On Thursday 20th December the branch secretary of Halesowen College UCU branch, Dave Muritu, was sacked on trumped up charges relating to student grades and achievement in A-Level Maths. Dave is an active UCU member and has often opposed …
NEC Report Back 30th November
Context
The NEC met just prior to Osborne’s Autumn Budget. As expected, we now know that the Budget confirmed six more years of austerity (at least), the failure to reach the government’s own targets on borrowing and debt reducion (which …
FEC Report 7th December 2012
The FEC meeting took place two days after the Chancellor’s Autumn Budget statement which cut welfare and hit the lower paid to the tune of billions while handing out yet more tax concessions and incentives to business and the rich.…
The End of GCSE’s as we know it
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Solidarity with Striking Workers N14
General strikes, walkouts and demonstrations rocked 23 European countries today (14th November) in an inspiring response by workers’ organisations and campaigners to growing austerity.
In the UK, while there were some local protests, the TUC and trade union leaders missed …
Casualisation: Stopping the Abuse [AEIP]
This is a report back from the anti-casualisation workshop at the UCU Left conference, and forms part of the series of articles being discussed in the UCU Left Forum Another Education is Possible – please find the discussion online here.…
Support UCU Strike Action Gateshead College on Wednesday 10th October
UCU members at Gateshead College will be striking on Wednesday 10th October, following a successful strike last Thursday when classes were closed, there was good support at all picket lines, drivers hooted support, the National Executive Committee was represented and …
In photos: K College Dispute
With the Principal of K college resigning over the dispute stemming from the proposal to cut 145 staff from the college, which has been described as “ill-conceived and unjustified”. Much like the strike at Barnfield, the strike at K College …
Report of UCU FE Committee, October 5 2012
Pay
UCU’s Further Education Committee (FEC) met on Friday 5th October in the aftermath of consultation across UCU branches on the employers’ 0.7% pay offer. A majority of branches voted to reject the offer but also against strike action over …