UCU members in higher education will be out on strike again from tomorrow, continuing their fight over pay, pensions, and conditions. Debates are taking place in the union about how to advance the struggle. Indefinite action is needed to win.
Compulsory redundancies are on the cards at the University of East Anglia – a reflection of the dire situation facing higher education institutions everywhere. Workers and students must come together to fight against austerity and marketisation.
Nationwide strike action across UK universities begins tomorrow, as UCU members continue their struggle over pay, pensions, and conditions. With workers and youth everywhere mobilising, the time is ripe for a militant united fightback.
UCU members have won a whopping mandate for national strike action in their struggle over pay, conditions, and pensions. With other unions – on campuses and across the movement – also mobilising, the situation calls out for a united fightback.
Following defeat in last academic year’s university strikes, UCU members are again balloting for action. This time, if the vote is successful, branches will all come out together, paving the way for coordinated action – on campuses and beyond.
Last week, almost 20 UCU branches began a marking and assessment boycott. University bosses have retaliated with job cuts and lockouts of workers at several universities. Members need fighting leadership more than ever.
Following multiple rounds of strike action, the long-running dispute between UCU members and university bosses remains at a stalemate. Union leaders are looking to deflate the struggle. Instead, we need escalation and a militant fightback.
UCU members in higher education are in the middle of their latest round of strike action. But without any clear strategy from the leadership, frustration is setting in. We say: let the rank and file decide! All out to defeat marketisation!
There is considerable anger at the City of Liverpool College following the sacking of Nina Doran, a local UCU union rep. The whole labour movement must demand her reinstatement.
With university bosses digging their heels in, the UCU has called a further round of strikes to continue the struggle over pensions, pay, and conditions. The time for piecemeal action is over. To win, we need all-out, united strike action.
The latest wave of industrial action on campuses begins today, with UCU members out on strike once again in the struggle for decent pensions, pay, and conditions. It is vital that workers and students unite and fight to defend education.
Following three days of industrial action in December, further strikes by UCU members in UK universities are on the cards this term. To win, the union must prepare members for all-out action, and unite with workers and students across education.