UCUCommons candidates for VP, Honorary Treasurer and NEC seats Dear subscribers, Since NEC and officer election season is upon us once again, you’ll be hearing from us quite a lot over the next month or so. We’re very proud of our slate and want you to vote for as many of our candidates as you are eligible
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New Blog: What Does Effective Escalation Look Like for UCU in 2023? Dear subscriber, Over the past few days, it has become apparent that January 2023 will bring with it some momentous decisions about how we escalate our current industrial action. What does effective escalation look like? When to escalate, and how? What kind of path might a majority of our members
“Making Employers Sweat 2023” - Some Positive Ideas for Effective Escalation By: several members of UCU Commons As a union, we face some really big decisions in January 2023. Through a combination of branch meetings, a Branch Delegate Meeting, and any other correspondence it receives, the UCU’s Higher Education Committee (HEC) will be deciding on what the #ucuRising action will
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Student Distribution Recap and Update This post was by Bijan Parsia with lots of corrections and feedback by various UCUCommons members. As #UCURising progresses, I’ve seen several people raise the critical issue of student distribution in HE. This is particularly important in the pay and conditions dispute, because, for example, student-starved programmes face elimination,
We declare! Dave Harvie discusses how to make strike reporting a force for disruption against the employers.