★ Last year staff at Lancashire's Myerscough College unionised with UCU & won recognition

★ In November they walked out on strike & promised more strikes in 2024

★Result: April 2024 workers win pay rise of up to 12.8%!!!

Read more here > ucu.org.uk/article/13546/… UCLanUCU

Latest from me: Laughing Boy is a new play about Connor Sparrowhawk & the fight for justice after his death in an NHS unit. It's about how ppl with Learning Disabilities & autism are - still - at the frontier of the fight for human rights theguardian.com/stage/2024/apr…

I had a great time on Saturday over at the UCU's first Workload Conference. It was great to speak with other reps from across HE, FE, Adult and Prison Ed about our experiences and positive actions other branches have taken to secure a safe working environment.
- Charlie UCU

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BBC’s flagship BBC Front Row talks about the crisis at Goldsmiths and other universities across the country - and what's at stake both culturally and economically when you the attack on the arts and humanities. ❗️

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Manchester Workers Memorial Day event in Manchester Lincoln Square on Sunday 28th April to remember all those who have died because of work? Bring your trade union banner, lay a wreath? Claire Mooney, speakers from UCU, NEU, GMB, FBU, UNITE, street theatre. Greater Manchester Hazards Centre #Safety&Health

It’s a sunny morning in Manchester as we open our first ever workload conference.

Health and safety reps from across HE, FE, Adult and Prison Ed have travelled from all across the UK to build bargain strength, implement safety approaches and share effective bargaining strategies

Great health and safety workload conference UCU Leeds Beckett UCU

Happy to be at the UCU workload conference in sunny(!) Manchester. As a casualised member, my biggest workload burden is having to do tons of unpaid work just to get another job!

🎯Marking and Assessment Boycott Begins Today. Cuts at Goldsmiths can be stopped!🎯

🗞️ Staff at Myerscough College win pay rise of up to 12.8%

UCU regional support official Daniel Maguire said: 'This incredible win is the best pay award at Myerscough in years. It is down to the incredible solidarity of our members and shows what can be achieved when workers

The fight continues for NHS microbiology staff at Whiston Hospital as they return to the picket line today ✊

The Trusts refusal to recognise their work as essential has resulted in 5 weeks of action for equal pay and treatment 🚩

Fair pay now❗️

This is excellent news

May Day march, Monday 6th May. See you there!

On the 35th anniversary of Hillsborough, we remember the 97 and our thoughts are with their loved ones, the survivors and all those who had their lives changed that day

Too many years lost to grief and pain, injustice and fighting for the truth

#JFT97

We want fair play and fair pay from National Museums Liverpool but they’ve scored a massive own goal by not paying their staff what they’re owed.

#NMLPayUp #PCSonStrike

Goldsmiths is a world leader in the arts and humanities. The proposed cuts would devastate not just the university, but the whole sector.

Help us stop them. Donate to the local fighting fund 👉 bit.ly/3PXycfI

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Notices are served. The Marking and Assessment Boycott begins this time next week - Friday 19 April. Fighting against sacking 35% of staff in 11 affected departments.

Health in Gaza: Bearing witness & building active solidarity with Palestinians talk!

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📢 RMT members out in force at Manchester Piccadilly for Pay Justice ⚖️
Carlisle Support Services, who run the gateline contract for Northern, do not provide sick pay, holiday pay and provide significantly lower wages to their staff compared with the rest of Northern.