UNISON Manchester Metropolitan University
@unisonmmu.bsky.social
The branch of UNISON for professional services staff at Manchester Metropolitan University, the students' union and the Royal Northern College of Music. All posts are our own.
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Have a look at the reasons and effects of the Unison strike at MMU. #Solidarity 🏳️🔍✊🏾
@unisonmmu.bsky.social @unison.org.uk @unisonmedia.bsky.social @uniteucu.bsky.social @manmetucu.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIqn...
@unisonmmu.bsky.social @unison.org.uk @unisonmedia.bsky.social @uniteucu.bsky.social @manmetucu.bsky.social
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“Universities Are On Fire”: Staff Strike at MMU Over Pay
YouTube video by The Northern Rose
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February 12, 2026 at 8:48 AM
Have a look at the reasons and effects of the Unison strike at MMU. #Solidarity 🏳️🔍✊🏾
@unisonmmu.bsky.social @unison.org.uk @unisonmedia.bsky.social @uniteucu.bsky.social @manmetucu.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIqn...
@unisonmmu.bsky.social @unison.org.uk @unisonmedia.bsky.social @uniteucu.bsky.social @manmetucu.bsky.social
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Strike day two is in the books. Great to have support from students once again as well as a delegation from Greater Manchester Tenants Union.
@unison.org.uk @unisoninhe.bsky.social
@unison.org.uk @unisoninhe.bsky.social
February 11, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Strike day two is in the books. Great to have support from students once again as well as a delegation from Greater Manchester Tenants Union.
@unison.org.uk @unisoninhe.bsky.social
@unison.org.uk @unisoninhe.bsky.social
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Sending support and solidarity to fellow UNISON members striking today at Manchester Met @unisonmmu.bsky.social and Bristol Universities in protest against another insulting pay offer of 1.4% (less than half of current inflation rate).
HE financial crisis is not the workers’ fault!
HE financial crisis is not the workers’ fault!
February 11, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Sending support and solidarity to fellow UNISON members striking today at Manchester Met @unisonmmu.bsky.social and Bristol Universities in protest against another insulting pay offer of 1.4% (less than half of current inflation rate).
HE financial crisis is not the workers’ fault!
HE financial crisis is not the workers’ fault!
Strike day one is live and kicking! We’re calling for better pay in HE after an insulting pay offer of just 1.4% was imposed on hard working staff.
@unison.org.uk @unisoninhe.bsky.social
@unison.org.uk @unisoninhe.bsky.social
February 10, 2026 at 8:54 AM
Strike day one is live and kicking! We’re calling for better pay in HE after an insulting pay offer of just 1.4% was imposed on hard working staff.
@unison.org.uk @unisoninhe.bsky.social
@unison.org.uk @unisoninhe.bsky.social
I mean, you'd think that the last people bosses would want to mess with at work are ex-miners!
Support the staff at the National Coal Mining Museum and sign their petition.
Support the staff at the National Coal Mining Museum and sign their petition.
The National Coal Mining Museum is a national treasure — a working colliery where ex‑miners share their lived experiences with visitors.
The museum's leadership have failed to manage resources responsibly and accountability is now urgently needed.
👉 Sign the petition
unsn.uk/NCMMpetition
The museum's leadership have failed to manage resources responsibly and accountability is now urgently needed.
👉 Sign the petition
unsn.uk/NCMMpetition
Chief Executive and Trustees of National Coal Mining Museum MUST RESIGN NOW!
The National Coal Mining Museum for England, based at Caphouse Colliery in Wakefield, is a national treasure. What makes the Museum so unique and special is that it is not just a Museum of objec...
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February 4, 2026 at 12:09 PM
I mean, you'd think that the last people bosses would want to mess with at work are ex-miners!
Support the staff at the National Coal Mining Museum and sign their petition.
Support the staff at the National Coal Mining Museum and sign their petition.
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Universities face an existential crisis. We need a funding model that recognises HE's vital social, cultural, and economic value.
Join @unison.org.uk and @ucu.org.uk members tomorrow, with Andrea Egan and Jo Grady, to rally against the cuts. #fundourfuture
eastern.unison.org.uk/events/stop-...
Join @unison.org.uk and @ucu.org.uk members tomorrow, with Andrea Egan and Jo Grady, to rally against the cuts. #fundourfuture
eastern.unison.org.uk/events/stop-...
‘If I think about what this means, I want to cry’: what happens when a city loses its university?
When Essex University’s Southend campus opened, it was a message of hope for a ‘left behind’ UK seaside town. Its closure will be felt far beyond its 800 students, some of whom will not get their degr...
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February 4, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Universities face an existential crisis. We need a funding model that recognises HE's vital social, cultural, and economic value.
Join @unison.org.uk and @ucu.org.uk members tomorrow, with Andrea Egan and Jo Grady, to rally against the cuts. #fundourfuture
eastern.unison.org.uk/events/stop-...
Join @unison.org.uk and @ucu.org.uk members tomorrow, with Andrea Egan and Jo Grady, to rally against the cuts. #fundourfuture
eastern.unison.org.uk/events/stop-...
