DK Renton argues that David Lammy’s proposal to severely cut the number of jury trials is another authoritarian step by Labour. revsoc21.uk/2025/11/30/i...

Charlie Jarsve argues that Labour’s attacks on migrants and plans for a Danish style immigration system are an attack on all of the working class. revsoc21.uk/2025/11/27/a...

Just two safe days left to vote. Zack and Cara from the Greens have already backed us, have you voted yet? Have you checked your colleagues have? We can do this. Get it in. Get it done. @carladenyer.bsky.social @zackpolanski.bsky.social

Move comes as Israeli attacks on bombarded enclave killed at least 32 Palestinians and wounded 88 others in 24 hours.

23,000 deaths in England could have been prevented in the first wave of Covid if lockdown had started a week earlier, a new report by the Covid Inquiry has found. Read more in The Doctor Magazine👇 thedoctor.bma.org.uk/articles/hea...

Following a report on @drjogrady.bsky.social's NEC update, we want to clarify that all dispute issues remain unresolved: ❌ trade union victimisation ❌ failure to negotiate a hybrid working policy ❌ failure to adequately deal with safety issues ❌ breach of recognition agreement & other policies.

Would it be too much to ask the briefers, the leakers, the bullshitters, the online trolls, to wind their necks in for a bit until we can see if, after the founding conference, anything resembling a workable party still stands?' www.patreon.com/posts/give-i...

Being disabled shouldn’t mean you’re on a lower wage, or that you’re afraid to ask for support at work because it could hit you financially. Having a reasonable adjustment should never lead to a pay cut. But this is what’s happening to some UCU staff right now. Short 🧵

East London is antifascist

Congrats Tithi and Sue ( @plutopress.bsky.social ) www.plutobooks.com/product/maki...

We’ve reached £5,000. Thanks to everyone donating and spreading the crowdfund. Please keep sharing, we need to double this.

Nearly at £5,000! Hugely grateful to everyone donating what they can afford and to everyone helping in sharing the crowdfund 🙏 Let's get us over that £5,000 and further: chuffed.org/project/1522...

Hundreds of thousands march in London to call for 'lasting peace' - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/hundreds-thousands-march-london-call-lasting-peace

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...

With unbreakable determination..... Hundreds of thousands return to Gaza city after being forcefully evacuated from it.

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?

"Why do you talk about genocide at parties" "Why do you talk about genocide with kids around" "Why do you talk about genocide during work calls" "Why do you talk about genocide with people who have their own shit going on" Why do you talk about genocide when... BECAUSE there is a GENOCIDE.

That 'data-driven decision making' we have to pay such a stupid amount of money for. But that data is just a basic inflation converter and a demographic table, not actual understanding of the complex cost of teaching differentiated across disciplines, or the complexity of student choices.

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...

The turmoil within 'Your Party' has caused widespread despair. But here is some hope! This is a proposal to move on from yesterday's events - with the grassroots taking over. You can sign up here 👇 www.ourparty.org.uk#openletter

revsoc21.uk/2025/09/18/y... The stakes are too high for Your Party to fail. Everyone who wants to see it succeed needs to act now.

As a union, we have been fighting employers’ attempts at making 100% pay deductions for ASOS legal since 2019. As a branch, we’ve been at the forefront of that fight since 2022. Our own union going against our policies, workers’ interest, and legal cases hurts. Letter: qmucu.org/2025/09/12/l...

Brighton is the place to be for trade union conversations this week with #TUC2025! Hoping that while you're there, you could question the replication of employers' union-busting tactics by UCU's senior management against Unite members, @tuc.org.uk @paulnowaktuc.bsky.social? Cross-union solidarity

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.

Your Party has sparked a wave of excitement on the left. To succeed it must break with the weight of Labourism, argue Jonny Jones and Jaice Titus, in the first of a two-part series. revsoc21.uk/2025/09/10/y...

Jan B reflects on the first ‘Your Party’ public meeting in Glasgow.

📢 Staff at the University of Edinburgh are on strike against £140m cuts. Show your support to colleagues at Edinburgh university ✊

#UnionStrong #ReclaimUCU

Jo Grady: “...these deductions are immoral, counterproductive, and have no place in our universities. UCEA and vice-chancellors need to stop with the bully-boy tactics which are damaging to staff, students, and the international reputation of UK higher education.’ www.ucu.org.uk/article/1287...

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...

Drafting a more extensive response, but for now we think that (1) @uniteucu.bsky.social rock [branch position, voted on in motions], (2) that this is no way of treating staff [union position, voted on in Congress], and (3) everyone should read this blog: uniteucu.wordpress.com/2025/09/04/u...

This is completely unacceptable intimidation. Every visa holder is already nervous about their visa, every university. is already draconian about visa compliance. This is just harming students to score headline points with the far right. Stop playing games with our students.

Good Indonesian protesters fighting back against the cops Morning www.instagram.com/reel/DOCvn_l...

Tube cleaners threaten strike action over wages and sick pay RMT has declared a formal dispute with outsourcing giant ABM after the company failed to improve on its derisory offer to cleaners working on the London Underground cleaning contract. rmtunion.org/45Olp7F

Beyond disgusted that Israeli President Herzog is set to visit London next week to meet Labour ministers. The Labour Party is living up to its reputation as The Genocide Party. Herzog should be arrested for war crimes the moment he sets foot on UK soil.

Prominent Palestinian academic dies from Israeli-imposed Gaza famine - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/prominent-palestinian-academic-dies-israeli-famine

UK complicit in Israeli war crimes, Jeremy Corbyn's tribunal hears - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/uk-complicit-israeli-war-crimes-jeremy-corbyns-tribunal-hears

What a mess - when will the @ucu senior management team realise that this awful & aggressive strategy (a) isn’t working and (b) damages the reputation of the union and its members’ interests? uniteucu.wordpress.com/2025/09/04/u...

Shocking that UCU SMT are threatening to dock pay just for ASOS in Unite UCU’s dispute. Our branch is donating £150 + our Admin’s strike pay to their fund, with more to follow. We urge all UCU branches to donate asap to support our UCU staff strikers.

🚨 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