Barckley Sumner

Unite Communications Officer, Husband, Dad, Labour Party, Spurs fan and cricketer. Views my own

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London bus drivers are being pushed to their limits during heatwaves like this 🌡️

While temperatures hit 30°C+, driver cabs can soar above 40°C, creating dangerous working conditions that worsen fatigue, dehydration and stress.

Many drivers report faulty air conditioning, inadequate cooling systems, and pressure to keep buses running despite unsafe temperatures.

Some even avoid drinking water because they don't have reliable access to toilets.
This isn't just a workers' issue. it's a public safety issue. Fatigue caused by extreme heat can reduce concentration, slow reaction times and increase the risk of accidents.

Through our #FightFatigueNow campaign, we're demanding urgent action from Tfl and bus companies.

London's bus drivers deserve safe working conditions. Passengers deserve safe journeys. ✊

#busdriver #BusDrivers #Heatwave #LondonBuses #tfl

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What's in the 📦?
You won't believe this employers' answer to workplace fatigue! Really!! 👀

[Sharon Graham @UniteSharon]

Cambridge University have £8 billion in reserves, @Cambridge_Uni need to do the right thing by these workers and pay them fairly. We will support every education worker up and down the country. #Cambridge

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🪧 Health visitors in South Wales have been on strike for 3 months to win the pay rate the NHS said they should get.
These workers do an incredibly important job. They should be paid the rate!
📣 Time for @Plaid_Cymru's @RhunapIorwerth to act, make the Health Board see sense and get these women back to work with the fair deal they deserve!
@UniteWales

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💷 Paid below minimum wage
⏰ Unpaid extra work
📄 No payslips or contracts
New research shows 1 in 7 workers have their legal rights violated at work — rising to more than 1 in 4 of the most vulnerable workers.
These violations are rife in hospitality, where Megan works. That’s why workers like Megan are joining Unite ✊
https://t.co/EbucNKCAvP

[Barckley Sumner @BarckleySumner]

. @TheFixtureMan High Beach CC are looking for a home fixture this Sunday. We are on Essex/London border close to M25. Medium weak. Contact Barckley on 07985546180.

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Village Hotels management have spent hundreds of thousands bussing & flying in workers during the strike — yet still refuse to negotiate with their own staff 😳

Workers in Glasgow have now been on strike 3 months — the longest hotel strike in British history.
They’re demanding: Real Living Wage, equal pay and union recognition

Stand with them 📣👇

https://t.co/Yf4ypWcAbc

[Barckley Sumner @BarckleySumner]

I just wrote a @unitetheunion letter: Three months on strike, tell Village Hotels it's time to negotiate with it's workers!. Write one here: https://t.co/1SqAUPDH7f

[Unite For A Workers' Economy @UniteEconomy]

1 year on - still standing strong. ✊

Workers from all 3 depots joined the picket to mark the one-year anniversary of the all-out bin strike.

This is now over 12 months fighting back against cuts of up to £8,000 imposed by @BrumLabour and @UKLabour.

[John Simpson @JohnSimpsonNews]

Over the years I’ve been in many towns and cities when they were being bombed — in a few cases (Baghdad, Belgrade etc) by my own country. No matter what the justification, most of the victims have been entirely innocent. I’ve come to loathe the very thought of aerial bombardment.

[Unite For A Workers' Economy @UniteEconomy]

Did you see this car crash interview on ITV with @CllrMajid about the #BrumBinStrike earlier this week?

⁉️No answers to questions, just robotically churning out soundbites about 'open doors' and 'multiple offers' that have no basis in reality

😲Can't even say when @BhamCityCouncil last spoke to Unite (clue for Majid - it was last July)

🤦Claims ACAS are involved when @bhamlabour effectively abandoned ACAS talks

#Birmingham voters will be looking at this in utter disbelief.

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🤯A year of all out strike action by bin workers. A year of failure by @BhamCityCouncil
Birmingham's bin workers have been on strike for 365 days over attempts by their employer to snatch £8k a year from their pay.
The council has wasted £33m trying to break the strike & has failed to attend a single negotiation for nine months!

[Barckley Sumner @BarckleySumner]

Dangerous driver alert. Black Toyota EJ24 OZA sounded horn at me while cycling to school with daughter in Aylands Road, Enfield. Cars parked both sides, nowhere for me to go. Stopped him, told him he was dangerous. No apology. #dangerousdriver #cyclistsbeware

[Barckley Sumner @BarckleySumner]

Madness to lose skilled UK workers or export jobs to the United States.

[Barckley Sumner @BarckleySumner]

I just took action with @unitetheunion:
UK defence crisis – Starmer act now to defend jobs. Take action here: https://t.co/MlwRUDfDad

[Sharon Graham @UniteSharon]

There are many lessons that can be learnt from the origins of this dispute. The solidarity, determination and spirit of the striking workers and their supporters was without question.

As trade unionists this is something we should keep at the centre of our minds when we try to address the challenges that we can see coming up for workers in the years ahead. It is never too early to prepare, and we have to recognise that in some instances there is nothing some employers won’t do and indeed some governments won’t do.

It is clear the power of workers is in their trade unions. There is no knight on a white horse coming over the hill to save us, no matter the colour of their rosette.

It’s time to be union. #Wapping

[Jon Sopel @jonsopel]

Am beginning to think this is one bit of green land that should no longer be under Danish rule #COYS #TOTAST

[Barckley Sumner @BarckleySumner]

I just wrote a @unitetheunion letter: Tell Sports Direct - if you can slash prices, you can raise wages. Pay your staff properly this Black Friday!. Write one here: https://t.co/UhOh2rLuIZ

[Unite For A Workers' Economy @UniteEconomy]

It’s great to hear one of our elected representatives calling out bullying and GDPR breaches…oh wait

@CllrMajid you’re just embarrassing yourself now.

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🚨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. Labour needs to keep its promises” @UniteSharon