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Roger Kline
4 days ago
Two thirds of UCU staff walk out. I worked for UCU two decades ago. In fact I ran for General Secretary and just lost. There is no way two thirds of the staff would walk out if the story of victimisation isnt true. My sources say its been coming for years.
feweek.co.uk/ucu-staff-to...
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UCU staff walk out over alleged ātrade union victimisationā
Leaders of the union call the claims ācategorically untrueā
https://feweek.co.uk/ucu-staff-to-stage-11-day-walk-out-over-alleged-trade-union-victimisation/
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Unite UCU
9 days ago
š£ Hands off Marie! Tell
@drjogrady.bsky.social
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@ucu.org.uk
to stop victimising Unite UCU's safety rep. āļø
[email protected]
#HandsOffMarie
#UniteTheUnion
@unitetheunion.bsky.social
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Adam Parkhomenko
10 days ago
Seems like a good video for his trial
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Trade union victimisation IN a trade union. You couldnāt make it up. Yet, here we areā¦
#UniteUCU
#Victimisation
#TUC
#TradeUnion
#UCU
#NDFE
#HE
#TradeDispute
#Unite
#MorallyBankrupt
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11 days ago
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Mark Thomas
27 days ago
So thatās Zahawi and Dorries, failed to get into Lords and join Reform. Gullis couldnāt get a job after losing his seat in election, joins Reform. Jenkins loses her seat at election, joins Reform. Failures and grifting wankers to a fucking tee.
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Marc Elias
about 1 month ago
šØBREAKING: More than two weeks past its statutory deadline, the DOJ has released less than 1% of its Epstein documents and it will continue to be in violation of the law for the foreseeable future.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Less than 1% of Epstein files have been released, DOJ admits
Read more here.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-justice-department-epstein-release-less-than-one-percent-letter/
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Jonathan Pie
about 1 month ago
"Instead of doing the job I'm paid to do by the taxpayers, I'll be earning myself some extra dosh by skiving off to do a radio show."
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derek guy
about 1 month ago
I am pleased to announce that I have commandeered my neighbor's home. This home will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, to ensure it is used to benefit my neighbor and me! Thank you for your attention to this matter!
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Naomi Klein
about 1 month ago
"We're in the oil business" - Trump
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It appears Rob Reiner and his wife were murdered as my wife and I were literally watching Spinal Tap 2: The End Continues. Considering watching Home Alone 2 tonight.
#RIPRobReiner
about 2 months ago
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Eric Idle
about 2 months ago
Shocked by the awful death of Rob Reiner. I spoke with him for over an hour last night. We talked about his work and his plans for the future. I always enjoyed his company. We met at his Dad's in 1975. Last thing he said to me was "See you next year.." Such a terrible end. Such a sweet man.
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Chris Addison
about 2 months ago
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European Movement UK
2 months ago
Critics argue that the ECHR stops us from being able to deport illegal migrants. In reality, in 75 years the ECHR has only ruled against the UK in 13 cases out of 500k: 0.000026%. The ECHR is being used a scapegoat for domestic challenges, and we must defend it.
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Starmer urges European leaders to reform human rights laws to tackle immigration
The ECHR is seen by its critics as a major barrier to attempts to deport illegal migrants from the country.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/starmer-immigration-uk-farage-latest-news-b2881557.html
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European Movement UK
2 months ago
Sign our petition to keep the UK in the ECHR here:
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Act now to protect the UK's place in the ECHR
Sign the European Movement UK's petition now if you agree: Britain must remain in the ECHR
https://www.europeanmovement.co.uk/echr-petition
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Jón Kristinsson
2 months ago
Hereās my Spotify Wrapped šµāØ
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Dundee UCU
3 months ago
Very strong turnout this morning on the first of our five days strike. On Friday, in a meeting with the interim Principal, he confirmed his ideology is to cut as many jobs as possible. Support our action to save jobs and save the University!
#SaveHE
#SaveDundeeUni
#WeAreTheUniversity
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If you still have a Twitter/X account⦠Why?
