Chesterfield College UCU steps up campaign of industrial action against threatened compulsory redundancies at the college.

UCU Left report back on the debates and decisions of congress.

A further contribution to the debate on financial strategy – a response to the National Officers’ document.

AoC takes pay offer off the table as all unions move to reject it.

UCU Left sends solidarity Greetings to University Solidarity Russia.
From their website;
An independent Russian university teachers’ union has been set up at a conference in Moscow …

70 Jobs under threat.
Lecturers prepare to take action to defend education provision.
Lecturers at Chesterfield College, members of the University & College Union (UCU) are preparing …

The UCU is facing a crisis. Some say that this crisis is a financial crisis. In fact, it is a financial crisis that is being transformed into a political crisis as some in the leadership of the union seek to use the fall in membership as an opportunity to turn the union away from campaigning for members’ terms and conditions, and in defence of public education, towards a servicing model of trade unionism.

Compulsory redundancies for UCU staff back on the agenda. Member representation and union democracy cut.

Sussex Occupation under threat of eviction, get down there, or contact them and the VC to show your support for the occupation.

The main discussion was around the finances of the union. Having a packed agenda and a long discussion on the finances meant that some agenda …