Great words from @andreaegangs.bsky.social at the @unisoninhe.bsky.social conference last week.
“While senior executive pay gets more obscene by the day, our lowest-paid staff struggle to get to the end of the month, and this is not acceptable.”
www.unison.org.uk/news/article...
“While senior executive pay gets more obscene by the day, our lowest-paid staff struggle to get to the end of the month, and this is not acceptable.”
www.unison.org.uk/news/article...
Fighting for pay and funding in higher education - UNISON National
'While senior executive pay gets more obscene by the day, our lowest-paid staff struggle to get to the end of the month and this is not acceptable'
www.unison.org.uk
February 4, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Great words from @andreaegangs.bsky.social at the @unisoninhe.bsky.social conference last week.
“While senior executive pay gets more obscene by the day, our lowest-paid staff struggle to get to the end of the month, and this is not acceptable.”
www.unison.org.uk/news/article...
“While senior executive pay gets more obscene by the day, our lowest-paid staff struggle to get to the end of the month, and this is not acceptable.”
www.unison.org.uk/news/article...
Our members at Manchester Metropolitan University will be taking strike action for three days next week. This is part of a national campaign in Higher Education against our latest sub-inflationary pay offer of just 1.4%. This will be the latest real terms pay cut in 18 years of real terms pay cuts!
February 3, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Our members at Manchester Metropolitan University will be taking strike action for three days next week. This is part of a national campaign in Higher Education against our latest sub-inflationary pay offer of just 1.4%. This will be the latest real terms pay cut in 18 years of real terms pay cuts!
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EPSU and @psiglobalunion.bsky.social mourn Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse and AFGE union member killed in Minneapolis.
We stand with unions, workers and communities demanding a full, transparent investigation - and an end to ICE violence.
Read the solidarity letter 👉 www.epsu.org/article/publ...
We stand with unions, workers and communities demanding a full, transparent investigation - and an end to ICE violence.
Read the solidarity letter 👉 www.epsu.org/article/publ...
Public service unions mourn US nurse and union member killed in Minneapolis
EPSU and PSI mourn Alex Pretti and stand with workers and communities pushing back against violence and intimidation.
www.epsu.org
January 27, 2026 at 3:45 PM
EPSU and @psiglobalunion.bsky.social mourn Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse and AFGE union member killed in Minneapolis.
We stand with unions, workers and communities demanding a full, transparent investigation - and an end to ICE violence.
Read the solidarity letter 👉 www.epsu.org/article/publ...
We stand with unions, workers and communities demanding a full, transparent investigation - and an end to ICE violence.
Read the solidarity letter 👉 www.epsu.org/article/publ...
27 January marks Holocaust Memorial Day.
Today we remember the victims of the Nazi Holocaust in Europe and all others affected by genocide. We recommit as a trade union to bring our collective efforts to create that better future.
Today we remember the victims of the Nazi Holocaust in Europe and all others affected by genocide. We recommit as a trade union to bring our collective efforts to create that better future.
January 27, 2026 at 8:51 AM
27 January marks Holocaust Memorial Day.
Today we remember the victims of the Nazi Holocaust in Europe and all others affected by genocide. We recommit as a trade union to bring our collective efforts to create that better future.
Today we remember the victims of the Nazi Holocaust in Europe and all others affected by genocide. We recommit as a trade union to bring our collective efforts to create that better future.
Big Underpants Gnomes from South Park energy from @northumbriauni.bsky.social
January 23, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Big Underpants Gnomes from South Park energy from @northumbriauni.bsky.social
A great article that lays bare the madness of the student loans system. It's bad for students, bad for universities as a funding model and bad for society as it sees billions in public money given over to private hands.
www.theguardian.com/money/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/money/2026/j...
Student loans: ‘My debt rose £20,000 to £77,000 even though I’m paying’
Millions of graduates are trapped by ballooning debts, as their repayments are dwarfed by the interest added
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:55 AM
A great article that lays bare the madness of the student loans system. It's bad for students, bad for universities as a funding model and bad for society as it sees billions in public money given over to private hands.
www.theguardian.com/money/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/money/2026/j...
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We have a new Photo of the Week on our main page.
On 12 January 15,000 nurses, members of the New York State Nurses Association, were forced out on strike. The walkout is the largest in the history of New York. The key issues relate to the safety of both nurses and their patients. (Photo: NYSNA)
On 12 January 15,000 nurses, members of the New York State Nurses Association, were forced out on strike. The walkout is the largest in the history of New York. The key issues relate to the safety of both nurses and their patients. (Photo: NYSNA)
January 19, 2026 at 11:33 AM
We have a new Photo of the Week on our main page.
On 12 January 15,000 nurses, members of the New York State Nurses Association, were forced out on strike. The walkout is the largest in the history of New York. The key issues relate to the safety of both nurses and their patients. (Photo: NYSNA)
On 12 January 15,000 nurses, members of the New York State Nurses Association, were forced out on strike. The walkout is the largest in the history of New York. The key issues relate to the safety of both nurses and their patients. (Photo: NYSNA)
The new year really gets going us this week with our first round of general meetings for members discussing negotiations with management, strike action and the ERB.
