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Arguments against the 14 days strikes planned in HE are circulating in some quarters of the UCU. Some of these voices …

Elections for the UCU Vice President (VP), National Executive Committee (NEC) and trustees will take place beginning 31st January and closing on 4th March. As many members do not take …

We are entering a crucial phase in UCU’s two concurrent disputes. Our second wave of strikes represents an escalation in terms of strike days and …

Debate during the UCU elections has raised the question of why the UCU Left exists and why there are groupings and ‘factions’ in the union.

For …

One of the most serious and important debates in our union took place on Thursday at the Higher Education Committee of UCU over the two …

Members vote more than 3:1 Yes
14 more branches join the fight, 8 post-92
Over 50,000 HE members in 74 universities able to strike

The latest round of ballots …

Colleagues will have seen the email from UCU General Secretary Jo Grady today, Tuesday 28 February, announcing UCEA’s “final offer” on the Four Fights dispute.
This “final …

Nita chairing launch of Charter for Jobs in parliament.
The untimely death of Nita Sanghera is a shock to us all. The UCU and the labour …

We enter the new semester knowing, yet again, the resolve of UCU members to fight for the defence of higher education. We now have a further 38 institutions balloting to join the action over USS and the ‘Four Fights one Dispute’ pay inequalities campaigns. There must be no wavering in our resolve to fight for the whole sector

The Four Fights over pay inequalities and the fifth fight over USS pensions is growing. New branches are being balloted to join the campaigns. Now is not the time for hesitation or cold feet. Linking the issues and uniting members in escalating action is the way to win.