ACORN the union
@ACORNunion
The union for the community. From housing to public transport, we use collective action to transform our communities and our country. Together we win!
The people who tell you rent controls don’t work/aren’t needed are the same people lining their pockets from this!
“The pressure has led to some tenants making decisions about jobs based on rent in the area, and parents who are helping their grown-up children with living costs.” When rent dictates your career and your parents are your safety net - the system is broken. We need rent controls…
“The pressure has led to some tenants making decisions about jobs based on rent in the area, and parents who are helping their grown-up children with living costs.” When rent dictates your career and your parents are your safety net - the system is broken. We need rent controls…
Day in, day out, we keep our members in their homes. There is power in our communities. We just have to build it!
Huge vibes at the Eviction Resistance in Spon End✊Abdoubaiyda & family were meant to be booted out their home by the agent but ACORN members stepped up to stop it! We're still organising negotiation meetings with the agent so we need members ready to act🙌
We keep people in their homes 💪 acorntheunion.org.uk/join
Huge vibes at the Eviction Resistance in Spon End✊Abdoubaiyda & family were meant to be booted out their home by the agent but ACORN members stepped up to stop it! We're still organising negotiation meetings with the agent so we need members ready to act🙌
Since this tweet 10 more people have been killed by Israel’s starvation campaign. We must act and if you’re looking for a direct way to help, please consider donating to @sameerproject. A Palestinian-led, grassroots initiative working tirelessly to deliver food, medical supplies…
1/3 of people in Gaza haven’t eaten for several days in a row. Huge swathes of the population are facing famine conditions. But this isn’t a famine. It’s forced starvation at the hands of the Israeli death machine. It’s genocide. And our government is complicit.
“One day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.”
1/3 of people in Gaza haven’t eaten for several days in a row. Huge swathes of the population are facing famine conditions. But this isn’t a famine. It’s forced starvation at the hands of the Israeli death machine. It’s genocide. And our government is complicit.
1/3 of people in Gaza haven’t eaten for several days in a row. Huge swathes of the population are facing famine conditions. But this isn’t a famine. It’s forced starvation at the hands of the Israeli death machine. It’s genocide. And our government is complicit.
Landlords rely on renters staying quiet when they steal your deposit. ACORN members don’t. We’ve clawed back hundreds of stolen deposits from landlords who think they’re untouchable. They’re not. Join ACORN. Take what’s yours. acorntheunion.org.uk/join
This is what social housing can (and should) be. Not just a place of last resort, left to crumble by councils, but a place to be proud to live. A place that we could all be proud that our country provides. It just takes the right policy choices!
More fantastic social housing in Barcelona, designed by Cierto Estudio Mass timber structure, with an amazing mint green and red colour scheme - a thread 🧵
We’re glad to see the Renters’ Rights Bill has passed through the House of Lords! Soon renters will finally see the fruit of hard fought campaigning: the back of no fault evictions, extortionate rent in advance, and short term contracts. But, the bill doesn’t do anywhere near…
Renters’ Rights Bill clears House of Lords bringing to end peers’ ‘tenant and landlord battle’ bigissue.com/news/housing/r…
💧 Ofwat has failed. Slaps on the wrist and tiny fines while private water companies line their pockets and fill our rivers with raw sewage. But the real issue is that PRIVATE water companies are concerned with profit, not providing a service. It’s time to nationalise them.
The Government’s decision to abolish Ofwat was inevitable given its “disgraceful” failure to get sewage-spilling water companies under control, insiders have told The i Paper trib.al/nHjt8PI
Just ridiculous. Building council housing isn’t just the right thing to do, it’ll save money in the long run!
🚨 Merton Council is paying thousands a month to a private landlord for this temp accommodation. Around £1,000 💷 per room. 7 rooms. No working oven. Leaks and Rats. Please watch and #RT 🙏🏽
🇵🇸 A message from @PSCC_Palestine: “Do not underestimate whatever actions you are doing for Palestine. Every single action is watering us and fostering our resolve. Because we know we are challenging the empires and capitalism all over the world.” bristol247.com/news-and-featu…
After over a decade of tireless campaigning by @orgreavejustice, a national inquiry into Orgreave has finally been confirmed! This is a welcome step towards justice for the miners, and means the truth about state attacks on striking workers can no longer be covered up.
ORGREAVE INQUIRY ANNOUNCED! The government have announced an inquiry will take place into Orgreave. Please see and share our press release otjc.org.uk/orgreave-truth…
WE THE CURIOUS OPEN FOR FREE ENTRY TODAY!! 🚩 ACORN Bristol has occupied the building. No tickets needed today - they've taken enough money from war profiteers anyway! CEO Donna speed: cut ties with the Israeli killing machine NOW! 🛑
If you have rented as a single parent in the last 5 years in the UK, fill in the survey below 👇 to add your voice and inform renters’ rights. forms.office.com/pages/response…
Single parent? Private renter? Let us know your experiences in our survey here: forms.office.com/e/JwxbbjqdXW All data will be anonymous and used to influence policy change to tackle single parent discrimination in housing. Pls RT
A year ago I was honoured to meet Mahmoud and begin the process of affiliating the PSCC to ACORN’s international federation. This event from Bristol Apartheid-Free Zone & @ACORN_Bristol is an opportunity to hear from the front lines of the Palestinian resistance. Be there.
🇵🇸 TODAY! Mahmoud is an organiser and leader with the @PSCC_Palestine which has spent decades community organising, and coordinating direct action and popular self-defence in villages & towns across the West Bank as they resist land theft, displacement, and settler violence.
Tomorrow we're welcoming Mahmoud Soliman once more to ACORN Bristol. Free tickets are available to this discussion on community centred activism in the face of militarized colonialism. ✊ 🇵🇸 hdfst.uk/e134017
How many more times will we see headlines like this until something changes? Our rivers have been treated as open sewers for years, while water companies hand out billions to shareholders and our bills rise. It’s time to nationalise.
Serious water pollution incidents up 60% in England bbc.in/40skjLH
Wages are held down while food and fuel prices are up yet again. The cost of living crisis is far from over. Join the fight back. Join ACORN acorntheunion.org.uk/join
UK unemployment jumps to highest since 2021 as wage growth slows itv.com/news/2025-07-1…