The Academic Gig Economy: Defending Casualised Workers in the Lockdown

Join the national webinar
7.30pm Monday 6th of April.
Hosted by UCU Left
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End tuition fees and market competition

Covid-19 is a wake-up call for the whole of society.
Higher Education faces an existential financial crisis just as university researchers bend every effort to defeat Covid-19…

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Join the UCU Left to discuss the crisis, its impact on our jobs and how we should organise as trade unionists to fight for the …

We have been plunged into a crisis on a scale which exceeds the experience of any of us. At one level, it is a crisis …

UCU’s NEC met last Friday in the context of a global Coronavirus pandemic. It was followed by a short emergency HEC, called in response to …

On Thursday 12 March, Boris Johnson spoke to the UK press flanked by his scientific advisors. Live on air he told Britain “your loved ones …

The outbreak of the Coronavirus COVID-19, has created panic across the globe.  The Italian government has just placed 16 million people under quarantine. Schools, universities, …

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We have had an incredible three weeks’ worth of strike action. Members have responded magnificently to the Four Fights and USS disputes. …

Dear colleagues
We are writing as UCULeft ‘Four Fights’ negotiators who have been engaged in complex negotiations which are ongoing.
It is important to note that these …

After the first five of our 14 strike days, the employers are looking for ways to settle. There were talks last week in both …