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· Jan 22
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Branch Committee 24/25
Keep an eye on our website over the coming weeks for new developments!
Keep an eye on our website over the coming weeks for new developments!
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Our (slightly droopy) banner at the back there as a delegation from the branch committee visited striking UCU workers at INTO Manchester fighting against a 2% pay offer from their employer, well behind the rate of inflation.
INTO are a private education provider who last year made £20million profit
INTO are a private education provider who last year made £20million profit
October 28, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Our (slightly droopy) banner at the back there as a delegation from the branch committee visited striking UCU workers at INTO Manchester fighting against a 2% pay offer from their employer, well behind the rate of inflation.
INTO are a private education provider who last year made £20million profit
INTO are a private education provider who last year made £20million profit
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@unison.org.uk and @ucu.org.uk working together to get the vote out! Please share widely.
October 31, 2025 at 10:54 AM
@unison.org.uk and @ucu.org.uk working together to get the vote out! Please share widely.
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Universities are under attack. By defending ourselves, we are defending the whole sector.
Vote YES.
#WeAreTheUniversity
Vote YES.
#WeAreTheUniversity
September 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Universities are under attack. By defending ourselves, we are defending the whole sector.
Vote YES.
#WeAreTheUniversity
Vote YES.
#WeAreTheUniversity
UCU-MMU Release "Your Pathway, Your Voice" Report
“I feel extremely overworked and at breaking point. I am working on the train, in evenings, at weekends...”.
Strict and inflexible academic pathways are severely harming our members health.
Read the report below 👇
“I feel extremely overworked and at breaking point. I am working on the train, in evenings, at weekends...”.
Strict and inflexible academic pathways are severely harming our members health.
Read the report below 👇
Your Pathway, Your Voice Survey Results
YOUR PATHWAY, YOUR VOICE SURVEY RESULTS 2025
Throughout March and April, our branch opened a survey on the use of research and teaching pathways at MMU. We did this as an increasing number of members...
mmu.web.ucu.org.uk
July 9, 2025 at 1:18 PM
UCU-MMU Release "Your Pathway, Your Voice" Report
“I feel extremely overworked and at breaking point. I am working on the train, in evenings, at weekends...”.
Strict and inflexible academic pathways are severely harming our members health.
Read the report below 👇
“I feel extremely overworked and at breaking point. I am working on the train, in evenings, at weekends...”.
Strict and inflexible academic pathways are severely harming our members health.
Read the report below 👇
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Rebecca has long been a supporter of Higher Education workers in the North West, including during the pay dispute in 2022/23 which saw industrial action at both Manchester Met and RNCM
June 4, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Rebecca has long been a supporter of Higher Education workers in the North West, including during the pay dispute in 2022/23 which saw industrial action at both Manchester Met and RNCM
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Our Branch Secretary @lykarar.bsky.social met with Salford MP and MMU alum @rebeccalongbailey.com at the @unisoninhe.bsky.social parliamentary lobby yesterday to talk about the crisis enveloping our universities.
June 4, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Our Branch Secretary @lykarar.bsky.social met with Salford MP and MMU alum @rebeccalongbailey.com at the @unisoninhe.bsky.social parliamentary lobby yesterday to talk about the crisis enveloping our universities.
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UCU - University union lays ground for its first ever strike ballot against Labour www.ucu.org.uk/article/1403...
University union lays ground for its first ever strike ballot against Labour
Delegates at the University and College Union's (UCU) annual Congress have overwhelmingly voted to prepare for an industrial dispute with the Secretary of State for Education over university funding, ...
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May 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
UCU - University union lays ground for its first ever strike ballot against Labour www.ucu.org.uk/article/1403...
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Yesterday we stood alongside colleagues from UCU to call for an immediate ceasefire in Palestine as part of Nakba Day and the TUC-backed workplace day of action for Palestine.
May 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Yesterday we stood alongside colleagues from UCU to call for an immediate ceasefire in Palestine as part of Nakba Day and the TUC-backed workplace day of action for Palestine.
MMU UCU and Unison take part in the workplace day of action for Palestine. Find out about what your branch can do here 👇
www.tuc.org.uk/news/support...
www.tuc.org.uk/news/support...
May 19, 2025 at 11:55 AM
MMU UCU and Unison take part in the workplace day of action for Palestine. Find out about what your branch can do here 👇
www.tuc.org.uk/news/support...
www.tuc.org.uk/news/support...
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🚩We're back on the picket line this morning.
🚩We'll also be out this Weds, Thurs, and Fri.
🚩Join us at our Gazebo HQ opposite the main UEA bus stop from 8am. #SaveUEA
🚩We'll also be out this Weds, Thurs, and Fri.
🚩Join us at our Gazebo HQ opposite the main UEA bus stop from 8am. #SaveUEA
May 13, 2025 at 8:44 AM
🚩We're back on the picket line this morning.