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3 months ago
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3 months ago
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Oh look. ULEZ works. Who'd have thought.
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Unite UCU
3 months ago
ASOS which is "work in the same way youāve 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 thatās irresponsible.
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UCU has the privilege of appearing in the current edition of
@privateeyenews.bsky.social
Shame itās about the toxic working environment, disfunction and unresolved dispute.
#UniteUCU
#UCU
#Dispute
3 months ago
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Times Higher Education (THE)
4 months ago
Southampton Solent University has been accused of an āunprecedentedā attempt to move staff on to āinferiorā pension schemes, with those not complying facing losing their jobs.
Juliette Rowsell
reports #academicsky #pensions
https://ow.ly/wYQR50Xgr4g
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Southampton Solent pensions row āsets concerning precedentā
Union claims that professional service staff have been told to move on to subsidiary firm with less generous pension scheme, or face losing their job
https://ow.ly/wYQR50Xgr4g
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Southampton Solent pensions row āsets concerning precedentā
Union claims that professional service staff have been told to move on to subsidiary firm with less generous pension scheme, or face losing their job
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/southampton-solent-pensions-row-sets-concerning-precedent
4 months ago
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Unprecedented, potentially unlawful retrograde proposals made by
@solentuniversity.bsky.social
If you have a vested interest in HE, this concerns you. We must stand together to resist these outrageous proposals.
#HE
#TPS
#LGPS
#Pension
#post-92
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1423...
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Solent University threatens P&O-style 'Fire & Rehire' with pension cuts
UCU today announced that it has entered a formal trade dispute with Southampton Solent University over plans to force all its staff onto inferior pension schemes, paving the way for a strike ballot if...
https://www.ucu.org.uk/article/14234/Solent-University-threatens-PO-style-Fire--Rehire-with-pension-cuts
4 months ago
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Alice Roberts
4 months ago
Um. Thereās a woman presenting this too.
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Unite UCU
4 months ago
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 didnāt reply herself, but SMTās response, regrettably, was ānoā.
uniteucu.wordpress.com/2025/10/10/b...
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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, branchā¦
https://uniteucu.wordpress.com/2025/10/10/branch-update-10-oct-25/
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University and College Union (UCU)
4 months ago
There are plenty more like Graham. Six-figure salaries at the top, cuts and chaos for staff. Weāre exposing the hypocrisy in higher education. š„ Thurs 7PM | UCU Live:
www.youtube.com/live/rZRbCP0...
#WeAreTheUniversity
#VoteYes
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Unite UCU
4 months ago
Fifty branches, representing over 36% of UCU members, have now called for
@drjogrady.bsky.social
to enter unconditional negotiations & remove the threat of punitive deductions against staff. Unite's repeated requests for such talks have had no response. Will she now listen to
@ucu.org.uk
members?
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Oppose this. Just one week after Palantir sign a £1.5bn deal with the U.K. on AI and innovation?
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards
We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/730194?fbclid=IwY2xjawND14xleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHjaRlYMMlz8u9X6_aWPDL-36y12YlklLOI3CGXn4rLA07aJ4rzuxkFDAismL_aem_7M2I-hKZtNdvYNSxuiHPwA
4 months ago
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Itās becoming hard to see that this really is a Labour Govt. Sign and reject this nonsensical and ridiculous proposal, that was not found in the Labour Party manifesto.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
#NoToIDCards
#Privacy
#Palantir
#DataHarvest
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Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards
We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/730194
5 months ago
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QM_UCU
5 months ago
At our Emergency General Meeting, our branch unanimously voted in support of this solidarity motion with
@uniteucu.bsky.social
. This behaviour by
@ucu.org.uk
senior management is unacceptable and threatens the entire
@tuc.org.uk
movement. Read in full:
qmucu.org/2025/09/24/b...
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Unite UCU
5 months ago
Do you want to know how UCU senior management has responded to UCU branches calling on them to remove their threat of deductions? This is how. How would you react?
uniteucu.wordpress.com/2025/09/12/u...
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I think this guyās in business.
