Greta Thunberg has called for the next global school student strike on the 20th September. This strike will kick off a week of climate action which finishes on the 27th September. It looks set to be one of the biggest
Higher Education Committee Report 28th June 2019
HEC report 28th June 2019: One small step for HEC: One giant step for UCU.
Jo McNeil and Mark Abel were elected as Vice Chairs of the HEC for pre and post 92 sectors respectively. The overwhelming support they …
NO TO VICTIMISATION, NO TO RACISM, REINSTATE DAVE MURITU
Urgent action update: Sudanese military launch attack against the Khartoum sit-in, many dead and injured
Sudanese military and militia forces are attacking the sit-in outside the Army Command in Khartoum, where thousands of protesters have gathered since 6 April to demand a peaceful transition to civilian rule, the Sudanese Professionals Association said in a statement …
UCULeft Congress Report 2019: Transformed Union says we will fight for all members, pay & pensions and post 16 education!
This year’s congress saw the exciting outcome of the the USS and FE strikes which transformed the union and led to the election of a left, grassroots general secretary – Jo Grady. (Click here for full analysis.)
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UCU GS Election: Union takes a leap to the left
UCU General Election (GS) result marks a significant shift to the left. The election of Jo Grady as the new UCU general secretary demonstrates that members want a break from the past. Jo Grady stood on a platform of no …
Winning nationally and locally on Pay and conditions in FE
Two years ago UCU’s Further Education Committee launched a pay campaign which broke from the industrial action campaigns of the past. We launched a series of nationally coordinated local strikes. The changed approach is not what many of us preferred. …
Hot off the Press! Jo McNeill launches her HE manifesto!
Read the manifesto first here!
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The UCU General Secretary election opens TODAY and closes on May 23rd.
This is the most important election for our union yet turnout is traditionally very low (13.7% last time).
We know …
The power of NO: defending the post 92 contract
The power of the simple word ‘No’ cannot be over-estimated when it represents the collective will of organised workers (whether ‘by hand’ or ‘by brain’).
For the last two years, management at Liverpool John Moores University have been developing massive …