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Effective Industrial Action

A collection of 4 issues

MAB As Hell*: what are the conditions for a successful boycott?

*Our thanks go to UCU Commoner Sophia Woodman for the blog title! Note: this blog draws from experiences of the MAB that have been kindly shared by UCU Commons members. As such, the insights presented here represent partial and contingent perspectives and therefore make no claim to easy applicability under

Winning - As We See It

Blog post written by Robin Clarke, UCU Commons' candidate for the NEC casual vacancy in the London and the East region. One of the things that I’ve noticed about UCU over the years is that we are not very good (actually we’re terrible) at celebrating our victories.

Coming Together to Manage the "Pause"

Here's a Google Sheet database for all UCU members to share teaching materials with others so as to make the "pause" in action next week more manageable.

“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