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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General Strike NowSep 25, 2023
UCU's General Secretary Jo Grady seized on the ending of the marking boycott to cement relations with the employers and end the national strike, ...#UniversityandCollegeUnion #JoGrady #UCULeft #strike
University and College Union sabotages UK national higher education strike: Build rank and file committees to defend pay, conditions and pensions!
University and College Union sabotages UK national higher education strike: Build rank and file committees to defend pay, conditions and pensions!

The winding down of the strikes follows the end of the national marking and assessment boycott on September 6.

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Show threadGeneric white guy SysAdminSep 8, 2023
@alexprichard Their nonsense makes it very hard to support a resumption of the industrial action ballot mandate. I do not trust #uculeft members to make good policy.
Alex PrichardSep 8, 2023
Would #UCULeft please get in the sea. You are killing our union. #UCU
General Strike NowAug 16, 2023

Even now, following the suffocation of a powerful national strike ... their general secretary Jo Grady to concede and agree to hold a strike ...

The only Higher Education Committee faction to explicitly support an early strike ballot was the UCU Left, led by the Socialist Workers Party. But anyone looking to them for leadership will be cruelly disappointed.#HigherEducationCommittee #UCULeft #SocialistWorkersParty
University and College Union sanctions further UK strikes only to maintain control of its members

University and College Union sanctions further UK strikes only to maintain control of its members

The only Higher Education Committee faction to explicitly support an early strike ballot was the UCU Left, led by the Socialist Workers Party. But anyone looking to them for leadership will be cruelly disappointed.

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Alex PrichardMar 18, 2023
Hey, #UCUleft ! What’s the programme!? What are Monday’s strikes for? 2% and a cuddle?