On Monday local government and health unions signed up to a heads of agreement document outlining the priorities for reform to their pension schemes and for further pension negotiations in January. Cabinet minister Danny Alexander then made a triumphalist statement …
Don’t give up the pensions fight
The government’s “final offer” is no improvement. There is no extra money on offer. The government still wants public sector workers to work longer, pay more and get less. They haven’t moved on core issues:
* Fifty percent rise in …
New website for UCU Left
Welcome to the new website for UCU Left.
We hope the new look makes it easier for UCU activists to find all our news and campaigning resources. It has been designed to be much easier to update than our old …
Conference: In defence of education
UCU Left is organising a conference with a working title of ‘In defence of education’ for Saturday 28 January, at SOAS, University of London.
We will have more information about the event and a flyer for the conference will be …
Jobs and Education – Regaining the trust of Young People
The publication of this campaigning pamphlet is very timely, with the guardian and LSE publising the interim results of their ‘reading the riots’ investigation, this pamphlet sets out the position of the FE and Adult Education Sector policy, and intertwines …
After N30, where next?
Public Sector Pensions – Decision of UCU National Executive
On Friday 2nd December 2012, the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the UCU decided unanimously in favour of a relaunch of the campaign in defence of public sector pensions as early …
N30 – Fantastic Day
Highlights of the SERTUC rally in london.
Just a quick note to say congratulations to all on a fantastic and historic day yesterday. Reports show very strong support for the strike in colleges and universities, and big turnouts for the
… Another Education is Possible
“The challenges that we face in our colleges and universities are immense. These are likely to intensify as the recovery of the global economy falters and a plunge into a second recession is highly likely.
The attacks that we face …
N30 Strike Materials
The Leaflet for the N30 strike can be found here.
This leaflet has been designed to be distributed widely across the trade union movement and argues for escalation of action, as soon as possible.…
Mark Campbell for UCU General Secretary
Mark Campbell to challenge Sally Hunt for General Secretary of the UCU
At the recent UCU Left conference, “Defending Education: building an autumn of resistance”, I was adopted as candidate for General Secretary of the University and Colleges Union (UCU).…