I have to say as a former chair of the UCU Disabled Members Committee… this is becoming beyond bearable to watch happening inside of our own union. My branch @ucukent.bsky.social Has discussed this several times and on each occasion offered solidarity to our staff.

Our members have voted to support industrial action to fight against job cuts passed today! In the ballot our 72% of members were in favour of strike action, and 90% in favour of action short of strike. Turnout was 58%. Thank you to all members, reps and officials for helping us get the vote out.

VCs don’t run universities. We do. After another real terms pay cut, UCU is launching a UK-wide strike ballot. Ballot opens October. Vote YES. #WeAreTheUniversity

UCU policy: “To work with the TUC and other TUs to campaign for a change to the law to prevent such deductions, including lobbying government and opposition parties” Maybe while @drjogrady.bsky.social is at @tuc.org.uk in Brighton she can work on thi… oh! policy.web.ucu.org.uk/motion-infor...

An employer that sets out to crush it’s union activists is a disgrace. A union that does this to its employees is not fit for the name union!

Much solidarity… sorry to say I have a clinic that day that I cannot miss. With you in spirit!

On hold

Unite UCU fringe at #UCU2025 Congress When: 6.30pm, Saturday 24 May Where: Leonardo Hotel, Liverpool One of us, all of us: fighting for our members, our workplace, your union. #YNWA

Everyone in a union surely? Not it appears the very top of my union the @ucu.org.uk

On Tuesday, UCU Westminster held an all-branch meeting where we passed a motion in defence of trans rights. As part of our motion resolves, we issue the public statement of solidarity below. UCU Westminster is committed to defending & promoting trans rights, both in our University and beyond.

Ballot result is back for BCU UCU. Congratulations to everyone who has worked to support a successful democratic process! Notice served of discontinuous strike action, with an initial strike day called on 1st May. Time for professional respect and job security.

#SettleTheDispute This is so far from working for any employer should look like @drjogrady.bsky.social Do you have no idea how you are green lighting our employers to break @ucu.org.uk? #Solidarity @uniteucu.bsky.social

What we don’t need is our union modelling atrocious behaviour and giving our own bosses licence to copy in the process. Solidarity @uniteucu.bsky.social, that level of intimidation is bad for anyone’s well-being.

Staff being told that revealing they are union members by posting an auto reply is a breach of GDPR even though it is their data … And going into people’s auto replies on the basis of assumed union membership as if this does anything but confirm what people are saying about a toxic workplace.

This is horrendous.

Interrupted my lunch hour in my part time work to 1. Take pain killers and 2. See that my work shyness has been cured by removing my eligibility for #PIP and #DisabilityBenefit. #Labour just handed me an old age of poverty and removed my ability to pay for things that make me able to work.

Me too…..

@BBCr4today I am working (part time) and it’s PIP that pays for the aids &services I need to have less pain and less fatigue to be able to work. You take that away and you drive me out of work. This is cruel and dishonest. Very of us who will lose are in work

Re #UCU HEC decisions today: Seeking urgent clarification as I'm both surprised and concerned to see members' email reporting timeline/details that were not discussed/agreed at HEC meeting this morning, *before* the HE Officers have been able to meet to discuss how to progress decisions made. 1/2

Thank you for all the solidarity and support so far, from within UCU and beyond. Join our online Strike Rally and teach-out on allyship & solidarity tomorrow (10th) at noon - register at: unitetheunion-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #SupportTheStrike #ReclaimUCU @unitetheunion.bsky.social

Question @uniteucu.bsky.social How many union reps/activists are threatened with post deletion?

Your regular reminder 👇 🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS 🏫 78% want publicly owned schools 💧 73% want publicly owned water 🚂 70% want publicly owned rail ✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail 🚍 67% want publicly owned buses 💡 65% want publicly owned energy

Wonderful to see the brilliant Mark Barrows @beneath-b-waters.bsky.social on BBC Countryfile this evening, sharing his incredible underwater footage from the River Wharfe, and sharing the negative impacts of sewage pollution…