The results of the e-ballot over the continuation of the Marking and Assessment Boycott (MAB) will be a surprise to many. Although overall 60% of members voted to end the MAB early (on a 27% turnout), HEC members were told …
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KEEP the MAB ON
Under Continued Uncertainty (UCU) continues to respond to member demands for action with delays and inaction.
At the Special HEC, belatedly held on 14th August, motions for strike action in September under the current mandate and a reballot to …
UCU Left Pre-BDM Open Meeting
An HEC has finally been called for Monday 14 August to be preceded by a Branch Delegate Meeting on Friday 11 August.
Please come to an open meeting of the UCU Left at 7pm on Tuesday 8 August to discuss
A Different Education is Possible: but only if we fight for it
The ongoing Marking & Assessment Boycott (MAB) has hit the employers, exposing splits and divisions amongst them. But to date has not yet broken through. This isn’t because the form of action – backed up by strikes in response to …
The fight for a new settlement in FE begins – all out in the Autumn
Around 150 branches in Further Education colleges are preparing to ballot over a new settlement for FE. UCU FE members are demanding an inflation + 2% pay rise, an England-wide binding bargaining and workload agreement.
The consultative ballot results, where …
‘Unofficial’ Branch Delegate Meeting 2pm 29 June
London Region and Newcastle and LJMU UCU branches are inviting delegates and observers from HE branches across the UK to attend an ‘unofficial’ Branch Delegates Meeting (BDM) on the JNCHES pay and conditions (Four Fights) dispute.
This meeting will be …
NEC Report 16 June 2023
The newly-constituted UCU National Executive Committee (NEC) met for the first time post Congress. The principal business of the first NEC meeting is usually fairly routine: to agree timetables for the year, and protocols in the absence of officers in …
Why we need peace in Ukraine
Online meeting
6.30pm Tuesday 20 June
A meeting for UCU members, other trade unionists and Stop The War supporters
Register here: https://tdy.lol/lmOUC
Lindsey German – Stop the War Coalition
Tariq Ali – Author, activist and journalist
Sean Vernell – UCU …
No to redundancies at Brighton University!
Some 500 people demonstrated on Saturday against the assault on jobs at Brighton University. Despite having received more than 80 ‘volunteers’ for redundancy, the University is still insisting that 26 more must be forced out of their jobs. More than …