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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 address inequalities including but not limited to the race/ethnicity pay gap (26%), the gender pay gap (15%), and the disability pay gap #UCUstrike #UCUstrikesBack /2
#FourFightsOneVoice 2. Job security: @ucu estimates that nearly 46% of universities use zero-hour contracts to deliver teaching and that nearly 2/3rds research staff are on fixed-term contracts https://www.ucu.org.uk/stampout #UCUstrike #UCUstrikesBack /3
#FourFightsOneVoice 3. Fair workloads: University staff perform, on an average, 15hrs (that’s 2 days) of unpaid labour per week, in some cases rising to 40 hours (5 days) per week. https://www.ucu.org.uk/workloadcampaign #UCUstrike #UCUstrikesBack /4
#FourFightsOneVoice 4. Fair pay/Fair pensions: Staff pay has dropped by around 17% in real-terms since 2009. UCU are also still fighting for fair pensions https://ucu.org.uk/article/10342/Value-of-university-staff-pay-has-plummeted-in-last-decade-employers-own-research-reveals #UCUstrike #UCUstrikesBack /5
#FourFightsOneVoice The working conditions for #HigherEducation staff are impacting mental and physical health https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/may/23/higher-education-staff-suffer-epidemic-of-poor-mental-health #UCUstrike #UCUstrikesBack /6
#FourFightsOneVoice See this excellent strike primer created by @bbaybawi to explain why we are striking to students https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qHp7K1EEPSq6lSddl4FkKbv0IYW2kmzzJOyOpCYS5WI/edit?fbclid=IwAR0S95fVgXJGjiZvzgURWg2LxEuKysQVAhmFiLzJpCEJQDGmg6l3roQjb0A with lots of links to data #UCUstrike #UCUstrikesBack /7
