Last week saw an excellent 400 strong lobby and demonstration in support of London Met staff and students in the campaign to protect students, courses and jobs.
They are asking all branches to organise lunchtime solidarity protests outside colleges and …
Anne Blair had been elected the new Chair of Equality Committee in place of Laura Miles in the recent elections from the new NEC. A number of new equality NEC members were welcomed to the committee.
There was an election …
Defending Post-16 Education in an Era of Austerity
A conference of resistance, Saturday 22 September, Goldsmiths University.
Speakers include: John McDonnell MP, Melanie Cooke Action for ESOL & Kings college UCU, Owen Jones author of chavs, Zita Holbourne PCS NEC
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This motion was on the order paper for the UCU NEC meeting of 6th July.
It was remitted on a vote of 34 for, 22 against, 5 abstentions
Miliband’s regrettable speech
UCU deeply regrets the decision of Ed Miliband, and …
The new National Executive met on 6th July for the first time since our Congress some weeks ago.
Members may recall that at Congress and at the HE and FE sector conferences there were large majorities or often unanimous decisions …
A conference of resistance, Saturday 22 September, Central London.
Speakers include: John McDonnell MP, Melanie Cooke Action for ESOL & Kings college UCU, Owen Jones author of chavs, Zita Holbourne PCS NEC and co-chair of BARAC, Professor Andrew Mcgettigan, Alex
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This report is available as a PDF to distribute in branches here.
Last weekends Congress and sector conferences reflected a growing sense of anger and frustration in the colleges and universities at the assault on education, education workers and …
Delegates to this year’s Congress will be asked to decide on proposals to change the way members are represented on the National Executive and the way that key decisions are made in the union. You will also be asked to
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Please send any strike reports or photos to uculeftweb@gmail.com
Nottingham
In Nottingham, we had a very successful strike with our colleagues from PCS, Unite, Aslef and others today. In terms of how the strike was observed by members of UCU,
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UCU members in FE and post-92 HE institutions will be out on strike on 10thMay, alongside PCS and UNITE (Health and Ministry of Defence) in support of the campaign to defend public sector pensions. This will be an …