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Secret UCU@secretucu.bsky.social · 7mo ago

It's time the members of our Union made their voices heard and put a stop to this. Solidarity with Marie and @uniteucu.bsky.social

Staff aren’t allowed to say they’re on strike. UCU members aren’t allowed to mention it to strike-breaking staff. Regional committees can’t talk about it. The NEC can’t talk about it. Congress can talk about it but motions are declared out of order. Is this the accountability Jo was meaning?

Jo Grady’s first election manifesto where she says she wants the GS to be more accountable to members

Lucy Burke@lucyburkemcr.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Please read this important post by @lucyburkemcr.bsky.social . I, like Lucy, will not be silenced. #UCU is better than this. As a union representing workers in post 16 education UCU has a great responsibility to behave democratically transparently and ethically. 1/2

Right now, silencing dissent, prohibiting speech on core issues in our movement, demanding we put the feelings of people in positions of power before those without it, happens routinely. I have no idea why some members think this is okay, none of us would accept this in our workplaces 11/12

It's beyond disgusting that #UCU has threatened members of #Unite UCU, in effect union busting.

Vicky Blake UCU (she/her)@vickyblake.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Members of UCU have no good reason to trust its elections. Read why here ⬇️ and maybe attend the Certification Officer hearing on the 10th. Hearings are held online anyone can attend. I hope the press will be there.

The @timeshighered.bsky.social has reported that @ewanmg.bsky.social and I have applied to the Certification Officer regarding concerns over the 2024 UCU general secretary election. UCU has characterised this as “smearing”, via a spokesperson. www.timeshighereducation.com/news/jo-grad... /1

Marian Mayer @marianmayer.bsky.social · 12mo ago

The very least the @TUC could do.

Unite UCU@uniteucu.bsky.social · 12mo ago

UCU policy: “To work with the TUC and other TUs to campaign for a change to the law to prevent such deductions, including lobbying government and opposition parties” Maybe while @drjogrady.bsky.social is at @tuc.org.uk in Brighton she can work on thi… oh! policy.web.ucu.org.uk/motion-infor...

Marian Mayer @marianmayer.bsky.social · 12mo ago

This cannot continue. It brings UCU into disrepute. Solidarity with @uniteucu.bsky.social #ReclaimUCU now

Vicky Blake UCU (she/her)@vickyblake.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Why is our trade union emulating the worst behaviour of our employers towards UCU staff? How many of our letters, motions, attempts to bring motions from lay members pressing for resolution have been ignored now? Solidarity with all @uniteucu.bsky.social #UnionStrong #ReclaimUCU

Marian Mayer @marianmayer.bsky.social · 12mo ago

This is beyond appalling. A union engaging in union-busting. All TUs should be calling on UCU to cease and desist, and settle with @uniteucu.bsky.social for the sake of the movement @tuc.org.uk @yourparty.bsky.social #rReclaimUCU

Unite UCU@uniteucu.bsky.social · 12mo ago

🚨 Third consecutive vote for industrial action 🚨 ✅ strike action: 76% ✅ action short of a strike (ASOS): 80% ✅ turnout: 77% ASOS begins today with @ucu.org.uk threatening staff: "We'll deduct your wages." Double standards and vindictive attacks undermine us all. #ReclaimUCU

Jo Grady calling Queen Mary management "vindictive" for making deductions from UCU members taking action short of a strike: Jo Grady, UCU's general secretary, said Queen Mary's senior management had "launched a vindictive attack" on its members, "punishing them for taking part in lawful industrial action" and "cementing its reputation as the worst university employer in the UK" She said: "It is wrong to do this at any time and all the more deplorable as staff struggle to make ends meet in a cost of living crisis."

Vicky Blake UCU (she/her)@vickyblake.bsky.social · last yr.

Abortion is healthcare. Abortion is a human right. Abortion is a trade union issue. vickyblakeucu.uk/202... #DecrimAbortion #AbortionRights #UCU #BodilyAutonomy

Abortion is a trade union issue

Why is abortion legislation in the news? Abortion is legal in the UK – right? Technically, for much of the UK, the answer to this question is “no”, despite widespread assumptions that the Abortion …

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Wil Hardman @wilhardman.bsky.social · last yr.

Deeply ashamed of my union behaving like the bosses we fight. Imposition, victimisation and union-busting needs to stop right now @ucu.org.uk. Solidarity with UCU Unite staff ✊

😡 Imposition, not negotiated agreement 😡 Victimisation of reps 😡 Refusal to engage with the recognised union ☣️ All signs of a toxic organisational culture & not what we should see from a union employer. Shame on @ucu.org.uk whose staff deserve so much better uniteucu.wordpress.com/2025/06/12/1...

If you are a #UCU2025 delegate attending on behalf of @UCU members you really owe it them to educate yourself and the membership about what ails our union. It isn't the hardworking staff. Please be there

Unite UCU fringe at #UCU2025 Congress When: 6.30pm, Saturday 24 May Where: Leonardo Hotel, Liverpool One of us, all of us: fighting for our members, our workplace, your union. #YNWA

Dr Rhian Elinor Keyse@drrhianelinor.bsky.social · last yr.

