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Posted on 19 June 202020 June 2020

Report on NEC 19th June: #Black Lives Matter

Black Lives Matter protest

Report on NEC 19th June: #Black Lives Matter

UCU’s National Executive Committee met on-line on 19th June. While technological issues continue to limit participation the meeting facilitated the NEC to debate and make some decisions.

Two motions on …

Posted on 7 January 202011 February 2020

USS pensions: prepare now for escalating strike action

Planet Pay & Pensions demonstration in London

We enter the new semester knowing, yet again, the resolve of UCU members to fight for the defence of higher education.

Our strikes before Xmas, involving 60 universities and 48,000 staff, were at similar levels – and often higher – …

Posted on 2 January 202010 January 2020

Escalate to win the pay inequalities and pension fights

 

 

 

Strike to win - pickets and student supporters in Cambridge, 4 December 2019

Strike to win – pickets and student supporters in Cambridge, 4 December 2019

The five issues we are fighting on are inextricably linked. We need to escalate to win on all of them.

We are in a …

Posted on 16 December 2019

The Second Joint Expert Panel Report: Could try harder?

UCU London Demonstration (Pic: Guy Smallman)

The Joint Expert Panel: Could try harder?

The long awaited second Joint Expert Panel (JEP) report on USS was released on Friday 13th December.

The Joint Expert Panel was the outcome of the 2018 industrial action by UCU in …

Posted on 3 December 20194 December 2019

Can we resolve the Gender Pay Gap (and the race, disability and LGBT+ Pay Gaps)?

 

End the Gender Pay Gap - protest in London, HE strike 2016

Can we resolve the Gender Pay Gap (and the race, disability and LGBT+ Pay Gaps)?

The UCU website notes that ‘although equal pay legislation has been in place for over 40 years, the gender pay gap in Britain remains …

Posted on 26 November 20191 December 2019

Fighting two disputes together has united our sector

At UCU Congress in 2019 we proposed running the ballots for our two disputes together and combining our strike action for both disputes as a means to maximise the unity of our union. However, there is still disquiet in some …

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