UCU Left is committed to building a democratic, accountable campaigning union which aims to mobilise and involve members in defending and improving our pay and conditions and defending progressive principles of education.
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- Conditional Indexation FAQs
1. What is Conditional Indexation (CI)? Indexation is the amount your pension is increased each year to take account of inflation. In conditional indexation this is not guaranteed, but depends on market forces and possibly other factors, such as governance structures and who makes the decisions. 2. How would this affect our current USS pension scheme? … - Organising to Win in Post-16 Education and Beyond: Unity & Solidarity not Warfare & Division.
Sunday 2nd November11 – 12.30 public meeting, followed by UCU Left AGM 12.30 – 1pm Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/o-uI_I2ATJmXe8_l90KlNA Speakers:Maria Chondrogianni, UCU PresidentSerafeim Rizos, Greek trade unionists and teacher involved in the recent General Strike around PalestineWilf Sullivan, former TUC Race Equality OfficerLaura Miles, author of Transgender ResistanceSpeakers from HE (Donna Brown) and FE (Regi Pilling) From October, members in … - Book Launch: Why Boycott Israeli Universities?
The British Campaign for the Universities of Palestine (BRICUP), to which UCU is affiliated, has called a public meeting to launch the newly-revised Second Edition of the pamphlet, Why Boycott Israeli Universities, at the NEU Headquarters, Hamilton House in Camden on the evening of 21 October. The meeting will also discuss how to build support for the Academic Commitment for Palestine. Please …Continue reading “Book Launch: Why Boycott Israeli Universities?”
- Unite against the far right
Speakers include Diane Abbott MP and Jo Grady 6.30pm tonight – https://bit.ly/UniteAgainstTheFarRight On 13 September over 100,000 people joined fascist Tommy Robinson on the biggest Far Right protest in British history. The protest was backed by the world’s richest man, Elon Musk. The marched followed a summer of violent Far Right led protests at asylum seeker … - FEC report back and how to build your GTVO campaign
At the Further Education Committee last week (26th September), there was a clear agreement that UCU must use its collective strength to campaign for FE, Adult Education and Prisons. At the end of this message are the text of all 3 motions that were all overwhelmingly carried. At the recent National Joint Forum, the Association of College …Continue reading “FEC report back and how to build your GTVO campaign”
- Join the Fight Against the Far Right
Education, immigration & racism…Unite against the far right Wednesday 8 October 6.30pmJo Grady•UCU general secretary Maria Chondrogianni•UCU presidentKevin Courtney•Stand Up To Racism trade union officerCharlotte Khan•Care4CalaisSamira Ali•Women Against the Far Right Zoom: https://bit.ly/EducationUnite-081025 - The UK HE Pay and Redundancies Campaign and Local Fights Against Job LossesThe UK-wide ballot on pay and redundancies was announced this week. Ballot papers will go out on 20 October. All five trade unions are in dispute, and, in an unprecedented step, the unions are coordinating their ballots. This dispute is about far more than pay. At stake are our jobs, our national agreements on workload, teaching …
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- Newcastle and Dundee – How to Win in a Crisis
A Crisis in the Making The Market Experiment in UK Higher Education visibly began to collapse in 2024-25, with a series of universities reporting shortfalls and deficits of the order of tens of millions of pounds amid reports from forecasting bodies identifying evidence of sector-wide structural deficits.[i] Reports of tens of thousands of job cuts taking …Continue reading “Newcastle and Dundee – How to Win in a Crisis”
- UCU Congress 2025 – UCU Left Report
UCU Congress 2025 took place at a critical time as our sectors face a deepening crisis. In HE 10,000 jobs are set to go, and another 10,000 at risk next year. In Adult Education pay rises have lagged behind FE and face funding cuts of up to 6%. In FE chronic underfunding and pay that continually … - For a negotiated and fair settlement of the dispute with UniteLiz Lawrence – Yorkshire and Humberside Regional Secretary This year UCU members and staff prepared for Congress in the context of a long-running dispute between UCU as an employer and the UCU staff union, UNITE. At Congress 2024 the employment sector conferences didn’t happen due to industrial action by UNITE. We recognise and support the right …
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