General Strike NowNov 17, 2023

Not a single day of national strike action has been called since March 22, despite a ballot in April returning an 85.6 percent vote to strike.

The UCU bureaucracy’s feigned outrage over anti-democratic legislation the trade unions have never challenged as a cover shutting down strikes it opposed from the very start.#UniversityandCollegeUnion #ballot #JoGrady #UCEA #UCULeft
University and College Union capitulates, ending years long UK higher education dispute

University and College Union capitulates, ending years long UK higher education dispute

The UCU bureaucracy’s feigned outrage over anti-democratic legislation the trade unions have never challenged as a cover shutting down strikes it opposed from the very start.

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Show threadGeneric white guy SysAdminSep 23, 2023
@alexprichard My first thought is: "we will get a trash offer from #UCEA in the next round if we don't", which is understandable. But strike-loss & higher pay-rise might negate each other. And it doesn't solve the institutional inequity problem...
Show threadGeneric white guy SysAdminSep 23, 2023
@alexprichard Cannot imagine union relations with #UCEA getting any better while the UK still has a #Tory government. And that's unlikely to change for at least another year. 😭
Show threadDoctorMikeReddySep 1, 2023
My pay from August £1278.91 (~58% deduction) due to #UCU Marking and Assessment Boycott (MAB). At the end of September, another month I’ll have pay withheld, when the current union action mandate ends I will have approx three months extra work to do marking alongside my normal full time duties. #UCEA have made clear that unpaid wages won’t be returned to us, and no increased pay offer. I’m £000s in debt now. Keep fighting!
#ucuRISING
Generic white guy SysAdminAug 13, 2023
@sylviademars This would require folks to openly and honestly deal with fiscal realities. And like the #Tories and #Brexit, a sizeable block of #UCU wishes to live in an invented past of their own creation. Also #UCEA wishes to protect the cartel, so deviants will be punished. So here we sit going nowhere.
Benjamin S-B Aug 7, 2023
Just refused the 3rd PhD examination this year in line with the #MAB (assessment boycott). Feeling terrible for the students, and my stressed colleagues who are trying to sort out vivas 😰Hoping against all odds that #UCEA are going to see the light eventually. @ucu @academicsunite #UCU #ichBinHanna #UCURising #FairPayForFairWork
RajJul 26, 2023
Ran out of the Kelvin Gallery at the end of the staff conference this afternoon to join my union branch at the main gate to call on #UCEA to #SettleTheDispute and pay up!
Alex PrichardJul 12, 2023

This is a clip of Edinburgh staff/student solidarity network smashing it out of the park at their graduation ceremony yesterday. I’m not sure what’s a better watch, their protest, or the speaker’s efforts to stumble through #UCEA anti-union tag lines!!!???!!!

#solidarity #ucu

https://twitter.com/sssn_edi/status/1678838023851573254?s=46&t=91tYdzBOliC0MtaVEoNEXQ

Staff-Student Solidarity Network Edinburgh on Twitter

“📢 PAY YOUR WORKERS 📢 This amazing video from the ECA graduations today show that students know what needs to be done to solve this dispute 💪”

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UK’s University and College Union steps up efforts to end higher education workers’ struggle
UK’s University and College Union steps up efforts to end higher education workers’ struggle

In an attempt to shut down the boycott entirely, the UCU agreed last week to a new meeting with the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA). Since imposing a pay deal of between 5 and 8 percent in March, the UCEA has insisted it will not consider any further increase.

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Show threadPeter GrayJul 11, 2023
#QUB statement on expulsion from #UCEA