🚩We'll also be out this Weds, Thurs, and Fri.
🚩Join us at our Gazebo HQ opposite the main UEA bus stop from 8am. #SaveUEA
🚩We'll also be out this Weds, Thurs, and Fri.
🚩Join us at our Gazebo HQ opposite the main UEA bus stop from 8am. #SaveUEA
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Out to support @uniteucu.bsky.social today with @manmetucu.bsky.social. People asking why we were there were baffled that employees would need to strike against a trade union. Yep. A shameful and absurd situation. #ReclaimUCU
April 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Out to support @uniteucu.bsky.social today with @manmetucu.bsky.social. People asking why we were there were baffled that employees would need to strike against a trade union. Yep. A shameful and absurd situation. #ReclaimUCU
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📣 May Day Rally 📣
We remain on strike. With our employer continuing to refuse to meet for talks, join our strike rally on Thursday 1 May, 12-1pm outside UCU head office, Carlow Street, London.
All welcome to show your support for making UCU a safe & professional workplace.
#ThriveNotSurvive
We remain on strike. With our employer continuing to refuse to meet for talks, join our strike rally on Thursday 1 May, 12-1pm outside UCU head office, Carlow Street, London.
All welcome to show your support for making UCU a safe & professional workplace.
#ThriveNotSurvive
April 22, 2025 at 9:13 AM
📣 May Day Rally 📣
We remain on strike. With our employer continuing to refuse to meet for talks, join our strike rally on Thursday 1 May, 12-1pm outside UCU head office, Carlow Street, London.
All welcome to show your support for making UCU a safe & professional workplace.
#ThriveNotSurvive
We remain on strike. With our employer continuing to refuse to meet for talks, join our strike rally on Thursday 1 May, 12-1pm outside UCU head office, Carlow Street, London.
All welcome to show your support for making UCU a safe & professional workplace.
#ThriveNotSurvive
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Thank you to all the amazing UCU branches who’ve been solid & vocal in supporting us. And huge #solidarity to those taking their own action.
UCU isn’t one person, it’s its branches, its activists & its members. We want to work for & support you; being unable to properly do so is beyond upsetting.
UCU isn’t one person, it’s its branches, its activists & its members. We want to work for & support you; being unable to properly do so is beyond upsetting.
We unequivocally support UCU staff on strike today! They have been so supportive, knowledgeable and hard working for our branch over the years. We can always count on them to have our backs. It's time to have theirs. Read our branch statement to Jo Grady the GS too. It's time to resolve this dispute
April 28, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Thank you to all the amazing UCU branches who’ve been solid & vocal in supporting us. And huge #solidarity to those taking their own action.
UCU isn’t one person, it’s its branches, its activists & its members. We want to work for & support you; being unable to properly do so is beyond upsetting.
UCU isn’t one person, it’s its branches, its activists & its members. We want to work for & support you; being unable to properly do so is beyond upsetting.
Our branch has carried motions expressing our solidarity with @uniteucu.bsky.social & calling for an end to this dispute. Fighting for better & fairer workplaces is what we do - it’s time for @ucu.org.uk to change tack, to listen and build something with which members can be proud to be associated.
STATEMENT RE UCU NEC 2 MAY reclaimucu.wordpress...
I am proud but saddened to be a signatory to this: I will not cross a picket line and I am in full solidarity with @uniteucu.bsky.social, on strike again this week. So I will not attend #UCU NEC on Friday this week. We all urgently need resolution.
I am proud but saddened to be a signatory to this: I will not cross a picket line and I am in full solidarity with @uniteucu.bsky.social, on strike again this week. So I will not attend #UCU NEC on Friday this week. We all urgently need resolution.
Statement on NEC Meeting of 2 May 2025
On Friday, members of Unite UCU will be taking the final day of an unprecedented six weeks of industrial action. It is also the penultimate NEC meeting before Congress. One of the core principles o…
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April 30, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Our branch has carried motions expressing our solidarity with @uniteucu.bsky.social & calling for an end to this dispute. Fighting for better & fairer workplaces is what we do - it’s time for @ucu.org.uk to change tack, to listen and build something with which members can be proud to be associated.
ATTENTION ALL ACADEMIC STAFF @ MMU ⚠️
Complete the survey ✅
Share with co-workers ✅
Get involved by contacting the branch or your convenor ✅
Build the evidence for negotiations, build your union!
You are not alone✊
mmu.web.ucu.org.uk/2025/03/25/b...
Complete the survey ✅
Share with co-workers ✅
Get involved by contacting the branch or your convenor ✅
Build the evidence for negotiations, build your union!
You are not alone✊
mmu.web.ucu.org.uk/2025/03/25/b...