For UCU Congress delegates please consider supporting this motion. Please remember there will be survivors in the Congress hall and to be sensitive. It's not a lot to ask and I shouldn't have to ask but past experience tells me I need to.

For colleagues attending @ucu.org.uk Congress this week, a 🧵 Motion HE38 - thanks @leedsucu.bsky.social for bringing it. The motion is based on work with @the1752group.bsky.social around abuses of power in staff-student intimate relationships

This dispute can easily be resolved. @ucu.org.uk should be an exemplary employer, not this. Members expect better

We are, and have always been, ready to negotiate - even when under attack. Are you finally ready to talk meaningfully @ucu.org.uk ? #StopTUVictimisation

Question...

CAN YOU NAME AN EMPLOYER WHO:
• threatens union officers with a disciplinary minutes before
ACAS talks?
• offers nothing concrete in said ACAS talks then walks away because the union won't agree to call off all strikes?
• writes deeply inaccurate and inflammatory emails to all staff?
• then issues public disinformation while threatening every union rep?

....Asking for a friend

Alison Phipps አሊሰን @alisonphipps.bsky.social · last yr.

Of course she has won. Of course they were wrong. And at a time when other Scottish Universities were calling for an immediate ceasefire. They could have just picked up the phone to their colleagues. This is not hard. And then there is international law too. They put a brave woman through hell.

The National@scotnational.bsky.social · last yr.

A Scottish university rector has won her appeal against a decision to remove her from the governing body after she called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza

Grant Buttars@gbuttars.bsky.social · last yr.

Dundee University's governance failure is indeed a shocker. Seconding ⬇️ #reclaimucu

My speech at #STUC15 seconding Dundee Trades Union Council motion on University of Dundee Governance and beginning with a solidarity message to striking UCU staff in @uniteucu.bsky.social youtu.be/sDQla_8EqiY?... (begins 1:03:05 if the link doesn't take you there directly)

Vicky Blake UCU (she/her)@vickyblake.bsky.social · last yr.

Glad @timeshighered.bsky.social is covering @uniteucu.bsky.social's dispute with @ucu.org.uk -resolution is beyond urgent (has been for over a year). But the content & tone of the UCU's anon quoted spokesperson feels emblematic of the underlying issues... www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ucu-mem...

UCU members boycott key meeting over staff strike

Members of national executive committee claim they were ‘prohibited’ from discussion of dispute with staff in Unite union

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Vicky Blake UCU (she/her)@vickyblake.bsky.social · last yr.

Please read this thread . I wholly endorse every word. ⬇️

UCU @ MMU@manmetucu.bsky.social · last yr.

✋✋🏻✋🏼✋🏽✋🏾✋🏿

✋✋🏻✋🏽✋🏾✋🏿✋🏿 #Solidarity

UCU @ MMU @manmetucu.bsky.social · last yr.

✋✋🏻✋🏽✋🏾✋🏿✋🏿 #Solidarity

Hands up who thinks trade unions should be model employers? ✋🏽 ✋🏾 ✋🏻 ✋🏿 ✋🏼 #ThriveNotSurvive

Question....

Which employer has lost the following number of days to work-related stress and mental ill-health absences:
• 2022: 123.5
• 2023: 468
• 2024: 912.5 ?

Clue 1: They were sanctioned by the HSE for a failure to address stress in 2023.

Clue 2: They still can't demonstrate compliance with statutory minimum safety legislation in 2025.

.. Asking for a friend

Solidarity always with @uniteucu.bsky.social strikers. This dispute is a stain on trade unionism. #reclaimucu

Inspiring. Our members in UCU’s Northern Region have created a video for #MayDay to show the support for our industrial action. Huge solidarity back at @ducu.bsky.social for the message from their own picket line & also to every UCU branch currently facing massive fights. youtu.be/vAZVL1ZFM5A?...

Dr Rhian Elinor Keyse@drrhianelinor.bsky.social · last yr.

Alongside @ucu.org.uk national executive committee members I won't attend UCU NEC tomorrow. Calling on @drjogrady.bsky.social & UCU's SMT to end the dispute with workers. Not crossing a picket line is a hard line for me: key tenet of trade unionism. reclaimucu.wordpress.com/2025/04/30/s...

Statement on NEC Meeting of 2 May 2025

On Friday, members of Unite UCU will be taking the final day of an unprecedented six weeks of industrial action. It is also the penultimate NEC meeting before Congress. One of the core principles o…

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I won't be at UCU NEC on Friday unless @drjogrady.bsky.social and UCU's SMT resolve the dispute with workers. Not crossing a picket line is a principle of trade unionism as is accountability to members. Sad but proud to contribute to and sign this statement reclaimucu.wordpress.com/2025/04/30/s...

Dr Rhian Elinor Keyse @drrhianelinor.bsky.social · last yr.

Statement on NEC Meeting of 2 May 2025

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Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · last yr.

Hands up who thinks trade unions should be model employers? ✋🏽 ✋🏾 ✋🏻 ✋🏿 ✋🏼 #ThriveNotSurvive