Suzi Toole
suzitoole.bsky.social
Suzi Toole
@suzitoole.bsky.social
UCU rep, FE teacher, mad scientist

Proud Chair of the FEC & Women's committee
Vice Chair of the Equality committee
The organisers of Manchester Pride forgot entirely the point and instead allowed it to become a corporate grift, now they're not even paying the performers. Shame on them! Sign and share to get people paid.

www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/no...
Pay Manchester Pride workers what they're owed
After the collapse of the organisation running Manchester Pride, dozens of workers have been left unpaid for the work they have already done during the festival, to the tune of £50,000 (and counting)....
www.megaphone.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Sign and share to support! STOP THE CUTS!
We had our first strike day yesterday to challenge staff cuts at @thinkuhi.bsky.social

Thanks to everyone who joined our picket line and came to support us 💜

Here are the other ways you can help 👇

➡️ sign & share our #MegaphoneUK petition www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/save-uhi-stop-the-cuts
November 5, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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News that further job cuts are coming is just another shocking revelation in a year when staff have been told one thing only to be told something different over the number of jobs to be cut and the need for compulsory redundancies.

DUCU co-president, Melissa D’Ascenzio

news.stv.tv/north/dundee...
University staff strikes set to continue amid job cut threats
Further strike action is expected from UCU members from November 10 next week amid a long running dispute with university bosses.
news.stv.tv
November 5, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Delighted about the news from NY. GO Zohran Mamdani! I hope this is the start of the USA turning away from the vicious cruelty of the current administration and back towards hope and fairness.

I also hope the UK does the same
November 5, 2025 at 10:24 AM
All from this month 😞
Video from @earthlyeducation.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Here we are again at INTO MANCHESTER. Still no improved offer, still no ACAS dates. Radio silence from the employer. That silence speaks volumes about how little they value the people who keep this organisation running, who teach, guide, and inspire every single student that walks through that door.
October 30, 2025 at 9:24 AM
July 14, 1978. Eight women. A line around the block. A million dollars in deposits on day one.
And the revolutionary act of saying: a woman's signature is enough. It was proof that when systems exclude you, you have the power to build better ones.
October 30, 2025 at 8:02 AM
This is absolutely terrifying
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people

www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
October 30, 2025 at 7:43 AM
October 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Solidarity with all @ucuimperial.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Bolton College and Bolton Uni out in solidarity with INTO Manchester today. A 2% pay offer is a PAY CUT! Do the right thing!
October 28, 2025 at 10:23 AM
INTO Manchester out on strike today. Employers won't even make some dates to come to the table! Shame!
October 28, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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The national ballot from @ucu.org.uk should be in your hands now. Be like @rullsenberg.bsky.social and make your voice heard! Let the union know how YOU want to push back on pay cuts and unnecessary redundancies.

#StopTheCuts #SaveHE
October 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Happy National Black Cat Day from my little voidlings 🐈‍⬛ Sadly they're the least adopted colour and languish in rescues for much longer than others. If you're looking for a cat consider opening your heart and home to a house panther or two.
October 27, 2025 at 6:05 PM
🧹🎃
October 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Solidarity to the BL staff! Support the strike, don't cross the pickets!
The risible wages are well-known in the wider field of the library, museum, gallery and archive world. I’d like to think public opinion is with the people who make the place click day-in-day-out; they deserve better.
Knowledge may be free but labour isn’t: spread the wealth and pay the workers!
October 26, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Remind all your UCU colleagues about the ballot. Don't assume they've already done it. Every vote counts!
One more YES! Keep those votes pouring in 🗳️🗳️🗳️
Another @ucu.org.uk @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social ballot back in the mail.

Join your union.
October 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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It’s been a huge week - ballots landing, UCU Lives and branch meetings from Nottingham to London to Bournemouth.

And we’ve loved seeing so many sharing your ballot pics - thank you! 💌

But it’s not over yet. We need everyone to vote. Every vote matters.

#WeAreTheUniversity #UCUBallot #VoteYES
October 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Spotify – Web Player
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October 19, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Short sighted as usual. Education is key to rehabilitation. Prison Ed is in real trouble and everyone should be horrified.
October 16, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Live now!
🚨Join us on Tue 14 Oct at 7pm for a Solidarity Live 📢

We'll be hearing from @rmtunion.bsky.social GS Eddie Dempsey, @equityuk.bsky.social GS Paul Fleming & @fbunational.bsky.social GS @unionstevew.bsky.social

#WeAreTheUniversity

www.youtube.com/@ucuorguk
October 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
FE ballots will be landing from today onwards! Look out for a bright pink envelope. Vote Yes! Return your ballot ASAP and then encourage your colleagues to do the same.
October 14, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Staff in FE need real change now

Pay has fallen by a third in real terms while workloads have become unmanageable

Vote YES for a Better Deal for FE ✅
October 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Ballot papers are landing!

Ballots open on the 13th!

Vote YES for fair pay, safe workloads and binding national agreements.

This is our chance to win.
#VoteYes #NewDealForFE
October 8, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Kemi Badenoch saying Terry Pratchett is her favorite author is bonkers. She may have read them but she definitely didn't understand them.
October 8, 2025 at 12:29 PM