Gawain Little - General Federation of Trade Unions

09/10/2026

👋Meet Tara, one of our

In the day job, Tara supports customers to access their pensions.

“I’m an Activist for Aegis because I believe in making changes to the community around us , and to the workplace as a whole.“

Register for our Zoom LIVE on 15 October @ 12 noon, to join our growing community of activists.

Link to register in the comments 👇🔗

08/10/2026

🚨Over 700+ secondary teachers are backing our Charter.

We're calling on Government to deliver urgently needed change, see the images in post for our key demands.

🖋️ Sign up to support our charter

🔁 Share the charter.

Take action via the links in comments.

08/10/2026

The Right to Food Commission has launched its brand-new report, setting out a clear plan to deliver food security by 2035.

Now it’s time to turn that plan into action.

✍️ Write to the Andy Burnham today and call for a legal Right to Food. Link in comments

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07/10/2026

🚨 1 week to go until our launch zoom.

📺 🔁 Watch and share Christiana, one of our activists at Yorkshire Building Society.

Register to join our LIVE zoom call via the link in comments 👇

07/10/2026

Sunday was an important anniversary for our movement.

We remembered the power of our communities when they unite together in opposing racism and the far right.

I was honoured to co-chair the opening rally of Cable Street 90.

They shall not pass | They did not pass.

(c) Photo credit Ivor Riddell

06/10/2026

🍎 The GFTU Educational Trust's Bitesize: Employment Law series is new and improved for their best programme yet.

✊ Delivered in partnership with The Institute of Employment Rights.

👉 Designed to fit around you, this flexible 10-week correspondence course lets you learn at your own pace.

📌 Every Monday at 6pm, you'll receive a thought-provoking video and a set of questions to work through whenever it suits you - there are no live sessions, so you stay in control of your learning.

Limited spaces available. Check the comments for the link 👇

06/10/2026

Our general secretary, Gawain Little - General Federation of Trade Unions, has just sent the below congratulations letter to Alasdair McDiarmid 👇

👏Good luck in your new role as general secretary of Community union.

04/10/2026

Patient work on class issues can help turn the tide against the far right

One of the lessons highlighted by the anti-fascists of the 1930s is that confronting fascism physically and ideologically must go hand in hand with solid alternatives on the social and economic issues that affect its supporters.

Read and share my article on today’s important anniversary in the The Morning Star: https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/patient-work-class-issues-can-help-turn-tide-against-far-right

ON October 4 1936, 90 years ago, the local Jewish community, Irish dockers, unemployed workers, trade unionists, socialists and communists came together to defend the East End of London against Oswald Mosley’s fascists and stopped them from marching down Cable Street.Now, 90 years later, once agai...

04/10/2026

Off to London for Cable Street 90 commemorations. 1936 - 2026

They did not pass! They shall not pass!

04/10/2026

Off to London for Cable Street 90 commemorations. 1936 - 2026

They did not pass! They shall not pass!