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[350 dot org @350]

Meanwhile in London...

"We shouldn’t be the ones standing here, begging the world, begging banks, to divest from a problem that everyone knows the solution to. We need to be divesting from the fossil fuel industry, this is the only way we can insure that our homes are safe."

[TUC Young Workers @TUCYoungWorkers]

As #COP26 starts, join us to discuss climate change, a just transition and what the future is for young workers #YoungWorkersMonth

Register here https://t.co/idYBVyou3V

[SEIU @SEIU]

Long term care is broken in America, but we have an opportunity to change it for the better. Congress must invest in working families AND good, union home care jobs. #CareIsEssential #CareCantWait #InvestInCare #BuildBackBetter

[350 Europe (moved to Bluesky) @350Europe]

NOW: youth strikers from countries directly affected by the coal, oil and gas projects they finance are outside @StanChart in London to demand they #DefundClimateChaos #EndFossilFinance

[UNISON Capital @WorkerCapital]

UK Budget: The defined contribution pension charge cap is going to change - but by how much above the 0.75%, which of course is only for administration. Transaction costs can go up. Rishi Sunak today announced the Government will consult on changes to the regulatory charge cap.

[John Gray @grayee]

John's Labour blog: Why haven't the UK "top" Companies report on their workers deaths from Covid? PIRC report... https://t.co/5zW1v3OA24 @PIRC_news @WorkerCapital @workerscapital @ShareAction

[Jack Jones @jjonesTUC]

Depressingly predictable that plans to transfer money from working people's pensions to the pockets of private equity firms are badged as levelling up.

It isn't.

It's never been cheaper for govt to borrow. What does PE add apart from charges?

https://t.co/Y01un4nNeh

[Christina McAnea @cmcanea]

The government’s covid response was “one of the UK’s worst public health failures” according to Commons Committee report.

UNISON members already knew this and that’s why we demanded an urgent public inquiry.

https://t.co/Cr7Xuvt22A

#ToryCovidCatastrophe

[UNISON Capital @WorkerCapital]

Social Risks in the personal protective equipment (PPE) in the supply chain

In partnership with PIRC, find out more about the increased risks & exploitation during the #COVID19 pandemic.
https://t.co/N4jmNq4LG5

[UNISON Capital @WorkerCapital]

@PIRC_news @Atomicalandy We are contacting all of our LGPS reps and Trustees

[Dave Prentis @DavePrentis]

A late finish tonight the UNISON Centre, but great to spend socially distanced time with some of our great team after 9 long months. Proud of the way we have kept our union visible and there for our members throughout this crisis

[UNISON - UK's largest union @unisontheunion]

UNISON has signed an open letter to Pensions Minister @GuyOpperman in support of fossil fuel divestment. At least 10 Local Authority pension funds are redirecting their investments into clean energy solutions. Fossil fuels have no place in a #GreenEconomy https://t.co/poCdTK66O8

[EPSU @EPSUnions]

Unions campaign for #pension funds to stop funding fossil fuel investments. Examples from the UK. Great work. We need #GreenNewDeal and just transition to get out of #COVID19 economic crisis and create jobs @workerscapital @WorkerCapital @SharanBurrow @LudovicVoet @EU_AEIP

[UNISON Capital @WorkerCapital]

@TomPowdrill That's called a diversified portfolio

[UNISON Capital @WorkerCapital]

We signed the letter - stop fossil fuel

[Fossil Free Parliament @MP_FossilFree]

Dear @GuyOpperman, to make our pensions matter, we must stop financing climate-wrecking fossil fuels through them.

MPs, Councillors, financial experts, NGO heads, academics, and faith leaders agree.

Please read their open letter & back divestment! 🙏🌍
https://t.co/dIZp59W5a1

[Trades Union Congress @The_TUC]

BREAKING: Trade union membership rose by 91,000 over the last year.

Trade unions stand up for you, protect your rights and keep us all safe at work.

That’s been our mission for over 150 years - and it’s more important today than ever.

Join a union now. https://t.co/V0fgrXVA0o

[UNISON Capital @WorkerCapital]

May Day International Workers Day!
Support your fellow workers were ever they maybe.

[UNISON Capital @WorkerCapital]

The Supreme Court said...LGPS funds "consider themselves quasi-trustees who should act in the best interests of their members"

[UNISON Capital @WorkerCapital]

Government loses at Supreme Court LGPS must invest in scheme members interest https://t.co/mZ7rdEXuKa

[Dave Prentis @DavePrentis]

Proud that UNISON guidelines are being used by our 200 sister unions all over the world. That’s solidarity https://t.co/F0N5TZvZsq