The LGBT+ conference took place on Saturday 5th December, via Microsoft Teams. It was attended by around 50 colleagues, and we heard from four guest speakers across two panels. Five new members were nominated and elected to the LGBT+ …
Vote to Reject the ‘offer’: Four Fights are more important than ever
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 …
Racism, Rebellion and Education under the Pandemic
With mass demonstrations across the globe in response to the killings of George Floyd, and in America the largest uprisings experienced since the 1960s. We meet to discuss the inspiring Black Lives Matter movement and how we can forge solidarity
Covid-19: Fighting for solidarity, equality and education
Speakers to follow.
This is part of a series of webinars during the crisis hosted by UCU Left.
You can view past webinars here.
…Can we resolve the Gender Pay Gap (and the race, disability and LGBT+ Pay Gaps)?
Can we resolve the Gender Pay Gap (and the race, disability and LGBT+ Pay Gaps)?
The UCU website notes that ‘although equal pay legislation has been in place for over 40 years, the gender pay gap in Britain remains …
Report on UCU HE pay sector conference, 7 November
HE votes to re-ballot and campaign on pay, equality, casulisation and workload – prepare to organise and fight
Following a serious debate about strategy, delegates at Wednesday’s HE Sector Conference voted to relaunch a hard-hitting national pay campaign, focusing …
Register Now – Joint National Conference for UCU members – 13th October 2018
Marketisation is destroying education in our colleges, universities, prisons and the adult education sector. UCU is at a crossroads – how do we get the type of union we need to push back the Tories and the employers in the
… Another Education is Possible, Spring 2018: The casualised – at the heart of the union
The Casualised – at the heart of the Union.
Christina Paine
UCU is in transformation through grassroots organisation for the USS and FE strikes. We saw an unprecedented mobilisation of precariously employed workers on those snow-bound picket lines, leading teach-outs …
Another Education is Possible, Spring 2018, Gender Equality: Time’s up and the #Me Too movement
Gender Equality: Time’s Up and the #Me Too movement
– A change in public attitudes and women’s resistance to sexual harassment
Sue Abbott
The Guardian (9 February 2018) highlighted that more than 3.4 million women in England and Wales had …
Report from the UCU Women’s Standing Committee – 22 September 2017
The UCU Women’s standing committee met on Friday 22 September. Sue Abbott from Newcastle University was re elected as Chair.
Gender Pay gap.
The committee had strong concerns about the slow progress of tackling gender pay gaps. It was agreed …