How the UCU reballot over pay and conditions missed the threshold
The turnout in the reballot, at 42.59%, will be a huge disappointment for every union member who wanted to see a fight over pay and conditions. But a …
The turnout in the reballot, at 42.59%, will be a huge disappointment for every union member who wanted to see a fight over pay and conditions. But a …
HEC agrees to call strike action before the end of the ballot period and launch reballot as soon as possible.
But HEC was also told that this reballot would take five weeks to prepare, which was a shock to those …
The ongoing Marking & Assessment Boycott (MAB) has hit the employers, exposing splits and divisions amongst them. But to date has not yet broken through. This isn’t because the form of action – backed up by strikes in response to …
Tuesday’s #UCURising reps briefing has caused a huge amount of confusion ahead of our six days of strike action.
No new information about progress in the talks materialised.
All we learned was that there ‘may’ be some progress on USS, …
#NoCapitulation
The General Secretary has followed up the video she released last week, in which she questioned the HEC’s decisions on industrial action, with a proposal of her own. In a glossy document, she sets out a timetable for limited …
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 RMT strike, the biggest for over 30 years, points to the direction of travel for the whole of the trade union movement. 40,000 rail workers struck across Britain and several thousand Tube workers did the same in London.
The …