News. Solidarity comrades. uniteucu.wordpress.com/2025/12/18/s...

The #LboroUCU Office will be closed for the festive period from 5pm on Friday 19th December the office will re-open from 10am on Tuesday 6th January. We wish all #LboroFamily staff and students a great winter break! For more details or should you need to contact us: ucu.lboro.ac.uk/lucu-office-...

#LboroFamily staff, please sign the open letter in response to change of process regarding Worktribe. This has been written collaboratively by #LboroUCU Department Reps & Committee Members. Read the letter then sign & share with other staff here at Lboro. Sign here: forms.office.com/e/S2MAkyHfR5

Solidarity with Derby @ucu.org.uk members on strike against compulsory redundancies this week. #LboroUCU branch is with you as you stand up to your catastrophic management! #DerbyUCU #WeAreTheUniversity

Chesterfield #YourParty members supporting the Derby UCU picket at their #Chesterfield campus this morning ✊🏽 Solidarity with the lecturers fighting against compulsory redundancies. #DerbyUCU #WeAreTheUniversity

Members are invited to an online meeting to discuss the outcome of the “We Are the University” ballot, to gauge members’ views on the ballot result, and the next steps the union should take. Tues 2nd Dec - 12pm - online. More info in your emails and here: ucu.lboro.ac.uk/event/member...

All three Trade Unions at #Lboro are balloting members over pay and recently met on campus to encourage members to vote. #VoteYES in the #WeAreTheUniversity ballots. @ucu.org.uk @unison.org.uk @unitetheunion.bsky.social

Have you voted in the #WeAreTheUniversity ballot yet? If not, vote now and vote YES! @ucu.org.uk @unitetheunion.bsky.social @unison.org.uk

Last chance to register for the #LboroUCU online CPD workshop, "Allyship and Solidarity", open to all LU staff & Masters & PhD students. Taking place online on Tues 11th November from 12 noon. For more information and to register for the course: ucu.lboro.ac.uk/cpd-course-a...

The @ucu.org.uk "We are the University" ballots will be posted to members on Monday. Look out for a pink envelope at your registered address arriving next week. We encourage all members to vote and make their voice heard. #WeAreTheUniversity #LboroUCU

Interested in supporting colleagues & making a real difference? LUCU is looking for new volunteer caseworkers — full training provided! Intro to Casework (online): Tue 18 Nov, 1–4:30pm. Learn more 👉 ucu.lboro.ac.uk/become-a-luc... #LboroUCU

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...

💜 Loughborough UCU Get Together! 📅 Wed 29 Oct, 🕐 1–2pm 📍 UCU Office – 3 Holywell Dr ☕ Tea, coffee & biscuits on us! Join fellow members to reconnect, meet your new committee & start the year with good conversation and friendly faces. #LboroUCU #UnionTogether

🚨 Want to level up your organising skills? 🚨 Join Power Up!, free for UCU members this Nov–Dec. Build campaigns that win + connect with organisers worldwide 🌍✊ 📅 Sessions: 18, 20 Nov & 2, 4 Dec (5–7pm) ⏰ Register by 25 Oct → [email protected] More info 👉 ucu.lboro.ac.uk/power-up-new...

Members, we've announced our calendar of all member meetings for 2025-26. These meetings are vital opportunities to shape the direction of our branch and to stay engaged with the work of your union. We hope you’ll make a note of the dates and join us when you can. All the info is on our website.

Why is @ucu.org.uk engaging in the very behaviour that we/it publicly call out when members’ employers employ such tactics? It is shameful. It undermines every branch of #UCU It’s utterly destructive to staff morale and our branches’ leverage Not in our name. Solidarity @uniteucu.bsky.social

Improve your working conditions - join a union today! Info on joining #LboroUCU and #UCU in general: ucu.lboro.ac.uk/join/ Work in another sector? Find the best union for you, here: www.tuc.org.uk/joinunion #JoinAUnion

Another 12 more UCU branches have signed (so far) today! uniteucu.wordpress.com/2025/09/12/u... We'd like to send special solidarity back to @ucukent.bsky.social and @ucugreenwich.bsky.social for their support following their own worrying news from this week.

Highlights of the #YourParty #Chesterfield & North #Derbyshire get together, held on Wednesday evening, are now on YouTube: youtu.be/-Vf-U4T5t7I

#LboroUCU response to the far-right demonstration in London this weekend, and the nationwide St George’s and Union flag display campaign: ucu.lboro.ac.uk/lucu-opposes...

What a great first #YourParty get together in #Chesterfield. A truly inspiring meeting filled with hope for a better future. Over 130 like minded people in the room and on zoom. Onwards and upwards!

The results of the LUCU Staff Survey, held earlier this year, have now been published on our branch website. You can see them, and a brief report, here: ucu.lboro.ac.uk/report-from-... #LboroUCU #LboroFamily #StaffSurvey

🚨 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

Been out this evening at #Chesterfield Train Station leafleting for the #YourParty Chesterfield & North #Derbyshire Get Together next week with some good comrades. Details and more: linktr.ee/yourpartyche...

