It’s vote YES time! YES - because in the last two years we have lost over 500 jobs locally. YES - because the cuts are nationwide. YES - because inequality/precarity across the sector only continues to rise, not end, and YES - because we are underpaid, despite the cost of living crisis!

Organised by UoL students’ union - Thursday 20th Nov!

Power struggles at the management level? And who’s picking up the pieces? We need to stop these toxic people from making terrible decisions. Again, and again. Vote Yes!

A reminder to our members at University or Lincoln - have you voted yet? Come and talk to us at the next branch meeting Wednesday 12th Nov 1pm!

And it continues to spread. Solidarity @uonucu.bsky.social !

Another example of how university "leaders" will trade anything for money: X Academic freedom X Student welfare X Civic mission & duty X Staff working conditions X Your job Time to fix this Vote 'Yes' #WeAreTheUniversity www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

How is this ok? @ucu.org.uk

On November 2 we co-hosted a panel on freedom of expression on Palestine together with the National Union of Journalists @nujofficial.bsky.social to protest over 270 Gazan journalist colleagues who have been slaughtered ⬇️

Solidarity @ducuuo.bsky.social !

Inspirational imagery! Send us your pics University of Lincoln comrades!

The trajectory of redundancies is vast and long. Let’s say enough is enough - vote yes to the national strike!

Staff at Edinburgh Uni to continue strike action #WeAreTheUniversity #StopTheCuts #SaveHE www.heraldscotland.com/news/2557921...

@leicesterucu.bsky.social begin a further two weeks of strikes from 10 November in their fight against redundancies. Share solidarity, make donations to their strike fund and join demonstrations 12/13 November!

Grim state of things

www.leicester.news/de-montfort-... - how and when did the issue of our working conditions (and spaces to discuss this) become become a safeguarding concern for managers?

Have you posted yours? 🤩

A reminder - vote YES week is this week. Reasons why:

Time to vote 🗳️🗳️🗳️

💯 💯 💯 - these are the red lines that the national dispute negotiators should be taking to the negotiating room @ucu.org.uk 💯 💯 💯

🚨Today we passed a motion asking for red lines for the 25/26 HE dispute: ✊ Moratorium on redundancies & course closures ✊ Enforce national agreements & fair pay for all ✊ Sector-wide 35-hrs week, no pay loss We want to win this dispute on our terms! bit.ly/4nIKgQF

Fix the economy, Starmer. We have no power over changing the economy; to blame universities for its ills and using it to hit us (& get ever more culture warriors on us) is just bullying.

Support and share!

The New Deal for FE ballot is OPEN! Look out for your postal ballot & return it ASAP VOTE YES to put pressure on the employers to negotiate the settlement we need in FE www.ucu.org.uk/article/1419...

When your ballot paper arrives: •Vote YES to tell UCEA that you want negotiation, not imposition. •Vote YES to call for the broken market system to change. •Vote YES to call for decent pay, conditions, and job security for all university staff.

Our demands are straightforward, reasonable and achievable. We are calling for (see comments):

VOTE YES WEEK COMMENCING 20 OCTOBER! National dispute incoming >>>> watch out for the ballot and request replacement if you don’t receive one soon! Some details about the dispute in the video from @ucu.org.uk on our TikTok www.tiktok.com/@ucuhqc483?_... (also give us a follow whilst you’re there!)

What is going on @qmul.bsky.social ? This is not a good look! Solidarity @qmucu.bsky.social

This is today 6.30pm! Register your place here: ucl.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

UCU - UCU to launch England wide college strike ballot over pay, workloads and national bargaining www.ucu.org.uk/article/1421...

Solidarity @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social !

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If you haven’t joined the union - time to do it right now! Better and stronger together 👏 #ucu #jointheunion #universityoflincoln

A brilliant piece in the FT about the human and institutional cost of overreliance on international student fees. Managers are making our most vulnerable students pay the price of a failing funding model and are skewing the purposes of university in their pursuit of fees. www.ft.com/content/3f49...

How would we react to something like this? We need to step it up @ucu.org.uk

Strike starts TODAY!!! Branch members will be picketing from 8 to 11 today, tomorrow, and Wednesday at UP's west, south, and north entrance and Jubilee's main entrance on Derby road. Come show your support! #StopTheCuts #SaveHE

Thank you for your solidarity @umucu.bsky.social @ucu-ulster.bsky.social @uculincolnbranch.bsky.social @kclucu.bsky.social @cardiffucu.bsky.social @northantsucu.bsky.social Nottingham Trent UCU Kingston University UCU University of York UCU

Our friends at @leicesterucu.bsky.social are holding a rally tomorrow at 1pm. All DMU UCU members who are in the area, please consider stopping by to show solidarity!

The dispute is on! More details and campaign will follow, keep an eyes on emails and remember - it’s not just about pay, it’s also about protecting our employment agreements and commitments to avoid more redundancies!

Solidarity with @uonucu.bsky.social entering 4 weeks of strike - no to compulsory redundancies!

Useful summary about our upcoming national dispute from @ucuwestminster.bsky.social

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... - some insightful listening material about the crisis of the sector!

A shocking merger! Who’s next? www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/n...

Really helpful post here about the upcoming ballot which you'll have seen an email about on Monday. #WeAreTheUniversity - vote yes to: ▶️protect jobs and prevent cuts ▶️defend the agreements that support our work ▶️demand a pay uplift.

Paul Nowak, @tuc.org.uk General Secretary, stands with UCU members. In October we ballot over pay, agreements, and jobs. Vote YES. #WeAreTheUniversity #ucu

University staff demand to have their concerns *on the table* as University of Edinburgh threaten £140 Million budget cuts.

BIG news incoming! www.ucu.org.uk/article/1416...

🧵1/ Our branch just passed a motion condemning the stealth closure of the MA in Black British History. We did this to demand accountability — for the future of the MA and for the College’s promises on racial justice and equality. shorturl.at/gIUVG

Solidarity with @sheffielducu.bsky.social

Great national event this weekend too

Welcome back to our members and all staff, for those who haven’t joined the union yet - do sign up and join us at the next branch meeting! lincoln.web.ucu.org.uk