Branch Launch "Your Pathway Your Voice" Survey
Following an exercise in 2023, all academic staff have been assigned to the EPC (education) or REC (research) pathway.
The University states "it is a fundamental principle of the framework that acade...
mmu.web.ucu.org.uk
March 25, 2025 at 12:08 PM
ATTENTION ALL ACADEMIC STAFF @ MMU ⚠️
Complete the survey ✅
Share with co-workers ✅
Get involved by contacting the branch or your convenor ✅
Build the evidence for negotiations, build your union!
You are not alone✊
mmu.web.ucu.org.uk/2025/03/25/b...
Complete the survey ✅
Share with co-workers ✅
Get involved by contacting the branch or your convenor ✅
Build the evidence for negotiations, build your union!
You are not alone✊
mmu.web.ucu.org.uk/2025/03/25/b...
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We continue with #HeartUnions week by joining with our wonderful academic colleagues from @manmetucu.bsky.social for a stall in Grosvenor East. Some great support for our work from both colleagues and students!
February 12, 2025 at 1:47 PM
We continue with #HeartUnions week by joining with our wonderful academic colleagues from @manmetucu.bsky.social for a stall in Grosvenor East. Some great support for our work from both colleagues and students!
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Out meeting prospective members with @manmetucu.bsky.social at the uni's Welcome Event.
February 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Out meeting prospective members with @manmetucu.bsky.social at the uni's Welcome Event.
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14 days of strike action at @newcastleucu.bsky.social battling devastating job cuts.
Picket lines will send a clear message 💪
Our members will not pay the price for managers financial mismanagement.
Picket lines will send a clear message 💪
Our members will not pay the price for managers financial mismanagement.
March 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
14 days of strike action at @newcastleucu.bsky.social battling devastating job cuts.
Picket lines will send a clear message 💪
Our members will not pay the price for managers financial mismanagement.
Picket lines will send a clear message 💪
Our members will not pay the price for managers financial mismanagement.
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A union isn't an outside organization that comes in to help you.
A union is YOU and your colleagues coming together to empower each other as a collective.
And that's way more powerful.
A union is YOU and your colleagues coming together to empower each other as a collective.
And that's way more powerful.
February 8, 2025 at 11:08 AM
A union isn't an outside organization that comes in to help you.
A union is YOU and your colleagues coming together to empower each other as a collective.
And that's way more powerful.
A union is YOU and your colleagues coming together to empower each other as a collective.
And that's way more powerful.
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Our members have given a clear message, cuts this way is not the way forward. They want a more democratic governance of their university, reasonable workloads, and most importantly, to stop this devastating approach to HE as a business.
oh, and if you want to sign the letter the article refers to:
oh, and if you want to sign the letter the article refers to:
February 10, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Our members have given a clear message, cuts this way is not the way forward. They want a more democratic governance of their university, reasonable workloads, and most importantly, to stop this devastating approach to HE as a business.
oh, and if you want to sign the letter the article refers to:
oh, and if you want to sign the letter the article refers to:
Branch Committee 24/25
Keep an eye on our website over the coming weeks for new developments!
Keep an eye on our website over the coming weeks for new developments!
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MMU UCU
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January 22, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Branch Committee 24/25
Keep an eye on our website over the coming weeks for new developments!
Keep an eye on our website over the coming weeks for new developments!
Resolving this dispute is in everyone’s interest - solidarity to striking UCU staff www.change.org/p/not-in-our...
Sign the Petition
Not in our name: A call on Jo Grady and the UCU SMT to resolve the dispute with Unite UCU
www.change.org
December 9, 2024 at 7:44 PM
Resolving this dispute is in everyone’s interest - solidarity to striking UCU staff www.change.org/p/not-in-our...
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University Week of Action for #Palestine. United against #scholasticide. See below for some of what's happening in Manchester 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾Including open meeting, discussion, creative spaces, teach-ins, film screening.
(Look out for what's happening in other cities and campuses via
@ucu.org.uk)
(Look out for what's happening in other cities and campuses via
@ucu.org.uk)
November 21, 2024 at 11:03 AM
University Week of Action for #Palestine. United against #scholasticide. See below for some of what's happening in Manchester 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾Including open meeting, discussion, creative spaces, teach-ins, film screening.
(Look out for what's happening in other cities and campuses via
@ucu.org.uk)
(Look out for what's happening in other cities and campuses via
@ucu.org.uk)
Solidarity @uniteucu.bsky.social
Our employer has confirmed pay will remain frozen as they are “choosing” to not hold pay talks while we remain in dispute over our campaign for a safe & professional workplace. This decision breaches staff employment contracts.
Astounding to find ourselves in a 2nd live dispute.
Astounding to find ourselves in a 2nd live dispute.
November 15, 2024 at 7:53 PM
Solidarity @uniteucu.bsky.social