"we all are seemingly indulging Keir Starmer's performative cluelessness" - Jo Grady @drjogrady.bsky.social on #Newsnight
Labour short-straw-champ, John Slinger, says it's neither cluelessness or incompetence + on Keir's excuses: "not only do I buy it, I believe it" 😶🌫️
Staggering. Wilful blindness.
Heading to BBC. I’m on Newsnight to discuss the key issues of the day, and make sure I raise the cause of UCU members. Give it a watch 📺
🚨 1 in 4 staff at Goldsmiths to be axed.
All while senior management get eye-watering pay rises and £16m is spent on consultants and lawyers.
This is the reality of Higher Education in the UK.
Our members have voted for industrial action, support them.
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1447...
Today, Israeli forces fired teargas at Palestinian schoolchildren who staged a sit-in in the occupied West Bank after settlers blocked access to their school.
It’s the first day of class since the start of the Iran war.
This is life for Palestinian children. The world does nothing.
Too late to be an April fool, but apparently a priority for the the newly launched employment rights watchdog, the Fair Work Agency, will be “reducing regulatory burdens”
I had assumed they’d be enforcing (via inspections) and extending regulation…
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Under VC John Latham, Coventry University has seen:
Staff moved into subsidiaries
Restructures and redundancies
Erosion of terms, conditions & pensions
And all led by someone advising government on business.
Please sign/share the Vote of no confidence 👇
speakout.web.ucu.org.uk/vote-of-no-c...
Our rights at work are under attack. #StopTheSteal
Reform UK has pledged to rip up legal protections for workers and renters, handing power to bad bosses and rogue landlords.
“Small boats didn’t crash the economy. Liz Truss did.
Wars create refugees. Trump’s “war on Iran” will create more.
The question isn’t how to stop people fleeing. It’s how to stop creating the conditions that force them to.” @drjogrady.bsky.social
On the Together demo 28.03.26
UCU & proud ✊💘
(1/2) Huge Win on #USS Pension Valuations:
@ucu.org.uk have successfully negotiated a change to the methodology to be used for future USS Pension Scheme valuations which will benefit all members...
#LboroUCU #UCU
Huge shout out to every UCU member who got themselves into central London yesterday. Half a million people marching!
Together we are stronger than anything seeking to divide us ✊💘
Twelve years ago today, we lost Tony Benn.
Tony was an inspiration. Unwavering in his commitment to peace, democracy, and socialist values.
He was also incredibly generous with his time, giving me a morning in house in 2010, to interview him for my PhD.
You are missed, Tony💘
Brilliant to be in Cardiff today meeting UCU Cymru representatives and discussing how we can become the most open and democratic union possible. Looking forward to taking this discussion into every corner of our union.
Reform mayor of Lincolnshire has voted to slash ESOL.
A clear signal of the damage Reform intends to inflict on our communities.
Demanding migrants speak English then cutting the very provision that makes that possible.
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1441...
Question from Mercedes Villalba at First Minister's Questions today on the @ucuaberdeen.bsky.social dispute at Aberdeen University and the crisis in Scottish higher education #StopTheCuts #SaveHE www.scottishparliament.tv/meeting/meet...
Pathetic cheap shot from Reform.
The Greens’ won in Gorton and Denton because of hard work by people who want a more fair, united, and equal society.
If Matt Goodwin is serious about his concerns that women are delaying motherhood, he should demand:
- Better employment security for women
- Better maternity rights
- Better maternity pay
- Free or at least affordable childcare
- Equal pay for women
- Equal pensions for women
Exactly, Vivek.
THREE strike ballots in universities in Scotland closing next week - that’s 3️⃣
If you’re a member in Aberdeen, Heriot Watt or Stirling universities make sure you post those last minute ballot papers 📨📮✅✊ #StopTheCuts #SaveHE
We now need to see widespread support and media pressure for justice for every actionist who has been wrongfully held in prison as a result of the unlawful proscription.
It’s worth saying, any right minded person could have told you it was immoral, let alone unlawful.
Speaking in gentle tones to pensioners while arresting them for opposing genocide will remain a moral stain for years to come.
Staff at Truro and Penwith College will strike on Monday 23 February.
Management imposed a 2% pay award, half the level recommended by the AoC - thats a real-terms pay cut.
Fair pay. Manageable workloads. Proper time for students.
@ucu.org.uk @chroniclelive.co.uk @timeshighered.bsky.social @theguardian.com @danhollandnews.bsky.social @georgeclarke.bsky.social @andylong6.bsky.social
Government decision to proscribe Palestine action was unlawful, high court judges rule.
Huge victory for those opposing genocide. Huge wake up call for the Labour government.
A brilliant rally in Southend today as UCU and Unison members join students, trade unionists and the local community in a fight to save the campus there.
Inspiring day.
Not only does the University of Edinburgh have net assets of £3.1bn, but they have a surplus of £43mn. Yet, in the name of savings, the university continues to pursue redundancies which harm students, staff, and the institution itself.
An utter disgrace.
Things Peter Mandelson was happy to tilt towards - Convicted sex offenders.
Things Peter Mandelson wasn’t happy to tilt towards - Ending insecure employment for millions of workers.
Forcing staff out of their pension scheme and threatening dismissal if they object is shameful. It’s fire & rehire by another name.
Show your support for staff at Southampton Solent University striking on 9 & 17 February to protect retirement security. www.ucu.org.uk/article/1439...
