Victory in our Marking and Assessment Boycott
Congratulations to everyone involved! The heroic efforts of our members led to a very important victory. We have secured commitments from the University that will allow us to tackle...
Marking and Assessment Boycott
University managers continue to refuse to make serious offers to address inequalities, casualisation, excessive workloads and pay cuts. Faced with employers’ intransigence, UCU members have voted to undertake a...
Strike Fund
Weʼre raising money to help support University of Brighton UCU members in financial difficulty as a result of industrial action in 2021-22 Management at the University of Brighton are...
Strike Monday 28 March to Friday 1 April
Inflation surges – this is getting ridiculous Inflation today reached 8.2% (on the RPI figure which is more realistic than the 6.2% CPI figure). The highest level of inflation for 30 years...
Preparing for Strike Action
Preparing for strike action Our next strike action in the Four Fights dispute is on Monday 21st and Tuesday 22nd February. This will be followed up with strikes on...
Strike action over the Four Fights
Strike action over the Four Fights On 27 January UCU General Secretary, Jo Grady, announced the strike days for our Higher Education disputes. https://www.ucu.org.uk/article/12072/Strike-dates-in-Four-Fights-and-USS-disputes For our Four Fights dispute,...
Strike Schedule. Wed 1 – Fri 3 December
All out Wednesday-Friday this week Our three-day strike starts tomorrow (Wednesday). We have a legal mandate for industrial action and UCU expects all members to heed the strike call and to...
Using Zoom for Virtual Pickets
Make the most of the Virtual Picket or Zoom Meeting Dress in your picket outfit. Set your pronouns in Zoom. Click on on the Participants Button along the...
All out for the Four Fights!
We now know the strike dates for our Four Fight battle. They are 1st, 2nd and 3rd December. If you missed the communication from the UCU General Secretary, you...
Strike: 1, 2, 3 December
UCU members at 58 Universities will take strike action on Wednesday 1, Thursday 2 and Friday 3 December 2021. This will run alongside Action Short of a Strike that...