PicketLinePoetry
@PicketLinePoets
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Squad of poets who turn up on picket lines to show solidarity. Bringing poetry on to the picket line and the picket line into poetry.
London, England
Joined March 2017
At it early with @pcs_union @PcsBrit_Library pickets. A little verse and two score from a recent gig… into the strike fund here: https://t.co/kMkyH4u0uE Solidarity! That’ll work 😎✊😎 #pcsonstrike
@SERTUCCLIC @LGSMpride @TUFAC4 @PCSCultureGroup
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In one of the most ruthless instances of union-busting Rockstar Games fired 30+ @IWGB_GW members for NO OTHER REASON than to terrorize & silence them Join the IWGB in demanding their reinstatement! 📅 Thurs, 6 Nov 🕙 8 AM - 9 AM 📍Take-Two House, 30 Cleveland Street, London
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Up and at it around town… two @pcs_union picket lines - New Scotland Yard (honest, officer!) and the @PcsBrit_Library). Gigging this evening so funds from that will go here: https://t.co/kMkyH4u0uE Solidarity! That’ll work 😎✊😎 @PCSCultureGroup @SERTUCCLIC
@LGSMpride
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"Why I'll be on strike on 5 November." PCS members working as civilian police staff in the Met Police will take strike action on 5 November over the Met’s refusal to pay them a £1250 consolidated allowance to meet the cost of living in London, that has been paid to police
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If you work at @Tate_United VOTE YES for strike action over pay. The ballot closes on 11 November so get your ballot in the post today. In the recent survey, 72.2% of PCS members at the Tate said that your current salary is not enough to meet basic living costs, answering “I am
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Solidarity! That’ll work 😎✊😎
#NSSN standing with @pcs_union and its members on #strike at the #BritishLibrary
#BritishLibraryOnStrike @BritLibraryPCS @PCSCultureGroup @PCSL_SE @PicketLinePoets
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Up and at it early with @britishlibrarypcs More info (and strike fund) here: https://t.co/kMnzlG9Am1.
#poetryonthepicketline #pcsonstrike Solidarity! That’ll work 😎✊😎 @SERTUCCLIC @billybragg @LGSMpride
pcs.org.uk
More than 300 PCS members at the British Library in London are striking over their poverty wages for two weeks from Monday (27) to Sunday, 9 November and need your support in person and online.
#NSSN supporting #strike by members of @pcs_union at #BritishLibrary
@PCSCultureGroup @PCSL_SE @PicketLinePoets Read more - https://t.co/OwlCOeXg72
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🚨 Strike action confirmed 🚨 Resident doctors in England will walk out 7am, 14–19 Nov. We don’t take this step lightly but pay restoration and jobs can’t wait. 🔗 https://t.co/x6dUubNcEn
#PayRestoration #EndTrainingCrisis
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Out and about early with PCS Union members at Ofgem - on strike all this week. Please support here: https://t.co/kMkyH4uykc Solidarity! That’ll work 😎✊😎 @PCSL_SE @SERTUCCLIC @LGSMpride @TUC_LESE
#pcsonstrike
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At it again @pcs_union members on strike at the Palace of Westminster. Most of the great and the good in Brighton this time 🤨 Still we here with some poems and a sing-song. Solidarity! That’ll work 😎✊😎 Strike fund: https://t.co/kMkyH4uykc
@SERTUCCLIC @NSSN_AntiCuts
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Second @PCSL_SE picket line of the week - this time outside the Palace of Westminster, in support of security staff on strike there. Strike fund here: https://t.co/kMkyH4u0uE Solidarity! That’ll work 😎✊😎 Thanks to @NSSN_AntiCuts for the pics! @SERTUCCLIC @LGSMpride
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Up and at it with @pcs_union members on strike at MHCLG. Quick rendition of ‘Abracadabra’ and a bit of a singsong 😏 Strike fund here: https://t.co/kMkyH4u0uE Solidarity! That’ll work 😎✊😎 @PCSBroadLeft @PCS_IL @PCSL_SE @SERTUCCLIC @NSSN_AntiCuts @LGSMpride
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PCS members at UK energy regulator Ofgem will be out on the picket lines next week as hundreds of them take 3 days of strike action from Tuesday. Find out where they are and go and show your support #solidarity
https://t.co/pH96DkAttN
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Advertising tells you every day that you’re too old, too poor, too unfashionable. Why? Because unhappiness sells. In this video, I explain how advertising is deliberately designed to make you feel inadequate. https://t.co/S6kk4xx1k3
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“The wealthy are welcome to leave us…A tiny number might go, but if they do we won’t be worse off.” Capital flight is a myth. Wealth taxes now, whether they like it or not. @RichardJMurphy
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Spinners in partnership with writer Mark Jay have published his collection of punk poetry entitled GESHMACK. It’s available on https://t.co/b6pcAwloea
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Up and at it early with @BMAResidents Support here: https://t.co/v35VXMQbsZ Solidarity! That’ll work 😎✊😎 @LGSMpride @PCSL_SE @SERTUCCLIC
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A reminder for all incoming FY1s in England – if you’re scheduled to attend induction or shadowing during strike action, please make sure you attend. If not, you’re welcome to show your support on the picket lines! https://t.co/z1JukhLTTc
#PayRestoration @BMAstudents
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