Dan Smith

Trade union organiser, socialist, campaigner, Morning Star reader, LFC fan, comedy buff, coffee lover & supporter of Cuba, Venezuela & Palestine

[Dan Smith @DanSmith267]

Big win by @NorthWestUNISON members at the Countess of Chester to defeat privatisation proposals ✊

There should be no room for profiteering in public services

[UNISON North West @NorthWestUNISON]

🚨BREAKING - NHS OUTSOURCING PROPOSALS DEFEATED

Huge victory as Security Officers at the Countess of Chester come together in UNISON to defeat disastrous outsourcing proposals.

🤝 Public services must be run in the public interest - not to line the pockets of profiteers

[UNISON North West Young Workers @UnisonYouthNW]

We’re excited to announce we will be running our Summer Organising School again this year!

This year’s school will be a great opportunity to: build confidence, learn practical organising skills, meet other young members, and get more involved 💜

See the link below to register!

[UNISON North West @NorthWestUNISON]

Powerful members rally made up of estates, facilities and procurement members across Blackburn, Burnley, Clitheroe, Preston, Chorley, Blackpool, Lancaster, Westmorland and Furness Hospitals this morning in Blackburn to fight back against back door privatisation 📣

[UNISON North West @NorthWestUNISON]

When you head to the ballot box today, vote for candidates who will stand up for public services 🗳️✊

[UNISON North West @NorthWestUNISON]

📣ONLINE PUBLIC MEETING📣

Do you support care workers in Lancashire?

Come along to our online public meeting on Thursday 23rd April to learn more about how to support them against the threat posed by Reform UK in the upcoming local elections ✊

https://t.co/PdzMbODky9

[UNISON North West Young Workers @UnisonYouthNW]

Day 1 of our Young Members Political School kicked off with a session on climate change and its impact on workers’ lives as part of the Year of Green Activity.

We also honoured Bob Kelly, the Oldest Young Member, for his support for young members 👏🏽

We look forward to tomorrow!

[UNISON North West Young Workers @UnisonYouthNW]

Last weekend Young Members from our region attended Skills for Strength and took part in various workshops, including on Organising Migrant Workers.

We also ran a workshop on turning young members into activists.

When young workers organise, our movement grows stronger! 💚💜

[Dan Smith @DanSmith267]

UNISON members coming together to send a clear and powerful message that they will oppose the privatisation of the NHS every step of the way 💪

Defend jobs, defend services, defend the NHS ✊

[UNISON North West @NorthWestUNISON]

Estates, Facilities and Procurement workers at Blackburn Hospital in @ELHT_NHS have voted to begin a formal consultative strike ballot over potential plans to move their jobs into a Subco 💥

Incredible energy in the room, staff are ready to fight 💪

[UNISON North West @NorthWestUNISON]

This weekend UNISON North West held our annual organising conference Skills for Strength⚡

Activists across the region listened to other experienced organisers, took part in workshops and developed skills that can be immediately taken back to strengthen power in workplaces ✊

[UNISON - UK's largest union @unisontheunion]

An inspiring weekend at UNISON North West’s #SkillsForStrength 2026
💜✊

General secretary Andrea listened to members in the Migrant Worker session on strong worker‑led campaigns.

We heard from Northern Care Alliance Critical Care staff, preparing for strike action.

[UNISON North West @NorthWestUNISON]

👏Care workers in Lancashire stand together against budget cuts & threats of privatisation.

🛑The Reform council voted AGAINST amendments taking privatisation & outsourcing off the table.

The mask was barely on before it slipped!

Reform in power = cuts & job losses 👎

[UNISON North West Young Workers @UnisonYouthNW]

Today young members attended our second Organising School!
Sessions were planned and facilited by own young members 💜
It was a fantastic day and it was brilliant to have both new and experienced activists attending. Our movement is growing and going from strength to strength!💪🏽

[UNISON - UK's largest union @unisontheunion]

HUGE UNISON NORTH WEST WIN 🎉👏✊

Amazing win for families and residents of Lancashire care homes saved from closure by the Reform-led council after protests and campaign!
https://t.co/kf6CdMnTeI

[Dan Smith @DanSmith267]

A warning that Reform councils will try to attack public services - and a demonstration that workers and communities can beat them if they stand together to oppose cuts and privatisation

[UNISON North West @NorthWestUNISON]

HUGE UNISON NORTH WEST WIN 🎉👏✊

Now Lancashire Reform MUST commit to keeping day centres open and care homes in public hands

[UNISON - UK's largest union @unisontheunion]

📹📢 Yesterday, overseas staff working in social care and the NHS travelled to Westminster to lobby MPs over plans to restrict visa rules for care workers.

💜✊ Today, on #InternationalMigrantsDay, we recognise the migrant workers whose voices were at the heart of that lobby.

[UNISON North West @NorthWestUNISON]

Hundreds of care workers converged on parliament to demand that MPs end a bullying, hostile visa system.

The government needs to step in and stop private firms hyper exploiting the people that prop up our public services.

💜💚

[UNISON North West @NorthWestUNISON]

🚨 Breaking news

Hundreds of migrant care workers are assembling outside of parliament to demand an end to the unfair visa system.

Solidarity forever 💜

[UNISON North West @NorthWestUNISON]

Next stop: Parliament! 🏁

Migrant care workers brace an early start in Liverpool. They are joining hundreds of UNISON members to demand an end to exploitation caused by the visa system ✊️

[UNISON North West @NorthWestUNISON]

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Lancashire care workers and residents face vicious attacks by the new Reform UK council.

Five care homes and day centres are ‘under review’.

If these vital care services close, 300 people could lose their jobs and hundreds of people may lose their homes.

[Matthew Brown @MatthewBrownLab]

No ifs, no buts. Myself and the entire @prestonlabour Group stand shoulder to shoulder with Unison members including supporting any industrial action that challenges the vicious attacks by the Reform led LCC on Lancashire care workers and residents.