Our Union, our Disputes, our Sector in Danger
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Solidarity is the way to rebuild
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Build the reballot
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We need to debate the action we need to win
Our Higher Education strikes this week are essential for the future of our …
Keep up the strikes!
The MAB is ending, but the fight goes on
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 …
HEC report 14 August 23 – Two steps forward, one step back
HEC agrees to call strike action before the end of the ballot period and launch reballot as soon as possible.
But HEC was also told that this reballot would take five weeks to prepare, which was a shock to those …
What is going on in the HE national negotiations?
Summary
- These talks concern ending the Marking and Assessment Boycott
- Pay, casualisation, workload and pay gaps are not on this table: at best, these talks may lead to restarting negotiations
- Employers are not making an improved pay offer, but have
No more ‘pauses’ – no suspension of action! Strike to win!
Tuesday’s #UCURising reps briefing has caused a huge amount of confusion ahead of our six days of strike action.
No new information about progress in the talks materialised.
All we learned was that there ‘may’ be some progress on USS, …
HEC votes to call escalating action
The UCU Higher Education Committee (HEC) met on Thursday 12 January to review the union’s industrial action strategy in both disputes.
What is at stake
First, the Committee Secretary and elected UCU negotiators reported on the progress of pay negotiations.…
The Cost Of Living Crisis is Biting Now – Escalate to Win
#NoCapitulation
The General Secretary has followed up the video she released last week, in which she questioned the HEC’s decisions on industrial action, with a proposal of her own. In a glossy document, she sets out a timetable for limited …
For action that can win – shut down the campuses!
After weeks of silence and prevarication, the General Secretary has finally announced the decisions on industrial action taken by the Higher Education Committee (HEC).
We welcome the news that the marking and assessment boycott (MAB) is to be notified to …
Time to get organised to win the HE ballot!
UCU members will need to get organised to win the ballots in Higher Education. After the UCU Rising campaign on Wednesday 10th August, it’s all hands on deck to deliver the hard-hitting, ‘transformative’ campaign promised by UCU HQ.
We are …
HEC report 1 July 2022
HEC unites around a programme to rebuild the disputes
The Higher Education Committee met on Friday to discuss the state of the industrial action campaigns over Four Fights and USS. It was the first opportunity for HEC to meet since …