Sean Vernell

5 January 20235 January 2023

2023: The year our side breaks through or another missed opportunity?

Twenty twenty-two will be remembered as the year that organised labour returned. More strike days have been lost since the summer than any time since 2011. Perhaps more importantly than the numbers is the attempt to coordinate the action across …

17 January 202117 January 2021

No return to unsafe workplaces – ballot to defend education workers, students and communities

a student facing away from the camera, in shadow, between rows of library bookshelves

Jo Grady’s statement in today’s papers threatening strike action against any premature return to campus and face-to-face teaching should be applauded.

UCU is saying clearly that we will not allow employers to put staff and students at risk as they …