Unite UCU

@uniteucu.bsky.social

Unite branch (LE127) for employees of the University and College Union. unite.le127@gmail.com | https://uniteucu.wordpress.com | https://union.place/@UniteUCU

🚨 FIFTH consecutive vote for industrial action 🚨 🔥 Two week ballot window 🔥 75% turnout 🔥 73% YES to strike action 🔥 81% YES to ASOS Our members will not tolerate victimisation and won’t be intimidated. UCU staff are not the enemy. It’s beyond time for the GS to talk to us. #HandsOffMarie

Sending massive solidarity to Ryan and everyone at @uniteitf.bsky.social and elsewhere whose employers are undermining their own core values.

ITF Staff Union@uniteitf.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Union rep. New parent. Migrant worker. Ryan is one of two union reps abruptly sacked by @itfglobalunion.bsky.social management. ❌ Fired my management decree, contrary to internal procedures ❌ Denied the right to work his notice period, accelerating removal from the country

With our current mandate ending, today sees the end of our current strike action. Our new ballot over TU victimisation closes on Wednesday. Our Safety Officer remains under threat and our employer has made no real effort to find a resolution. We don’t want to have to strike again. #HandsOffMarie

One of the sacked reps from @uniteitf.bsky.social spoke at our victimisation strike rally yesterday. What’s happening to them is another stark example of the union movement’s ‘leadership’ losing its way. Please join us in sending full solidarity & give them a follow. #UniteAgainstVictimisation

ITF Staff Union@uniteitf.bsky.social · 6mo ago

After abruptly sacking two union reps, @itfglobalunion.bsky.social management are now trying to tear up the existing CBA with staff. Under the "new CBA" written by management, important protections would be removed or put in non-binding policies.

Out on the picket line with our striking TSSA Union members this morning. We appreciate the solidarity from TSSA members and activists.✊ Bullying and intimidation have no place in any workplace. It’s time for TSSA’s executive leadership to clean up its act.

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Following a report on @drjogrady.bsky.social's NEC update, we want to clarify that all dispute issues remain unresolved: ❌ trade union victimisation ❌ failure to negotiate a hybrid working policy ❌ failure to adequately deal with safety issues ❌ breach of recognition agreement & other policies.

ASOS which is "work in the same way you’ve done for years" is not irresponsible. It's protecting our members until a fair & equitable hybrid policy is agreed. UCU SMT then deducting 100% of daily pay from staff taking ASOS & undermining its own policy? Now that’s irresponsible.

Photo showing an article from the latest Private Eye on the Unite dispute which exposes UCU management's hypocrisy, in particular highlighting a quote from an SMT member that strongly suggests our action short of a strike (ie, continue doing your job but office attendance remains voluntary as it has done over the last five years) is somehow irresponsible.

Being disabled shouldn’t mean you’re on a lower wage, or that you’re afraid to ask for support at work because it could hit you financially. Having a reasonable adjustment should never lead to a pay cut. But this is what’s happening to some UCU staff right now. Short 🧵

We wondered last week whether @drjogrady.bsky.social would listen to @ucu.org.uk members, agree to unconditional talks & withdraw the threat of deductions for taking ASOS. So we asked her. She didn’t reply herself, but SMT’s response, regrettably, was “no”. uniteucu.wordpress.com/2025/10/10/b...

Branch update

Fifty UCU branches join calls for unconditional talks After over 50 UCU branches signed up to a statement calling on SMT and the General Secretary to meet with Unite for unconditional talks, branch…

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ITF Staff Strike Day 4: Finishing strong on our fourth consecutive day of industrial action! Massive thank you to everyone who committed to respect our global picket line, who visited us in person, or sent in a message of solidarity.

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