We are very pleased to announce that we have a new Department Rep in the School of Social Sciences & Humanities. Meet our very first UCU Rep for the new Loughborough Law Department in this article: ucu.lboro.ac.uk/a-new-rep-fo... #LboroUCU #LboroFamily #LboroLaw

A reminder that you can still sign up for our Allyship & Solidarity CPD session, details on the post below.

Sometimes a barrier is a good thing! Join #LboroUCU today: ucu.lboro.ac.uk/join/ Or if you work in another sector, you can find the best union for you, here: www.tuc.org.uk/joinunion #JoinAUnion

#LboroUCU has organised an online CPD workshop, "Allyship and Solidarity", open to all LU staff & Masters & PhD students. Taking place online on Tues 23rd September from 12 noon. For more information and to register for the course: ucu.lboro.ac.uk/cpd-course-a...

Find out what happened at our #LboroUCU AGM and who's in each role on the LUCU Committee for 2025-26: ucu.lboro.ac.uk/lucu-agm-202...

😡 Targeting our reps 😡 Refusing to talk 😡 Imposing an office return with no equality assessment or hybrid agreement 😡 Breaching agreed procedures 😡 Unsafe levels of work-related stress Just 5 reasons our ballot opens today for a Safe & Professional Workplace. uniteucu.wordpress.com/2025/08/01/b...

Please sign and share the @tuc.org.uk petition to Members of the House of Lords demanding they pass the Employment Rights Bill in full. www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/pa...

Please sign and share to support @bcu-ucu.bsky.social

#LboroUCU has organised an online CPD workshop, "The Menopause is a Workplace Issue", open to all LU staff and Masters & PhD students. Taking place online on Wed 20th August from 12 noon. More info and to register: ucu.lboro.ac.uk/cpd-course-t...

Join #LboroUCU today: ucu.lboro.ac.uk/join/ Not in the Education Sector, find the best union for you via @tuc.org.uk: www.tuc.org.uk/joinunion

We’ve been relatively quiet recently. Unfortunately this isn’t because we’re finally making progress in our long-running dispute over our demand for a safe and professional workplace. Nor is it because industrial relations are improving and our employer is now engaging meaningfully. Long 🧵

At lunchtime today!

Ok, it's here, get on this bus!

The #LboroUCU AGM & Branch Social both take place tomorrow, 2 July, in EHB002. All members are invited to attend the AGM from 12:30pm. From 1:30pm the Branch Social will begin where you can meet other LUCU members. Snacks & light refreshments provided. For more info: ucu.lboro.ac.uk/lucu-annual-...

Our branch has declared no confidence in UCU’s SMT to protect the well-being of staff, nor in its commitment to improving industrial relations. With the increasing victimisation of our reps, and SMT now repeatedly imposing changes in working conditions and policies, our dispute continues.

Join your colleagues to celebrate the end of the academic year at the Staff Summer Picnic: 12-2pm, 1 July, EHB Pavilion. A special event to celebrate your achievements & take some time to relax and unwind, hosted by @lborouniversity.bsky.social & Campus Trade Unions. ucu.lboro.ac.uk/staff-summer...

Universities on the brink? The Education Committee launched a new inquiry and now welcomes written evidence submissions that respond to the terms of reference for the inquiry. Submissions can be made via the Committee’s website until 31 July. More info: committees.parliament.uk/committee/20...

Contextualising the Conflict: A Brief History of the Middle East. An open meeting on 8 July 12:30–13:30 focussed on contextualising the ongoing Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Ali Bilgic, presents a potted history of the Middle East. The session is open to all #LboroFamily staff & students. More info:

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...

Do you know who your #LUCU Department Rep is? Have you considered joining the #LboroUCU Reps Team? Find out who your Rep is and what's involved in being a Rep here: ucu.lboro.ac.uk/reps-contacts #TradeUnionRep #UCU

"We value the work that all of the staff at UCU provide to our branches, and expect them to have access to the same fair work practices that we fight for as a union." Open letter for all @ucu.org.uk members to sign in support of @uniteucu.bsky.social docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Following the latest staff survey results, in which some staff have expressed frustration results do not seem to reflect day-to-day experiences working at the University, #LboroUCU is launching its own short survey to help us to better understand the lived experiences of staff at the University.

#LboroUCU have recently launched a new page on our branch website focusing on #Equality. You can see the new page, in full, here: ucu.lboro.ac.uk/equalities/

Thank you to all the UCU members who came to our fringe last night - and sorry we ended up with standing room only (again!). Our members absolutely appreciate your ongoing support, especially the unusually small handful required to work at #UCU2025 in somewhat trying circumstances. #Solidarity

*Today @ 6.30pm* *Unite UCU Fringe* 🗣✊🗣✊ Leonardo Hotel, Liverpool #UCU2025 #UCUCongress