#UCUstrike

At my institution I worked casually and on fixed short term contracts over a period of 4 years before getting a permanent contract last year for... 1 day a week.

I'm joining the #UCUstrike next week, although only partially. As a precarious, temporary academic I cannot afford to lose that much pay - ironic because that's one of the things

Students want to be integral & included in Strike action (they felt excluded last time). They take on a lot of labour of organising. They bring up unequal divisions of

Vicky Blake UCU President Elect 🏠STAY TF HOME💻📚

We are on #UCUSTRIKE next week: #8DaysStrong! An historic fight for the heart + soul of our #HigherEd sector over 2 huge, UK level disputes. They'll be solved through *collective*

“I passed my viva 7 years ago. Since then I have had over ten fixed term contracts of varying lengths and pay. The best (and worst) contracts were ones where

(A propos of a few conversations with comrades today:)Striking is hard. You enter into conflict with your employer, you let your students down, you lose 40% of your salary, you

Today I did not cross the picket line @InfAtEd and I stand in support with #UCUstrike. As a PhD student, I'm not directly affected by the pension policy. But, I've

Dr Jessica Gagnon

#UCUstrike After crossing the picket line, a senior academic emailed our branch office to complain that the union picketers were too noisy. I think it's time to devote a thread

Dr. Virginia L. Campbell

Thread. Tomorrow begins the #UCUStrike. I have so so many thoughts and feelings about this. @bigfridge224 has a thread about the difficulties of precarity, and @KatExe about the impact this

As part of the #UCUstrike #digitalpicketline, I will be posting a fact about my large handsome son Buddy every day. Day one fact: when he was a puppy he was

Dr Jessica Gagnon

The #UCUstrike is #FourFightsOneVoice. We are fighting for 1. Equality 2. Job security 3. Fair workloads 4. Fair pay/Fair Pensions https://www.ucu.org.uk/heaction #UCUstrikesBack /1 #FourFightsOneVoice 1. Equality: We demand action to

I’m a professor and I’m proud to join my colleagues in support of the #UCUCardiff #UCUstrike 1/6 I’m fortunate to have a permanent job that, on the whole, I love.

I’m at a university that missed the threshold for the #UCUstrike on pensions, pay, precarity and inequality, which starts today. So I started a list of other ways to extend

Dr Jenny Thatcher (Mischievous Sociologist)

Often when I raise issues of ill treatment of precariously employed staff, I’m told it’s the fault of management. Yes! But if you’re a permanently employed member of a department

Claire Marris is exhausted

If you are:1) a student UK University upset that your teachers are on #UCUstrike; or2) a parent of a uni student angry about uni staff being on strike; or3) a

I’m not at #UCUstrike next week (my union didn’t meet the threshold), but I support it. It’s not about money.Last week, I received £50 through the Staff Reward Scheme. It’s