While CEO & directors’ pay has boomed, along with profits & dividends ✊ Facts & Figures, from Unite fuels the pay campaigns that are putting hundreds of millions back into the pockets of Unite members www.unitetheunion.org/fand

Minimum wage bandings have been in the headlines this week. Unlike some, we say workers deserve fair wages, regardless of age. The answer to fixing the economy and addressing youth unemployment isn’t minimum wage cuts for those already struggling. It’s investing in decent jobs and liveable wages

🍻 Can you imaging a night out without bartenders, door staff, waiting staff...? Yet this week in Liverpool industry leaders gathered to discuss the nighttime economy. Without the workers who make it run 🤯 Work in hospitality? Join Unite www.unitetheunion.org/campaigns/un...

#WealthTax now! 💰Jim Ratcliffe has a net wealth of over £17bn 🌞He ‘lives’ in Monaco to avoid £4bn in income tax 🏭But he has huge assets here in the UK TAX THEM!

Pls share & support our Apprenticeship Charter: ⚖️ Fair treatment & respect 📝 Pay & full employment rights 🧑‍🏫 Quality training & development ⚠️ Health, safety & welfare 💡Progression & future opportunities 💬 Voice & representation 🤝 Clear apprentice responsibilities #NationalApprenticeshipWeek

👏 Congratulations to the thousands of Unite members pushing back and winning better pay over the last month 💥 Since @unitesharon.bsky.social was elected General Secretary in August 2021, over 267,000 Unite members have stood up in nearly 1,600 disputes and won more than £620 million in better pay

"I think the bin workers have been treated despicably" "It's about time @bhamcitycouncil.bsky.social sit down with the bin workers & sort this problem out, because it's not fair" Residents of Cotteridge in Birmingham make their feelings clear on their council's handling of the year-long bins strike

"The system is rigged and the country knows it. It's time for a wealth tax on the super-rich and a tax on excess profits" @unitesharon.bsky.social Even millionaires agree. 💬 Comment and 🔄 share if you agree too #Davos26 #WEF26 #WealthTax

Local businesses in Birmingham are suffering. Like residents & bin workers, they want to see an end to the strike. Why did @bhamcitycouncil.bsky.social walk away from a ballpark agreement and from all negotiations back in the summer 2025? Do your job. Get in the room. Negotiate a fair settlement

✊ Stopping pay cuts and winning rises; better overtime and extra leave. Workers across the UK & Ireland are fighting back and winning in Unite. On your own you beg. Together we win 💥 #FightbackFriday #JobsPayConditions

Despite the rubbish in the streets and a year without recycling collections Birmingham residents stand behind bin workers facing a devastating loss of up to £8k a year. 📤 Join them and tell @bhamcitycouncil.bsky.social to negotiate and end to the strike now actionnetwork.org/campaigns/bi...

🐀 When someone on £1,200 a day accuses bin workers of demanding 'huge sums of money' we smell a rat! And that's not just from all the rubbish @bhamcitycouncil.bsky.social has let pile up over the last year

🐀 When someone on £1,200 a day accuses bin workers of demanding 'huge sums of money' we smell a rat! And that's not just from all the rubbish @bhamcitycouncil.bsky.social has let pile up over the last year

Here's some simple financial calculations for a major financial company: 💰Profits - £28.9m 📈Dividend payment to parent company TCS - £14m 😠A 5% rise for all staff would cost less than the dividend Diligenta can afford a decent pay rise! #Solidarity to Unite members on strike ✊

💰 Supermarket profits are up 💰 Dividends to shareholders up 💰 Pay to CEOs up 📈 Food prices up Spot the link?

Thames Water was fined a record £123m in 2025. "We can all see that the privatisation of water has been a disaster. We need to stop to companies like Thames Water treating workers & communities with contempt" @unitesharon.bsky.social *data Guardian 3/12/25

👋 Welcome to all the tens of thousands of members who joined Unite in 2025. And congratulations to all those who won new union rights over the last 12 months! Together we are strong ✊ #Solidarity

All bets are off at Grosvenor Casinos. This year management enjoyed an all expenses safari trip to South Africa. Yet they refuse their workers a pay rise that even keeps pace with inflation. And that is why they are on strike this holiday season! #Solidarity

🛒Today is the busiest shopping day of the year. Despite being the biggest sports retailer in the UK Sports Direct refuses to pay its workers a real living wage. It still expects to make between £550m & £600m this year Stop being a Grinch & pay up! 🔔

