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 …
This week SOAS confirmed plans for up to 150 expected redundancies across its staff. The impact of these cuts will be devastating. Members of SOAS UCU will begin a ballot for industrial action from Monday 17th August, while the SOAS …
Vote to Reject the ‘offer’: Four Fights are more important than ever
Members are being asked to vote on the employers’ derisory ‘offer’ on pay and inequalities. It is important that we vote to reject their non-offer.
We live in …
Members of the UCU’s Higher Education Committee (HEC) met online for a half-day meeting to discuss the union’s position towards the two disputes, including the Four Fights offer.
HEC voted:
One of the Collegiate Campus picket lines in late November 2019
Excessive workloads are the scourge of the Higher Education sector, having been massively intensified over the last couple of decades, driven by marketisation – cutting costs, improving our ‘offer’, …
We have had an incredible three weeks’ worth of strike action. Members have responded magnificently to the Four Fights and USS disputes. Across the UK members have picketed, lobbied, organised teach-outs and demonstrated. Members’ unprecedented action …
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 negotiations have not yet resulted in an offer. Nothing is on the table …
After the first five of our 14 strike days, the employers are looking for ways to settle. There were talks last week in both disputes and more to follow this week.
Both sides know that the future direction of higher …
