2020 strike handbook for UCU activists
This handbook provides advice which may be useful to branch execs, and other activists and campaign organisers, in organising strike action and associated campaigning. It was originally released ahead of the 2019 [UCU] strike days, and has been updated based on the experience of the 2019 action. This document was previously hosted by the UCU Branch Solidarity Network.
Reflections on the Student Movement in the UK
Submitted by Internationalis... on Aug 6 2019 13:51
In 2010 the announcement by the Coalition government that university tuition fees would be tripled sparked a wave of student protest. Remaining largely within the confines of the campus, the movement exhausted itself and failed to spread to other sectors. Nine years later, what’s left?
Union officials walk out - against their own members
Submitted by Joseph Kay on May 30 2018 18:10
Officials of the education union UCU have downed tools and walked out - from their own annual congress.
Lecturers and support staff rebel as union pushes poor pension offer
Submitted by Ed on Mar 13 2018 00:41
University lecturers and support staff are rebelling against their union leadership after conciliation talks between the University and Colleges Union (UCU) and Universities UK (UUK) ended with a derisory potential deal.
University Worker - strike bulletin of the 2018-2020 lecturers disputes
Libcom's archive of the "University Worker" weekly bulletins produced by Notes from Below for the 2018 lecturers nationwide pension strike.
The Pop Up Union: a postmortem
When management at the University of Sussex announced plans to outsource 235 jobs, workers responded by launching a 'Pop-Up Union', a new tactic in modern British industrial relations. Is this a model other workers can emulate?
Tristram Hunt: Labour party scab
Submitted by Steven. on Feb 11 2014 09:46
Labour party shadow education minister and Engels biographer Tristram Hunt crossed a picket line of striking university lecturers at Queen Mary University on 10 February to lecture to students on Marx and Engels.
Education Worker #10 - Victimisation
The tenth issue of Education Worker, focuses on victimisation in education, including articles on the Halesowen Four, London Met, and an interview with a victimised NUT rep.
An injury to one – fighting the victimisation of workplace organisers
Submitted by Phil on Mar 11 2013 20:45
Victimisation, by bosses and the state, of those who try to organise in the workplace is nothing new. But recently a spate of high profile cases have focused wider attention on the issue.
Community turns out in force for the Halesowen 4
Submitted by Jason Cortez on Jan 27 2013 20:40
On Saturday 26th January over 200 people took to the streets of Halesowen to demand the reinstatement of four members of the Maths department who had been sacked. On a cold day, with snow on the ground, there was a fantastic array of banners and placards showing how far people had come to express solidarity with the Halesowen 4.
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