UCU members urgently need to discuss how to implement the marking and assessment boycott called by the union. The General Secretary wrote to reps in Four Fights branches with a mandate saying that the action would be called, and …
UCU must call the marking boycott now – there is no time to waste!
In the ballot for industrial action, union members in their tens of thousands voted overwhelmingly for strike action and ASOS (including a marking boycott). When members were asked, “should we fight on?”, they voted YES.
Now, in an historic vote, …
Seize the Time, Don’t Abandon the Fight
We all know we are in the fight of our lives.
But the General Secretary’s ‘new plan of action for the four fights dispute’ is a radical-sounding document that abandons the Four Fights dispute until a year’s time, and pulls …
Member-led Strikes in a Member-led Union
The announcement of ten more days of strike action involving UCU members in the HE sector is an important step in our fight to defend the sector our members and our students and builds upon the three days we took in …
UCU Left report from Wednesday’s HEC meeting
HEC must listen to members –
Start the fight now on USS and Four Fights
- No decoupling of the disputes
- Escalating action now
The Higher Education Committee (HEC) met on Wednesday 18 January to take decisions about further action in …
UCU Left report on HEC Meeting on 8th June: Don’t bury the #FourFights
The Higher Education Committee (HEC) re-convened for a further on-line HEC meeting on the 8th June following the inability to deal with questions relating to the Four Fights and USS disputes at its last meeting of the 27th…
Report of Meeting of Higher Education Committee, 27 May 2020
Members of the UCU’s Higher Education Committee (HEC) met online for a half-day meeting to discuss the union’s position towards the two disputes, including the Four Fights offer.
HEC voted:
- To support the Day of Action on 1 June called
UCU Left ‘Four Fights’ Negotiators’ statement, 6/3/2020
Dear colleagues
We are writing as UCULeft ‘Four Fights’ negotiators who have been engaged in complex negotiations which are ongoing.
It is important to note that these negotiations have not yet resulted in an offer. Nothing is on the table …
Let’s push on to victory
After the first five of our 14 strike days, the employers are looking for ways to settle. There were talks last week in both disputes and more to follow this week.
Both sides know that the future direction of higher …
The Results Are In – Members are Ready to Fight!
- Members vote more than 3:1 Yes
- 14 more branches join the fight, 8 post-92
- Over 50,000 HE members in 74 universities able to strike
The latest round of ballots in Higher Education were reported on Wednesday 29 January.
Another 12 …