🇺🇸 From Ohio to Glasgow 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Starbucks workers are fighting back 🪧 Unite Hospitality members are fighting for fair pay & a union & @sbworkersunited.org members are fighting unfair labour practices in the States. #Solidarity ✊

🚨Sports Direct workers complain of being too scared to take time off sick in case they are sacked, poor conditions & bullying & harassment Meanwhile, the hugely profitable employer refuses to pay a living wage 😳 Tell Sports Direct to respect its workforce 📣 Like, comment and share in solidarity ✊

Ofgem has announced au upgrade of our creaking energy grid. And who is going to pay for it? You That's another £100+ on already high bills, while energy cos rake it in 💰Energy cos made a £30bn in pre-tax profits 🏠 Average household pays £500 a yr in energy profits 📺 So who is getting all this cash?

🤯 Unreal! This MP thinks workers are all swinging the lead! No one should have to choose between their health and their income. Decent sick pay and sick leave are not perks, they're essential rights 📣  

🎄 Christmas Guinness drought as workers announce eight days of pay strikes 😨 🍺 Say cheers to fair pay for Guinness workers in Belfast

📣 We are striking for a living wage, equal pay rates for young workers & full union rights Support our young Unite members. Comment, share & tell Village Hotels to pay up now!

🚨BREAKING: “With fire and rehire and zero hours contracts not being banned, the Employment Rights Bill is already unrecognisable. These constant row backs will only damage workers’ confidence that the protections promised will be worth the wait” @unitesharon.bsky.social 

📣 "Cut sanctions. Not benefits", Unite Community & disability activists tell MPs. Benefits cuts & sanctions bite hard as the cold comes in. Cold Homes Kill ❄️

🏦 “Who pays? And whose side is Labour on?” These are the questions @unitesharon.bsky.social asks on the eve of #Budget2026 

🤔 Why are your bills going up again? Ofgem today announced another rise on the energy cap.  🚀 Bills are rocketing as temperatures plunge. 💰 Energy companies made £30bn in profits. The average UK houseold paid £500 of your bill straight to the profits of these companies

✊ It started with @bhamcitycouncil.bsky.social taking £8k from WRCO workers, then they took £8k from drivers, now agency workers are being bullied & overworked & are joining the strike. 😡 Birmingham Council should stop this mess & negotiate now!

🚨 BREAKING🚨 Agency workers on Birmingham bins to walk out with council colleagues ✊ "Agency & directly employed workers alike in Birmingham council’s refuse service have the union’s complete & utter support” @unitesharon.bsky.social

✈️ ‘I work at one of the UK’s major airports and can’t afford to fly on holiday’. This week is #LivingWageWeek & Unite members are fighting for a wage they deserve. Pls comment, share & show your support ✊

💰£5.6 Million. That's what @bhamcitycouncil.bsky.social has paid Job & Talent to break the bins strike. And now it seems they may be colluding to blacklist agency workers. Shame! 😡

#EnergyBills have shot up by 42% since 2021, leaving households struggling to get by. Meanwhile foreign countries and the world’s richest individuals are feasting on huge energy #profits 😳 In fact, £500 from every household's bill goes as energy profits every year 📈 🙏 NOVO

💰Of all new wealth created since 2020, the richest 1% has taken 40% of it! Meanwhile the bottom half of humanity saw its wealth grow by just 1%. This shocking stat is from a new report by Nobel Prize-winning economist @josephestiglitz.bsky.social Is it time to tax wealth Rachel Reeves?

💰 “Households are being fleeced pure & simple. Energy bills up by 42% since 2021, whilst energy companies made £30bn profit in just 1 yr. The govt is turning a blind eye to these excessive profits. That must change. Everyday people cannot continue to pay” @unitesharon.bsky.social  shorturl.at/XJO5A

Defective equipment, no sick pay & ‘blackmail’😳 Birmingham Bin agency staff have come forward with what happens behind the scenes at Job & Talent - the refuse agency that currently has a contract with Birmingham City Council. It’s no wonder workers are balloting to strike 📣

INVESTIGATE NOW! 🤯 Watch a manager from Job&Talent agency reporting conversations with senior managers at @bhamcitycouncil.bsky.social about blacklisting agency workers. “The managers involved must be suspended & an independent investigation swiftly established” @unitesharon.bsky.social

🥳 Good news!! (As long as you are a banker) “Better-than-expected results from big banks” Barclays today announced income of £7.2bn - up 9% year-on-year; pre-tax profits of £2.1bn for 3 months to the end of Sep; and a £500mn share buyback! 🕙 Time to tax excessive wealth and profits

There is just no money. Really? #WealthTax