#LBC
5 months ago
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Unite UCU
5 months ago
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.
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Unite UCU
5 months ago
Sometimes solutions are easy
@drjogrady.bsky.social
&
@ucu.org.uk
Letās sit down and talk without conditions or threats that damage everyone. Itās time to resolve this dispute. Our statement, with support from the following branch committees:
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5 months ago
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How and why is Peter Mandelson still in post?
5 months ago
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Otto English
5 months ago
Every vain hour Mandelson remains in post is a further insult to Epstein's victims.
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UCU deploys āvindictiveā union-busting tactics in attempt to crush staff union
uniteucu.wordpress.com/2025/09/04/u...
#TUC
#Unite
#TradeDispute
#TradeUnion
#UnionBusting
#ECHR
#HumanRights
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UCU deploys āvindictiveā union-busting tactics in attempt to crush staff union
Unite the union members working for the University and College Union vote to take further industrial action with a 76% Yes vote for strike action on a 77% turnout This was their third consecutive sā¦
https://uniteucu.wordpress.com/2025/09/04/ucu-deploys-vindictive-union-busting-tactics-in-attempt-to-crush-staff-union/
5 months ago
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Jim Dickinson
5 months ago
"Edinburgh Uni lecturers walk out on first of five days of industrial action"
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Edinburgh Uni lecturers walk out on first of five days of industrial action
The University and College Union said it is ātaking stepsā to extend its mandate for industrial action, which expires in November.
https://bit.ly/3JLVN2G
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Mike Galsworthy
5 months ago
Say it again, and again, and again. They are not "illegal immigrants". -seeking asylum is legal and has been since 1951. This legally trumps all arguments of ābut they arrived by illegal meansā. Thatās just a fact. Thatās why you donāt see asylum seekers arrested & charged. Our MSM must do better.
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Silencing the drumbeat again: seeking asylum is legal
Hundreds protested in Ashington against so-called "illegal immigrants" - though seeking asylum has been legal since 1951
https://northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politics/silencing-the-drumbeat-again-seeking-asylum-is-legal/
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Wil Hardman
5 months ago
Shocking that UCU SMT are threatening to dock pay just for ASOS in Unite UCUās dispute. Our branch is donating Ā£150 + our Adminās strike pay to their fund, with more to follow. We urge all UCU branches to donate asap to support our UCU staff strikers.
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George Monbiot
5 months ago
If Farage wins the next election, it will be down to one person. His name is Keir Starmer. This thread explains why. 1. Destroying faith in democracy. The UK decisively voted out the Tories, only for Starmer to give us a Continuity Tory government, shamefully beholden to economic power. š§µ
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5 months ago
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Zack Polanski
5 months ago
šØ The vested interests of Reform politicians must be called out. But people thinking of voting Reform? We keep talking - not writing them off. I told the BBC how weāll take on both Labour and Reform - and get
@anthonyslaughter.bsky.social
elected to the Senedd!
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Green leader Zack Polanski says number one priority is Senedd
The Green Party is targeting its first seats in the Senedd at next year's elections.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cge2jnr2pv9o
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Quite frankly speechless. The hypocrisy is staggering.
#TUC
#UCU
#Unite
#TradeDispute
#TradeUnion
#ReclaimUCU
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5 months ago
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Ruth Fletcher
5 months ago
This is unbelievable
@ucu.org.uk
How can you be threatening 100% deductions for ASOS that is working at home rather than in office? UCU policy is against disprop ASOS deductions ASOS deductions breach workers Art 11 rights You contradict UCU support for membersā cases against employer deductions
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QM_UCU
5 months ago
100% deductions for ASOS is inhumane and destructive. We thought we had the backing of our own national union on this point. To see them implement what is a draconian policy (and not yet fully tested in the courts) against the colleagues who keep our branches running is devastating.
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Marian Mayer
5 months ago
This cannot continue. It brings UCU into disrepute. Solidarity with
@uniteucu.bsky.social
#ReclaimUCU
now
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Vicky Blake UCU (she/her)
5 months 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
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