For a democratic accountable campaigning union
Motion 19 calls Congress to censure the General Secretary. This is not a personal attack on Jo Grady. It is about democracy and accountability. It is about insisting that the elected leader of our union has a duty to respect …
Thursday 4 March – 5.00pm – 6.30pm – Dydd Iau 4 Mawrth
In early January Mohamud Hassan was arrested by South Wales police in Cardiff, and died the following day after …
UCU Left calls on members to vote for candidates who are committed to fighting for Health and Safety, workers’ rights, equality, and protecting the planet.
In the coming UCU NEC elections it is important all members vote. Low polls comfort only …
6.30pm Wednesday 28 September
Register: bit.ly/UCULHowStrikesCanWin
Speakers include:
John McDonnell MP
Chad Croom – CWU South Central Postal Branch,
John Delaney – Unite dockworker, Liverpool
Aliyah Stennett – UCU City College Birmingham
Mark Abel – UCU Left Secretary
Co-chairs: Maria …
Liz Truss’s election as leader of the Conservative Party becoming Prime Minister signals a significant ratcheting up of attacks on the working class. She has made it clear that there will be no real attempt to help the poorest in …
It makes no sense for the TUC to postpone congress and for some unions to suspend their strikes to show respect for the period of mourning for the Queen’s death. All credit to UCU’s GS, Jo Grady who argued against …
Date: Wed 28 September
Time: 6.30pm
Venue: Online
Guest Speaker: John McDonnell MP
Plus voices from the frontline including postal, rail and dock workers as well as workers from UCU HE and FE campaigns
Register: bit.ly/UCUL_HowStrikesCanWin…
UCU’s Higher Education ballots are now open. We have seven weeks to achieve a huge vote for industrial action on a turnout which smashes through the turnout threshold.
There has never been a more important moment to organise a campaign …
UCU members will need to get organised to win the ballots in Higher Education. After the UCU Rising campaign on Wednesday 10th August, it’s all hands on deck to deliver the hard-hitting, ‘transformative’ campaign promised by UCU HQ.
We are …
The Higher Education Committee met on Friday to discuss the state of the industrial action campaigns over Four Fights and USS. It was the first opportunity for HEC to meet since …
In the wake of three days of national rail strikes, Higher Education delegates met on Monday to discuss next steps in the UCU’s Four Fights and USS disputes. The Branch Delegate Meeting was set up in such a way as …
The decision by the US Supreme Court to overturn Roe versus Wade is a major attack on women’s rights and on abortion rights. It has many implications for the right to privacy and many other constitutional rights.
In the USA it …
Monday’s Branch Delegates Meeting (BDM) on the Four Fights and USS disputes takes place in a radically different context than even the debates had so recently at UCU Congress.
The strikes by railworkers and the performance of the RMT union’s …