We enter the new semester knowing, yet again, the resolve of UCU members to fight for the defence of higher education. We now have a further 38 institutions balloting to join the action over USS and the ‘Four Fights one Dispute’ pay inequalities campaigns. There must be no wavering in our resolve to fight for the whole sector

The Four Fights over pay inequalities and the fifth fight over USS pensions is growing. New branches are being balloted to join the campaigns. Now is not the time for hesitation or cold feet. Linking the issues and uniting members in escalating action is the way to win.

The motions passed by the HE Special Conference on Friday have now been published. https://www.ucu.org.uk/hesc_Dec19
The mood of the conference was buoyant after eight days of …

Saturday’s Democracy Congress saw a mobilisation by the right-wing ‘Independent Broad Left’ (IBL) to block rule changes proposed by the UCU’s Democracy Commission intended to …

UCU Congress in 2019 proposed running the ballots for pay inequalities and USS pension disputes together and combining our strike action for both disputes as a means to maximise the unity of our union.

Fight for a future! • Support the university strikes!
Solidarity with School Student Climate Strike
Demonstrate: Friday 29 November 2019
Assemble: 11am Malet Street, London WC1E 7HY
March: 12 …

The strikes in the 60 universities which got over the 50 percent ballot threshold will undoubtedly win enthusiastic support. Those of us who didn’t quite …

Build the HE strikes: organise to win

UCU has called eight days of strike action over Higher Education pay and USS pensions before Christmas, one full …

ACTION WORKS: UNITY WORKS
UCU members at Bradford College have achieved three hugely significant wins:

After a major restructure no compulsory redundancies
5 extra days holiday
a new agreement …