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Why I’m standing for UCU VP
Vote for Elane Heffernan UCU NEC FE Disabled members rep
Election re-run
The election of a representative of disabled members from the FE sector is being re-run due to an error made by Electoral Reform Services. You should have received a new ballot paper (yellow) – please do not use …
UCU Left National Conference 2016 – Save the date – Saturday 24th of September
UCU Left National Conference 2016.
Defend education from the cradle to the grave – a strategy to win.
*Saturday 24th of September 10:30 – 4:30pm – Birkbeck London*
There are huge shifts taking place in British Politics. Cameron has resigned …
The Year Ahead
Defend the Rights of Refugees
The world is facing the worst refugee crisis since the end of World War II. Wars and interventions in the Middle East have led to instability in Iraq and Syria, the exacerbation of sectarian religious …
Labour leadership contest: Why it matters to every UCU member.
UCU is not affiliated to any political party however the outcome of the Labour leadership contest is a concern for every UCU member. Jeremy Corbyn’s (JC) exciting leadership challenge has articulated what millions of people think and feel about …
The fight is not over: Solidarity with the people of Greece.
Wednesday’s magnificent general strike by public sector workers in Greece was a mass show of defiance against the attempts by the Troika (the European Central Bank, the European Commission, and the International Monetary Fund) to impose further savage cuts …
Report from HEC on 26 June 2015
1. HEC received a report on a consultative e-ballot that the union had carried out over a two-week period. A 53.5% majority of members voted to REJECT the offer of 1%, on a 32% turnout and a marginally greater majority …
London-Wide FE strike over job cuts – Tuesday 23rd June 2015
Congratulations to Hackney, Croydon, Lewisham and Southwark, College of North East London, College of North West London and Greenwich College for striking and taking the fight to the doorstep of the education department directly responsible for the 24% cut in …
J20: The birth of a movement
Over a quarter of a million people poured on to the streets of London and Glasgow for the vibrant and angry People’s Assembly ‘End Austerity’ demonstrations on Saturday. Six weeks after the election of a Tory government, people from every …
They don’t speak for us: the need for a new political representation.
At this year’s UCU Congress delegates voted for a motion calling upon UCU to organise a conference to discuss political representation. The motion said,
‘The situation is now both politically unstable and an historic crisis of failed political representation for …