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You really are taking the piss, aren't you? x.com/BruceHistorian…

Amazing turnout of Unite Scotland members at Strathclyde rallying to defend their pension this morning. Speeches including Scotland official Mary Senior offering solidarity from UCU

Slashing benefits to meet an arbitrary fiscal target would be unethical, short sighted and illogical. ❌ 2 in 5 people receiving disability benefits already experience hardship – meaning they are either unable to afford enough food, heat their home or pay household bills. 1/3

Our members out in force at the CoventryUCU march. Fighting back against hundreds of job cuts ✊ ⚠️ Join the Alternative Open Day and protest the cuts. 🧑‍🏫 Support staff 🧑‍🎓 Support students

The new rules will continue to allow the most unscrupulous firms to use this disgraceful practice. #FireAndRehire should be banned outright — no ifs or buts. morningstaronline.co.uk/article/employ…

How come UCU branches aren't asking employers to provide records that show staff are keeping within the working time directive, and that performance targets would not push them over the working time directive. And workers have time to take annual leave?

It's always frontline staff who have to "cut costs" or are forced into severance

Everyone should read this. Students of journalism, politics, and, frankly, psychology, should study it for years to come. It’s only 26 words; but it’s a complete illustration of the self-destruct of UK media. BRITISH JOURNALISM IS DEAD. BY SUICIDE.

Day 6. Our management seems to be happy with our students not being getting any lectures or seminars or labs or workshops. In the mean time, our teach outs are very well attended so it seems the students like to learn!

Members braved both rain and sun to attend the second day of our picket. Another great turnout that should bring management back to the negotiating table!

Newcastle University strike highlights crisis in UK higher education peoplesdispatch.org/2025/03/25/new…

TOMORROW! Pop by and have a chat with our Health & Safety rep in Ground Café about all kinds of matters, including the built environment, pollution, stress, workload, etc.

I was on the picket line at UEA this morning, supporting UCU strikers in their demanding for an end to compulsory redundancies. UEA UCU says join a union

A phenomenal turnout for the UEA UCU day of action. Staff and students are making their voice heard, striving for a future for Higher Ed that doesn't look as bleak as it does right now. #SaveUEA #UKHE #StopTheCuts UCU

🚨 ALERT TO UoN UCU MEMBERS🚨 You should have all received a consultative ballot on possible industrial action in your email today. Please fill this out as soon as you can and let your voice in the fight to save the REAL future of the university (us) be heard.

Job losses University of Derby and University of Lincoln, UK This follows announcements of losses at both Nottingham & both Leicester universities East Midlands joins the NE, Scotland & Wales -- major repercussions for local economy as Unis burn bbc.com/news/articles/…

Our branch president notes, members are "incredibly reluctant to take part" in any form of industrial action, but the "university is leaving us no choice". Infependent financial analysis has shown all along that "compulsory redundancies are not needed" bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Rethinking the state isn’t about mimicking the logic of start-up culture – rapid iteration, disruption and scaling to increase profits. Rather than learning how to win at all costs, governments need to learn how to collaborate, share, and diffuse better practices. Our latest for

Me on BBC News for Cardiff UCU✊🌱 on our reluctant industrial action: “It’s absolutely awful that our students are going to have to suffer for the mismanagement and terrible decisions taken by @CardiffUni bosses, but we’ve got huge student support.” youtu.be/7rUT7dWQW2s?si…

Happy Easter from our employer followed by an announcement that things are difficult and the University will be launching a voluntary severance package at the end of April (4 months after UCU members were dismissed via redundancy). Some fine management skills on display.