We've got two in person on Thursday and one online next Monday.
If you're a member you will have received details via email.
We've got two in person on Thursday and one online next Monday.
If you're a member you will have received details via email.
January 19, 2026 at 11:51 AM
The new year really gets going us this week with our first round of general meetings for members discussing negotiations with management, strike action and the ERB.
We've got two in person on Thursday and one online next Monday.
If you're a member you will have received details via email.
We've got two in person on Thursday and one online next Monday.
If you're a member you will have received details via email.
Our Assistant Branch Sec and our General Secretary elect @andreaegangs.bsky.social in Preston today to show support for care workers and residents as Lancashire County Council are threatening to close 5 care homes and 5 day centres, putting vulnerable residents and hundreds of jobs at risk.
January 17, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Our Assistant Branch Sec and our General Secretary elect @andreaegangs.bsky.social in Preston today to show support for care workers and residents as Lancashire County Council are threatening to close 5 care homes and 5 day centres, putting vulnerable residents and hundreds of jobs at risk.
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Instead of evidence-based policy, we get ignorance-based policy.
Deeply disappointing.
We hope Councils follow South Cambs example and ignore Reed’s heavy-handed (but ultimately impotent) rhetoric.
Deeply disappointing.
We hope Councils follow South Cambs example and ignore Reed’s heavy-handed (but ultimately impotent) rhetoric.
December 23, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Instead of evidence-based policy, we get ignorance-based policy.
Deeply disappointing.
We hope Councils follow South Cambs example and ignore Reed’s heavy-handed (but ultimately impotent) rhetoric.
Deeply disappointing.
We hope Councils follow South Cambs example and ignore Reed’s heavy-handed (but ultimately impotent) rhetoric.
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Congratulations to Andrea Egan on her election as the General Secretary of @unison.org.uk!
✊🏾 Looking forward to keeping up our joint fight for workers and quality, accessible public services - together, we're stronger!
✊🏾 Looking forward to keeping up our joint fight for workers and quality, accessible public services - together, we're stronger!
UNISON members have elected Andrea Egan as the union’s next general secretary.
Full details and turnout information are available here ⬇️ unsn.uk/43AqMWf
Full details and turnout information are available here ⬇️ unsn.uk/43AqMWf
General secretary election 2025 - UNISON National
Andrea Egan has been elected UNISON general secretary in the 2025 general secretary election. Voting in the ballot was as follows: Andrea Egan 58,579 (59.82%) Christina McAnea …
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December 19, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Congratulations to Andrea Egan on her election as the General Secretary of @unison.org.uk!
✊🏾 Looking forward to keeping up our joint fight for workers and quality, accessible public services - together, we're stronger!
✊🏾 Looking forward to keeping up our joint fight for workers and quality, accessible public services - together, we're stronger!
We’ve been sat on this for a while but I can confirm that our ballots over the 2025/26 national pay offer at both RNCM and Manchester Met were successful and we now have a mandate to take strike action.
December 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
We’ve been sat on this for a while but I can confirm that our ballots over the 2025/26 national pay offer at both RNCM and Manchester Met were successful and we now have a mandate to take strike action.
From today's copy of The Times. A gentle reminder that our employer's wanted to offer us a 1% pay rise this year and finally settled on 1.4%
December 17, 2025 at 9:02 AM
From today's copy of The Times. A gentle reminder that our employer's wanted to offer us a 1% pay rise this year and finally settled on 1.4%
If this was happening in any other sector of the economy there would be uproar (and rightly so).
The phrase "managed decline" comes to mind.
The phrase "managed decline" comes to mind.
Some 10,000 jobs could be lost each year at UK universities as leaders continue to cut staff numbers to tackle ongoing financial problems, new analysis suggests. Helen Packer reports
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/uk-universities-could-cut-10000-jobs-every-year-v-c-predicts
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/uk-universities-could-cut-10000-jobs-every-year-v-c-predicts
December 1, 2025 at 1:29 PM
If this was happening in any other sector of the economy there would be uproar (and rightly so).
The phrase "managed decline" comes to mind.
The phrase "managed decline" comes to mind.
Today marks the end of our strike ballot over the 2025/26 pay offer.
While we don't know the results yet I'd just like to say thank you to all reps, officers, activists and members of our branch and beyond in making the campaign happen and getting the vote out!
While we don't know the results yet I'd just like to say thank you to all reps, officers, activists and members of our branch and beyond in making the campaign happen and getting the vote out!
November 28, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Today marks the end of our strike ballot over the 2025/26 pay offer.
While we don't know the results yet I'd just like to say thank you to all reps, officers, activists and members of our branch and beyond in making the campaign happen and getting the vote out!
While we don't know the results yet I'd just like to say thank you to all reps, officers, activists and members of our branch and beyond in making the campaign happen and getting the vote out!
Labour promised us day 1 rights and workers deserve day 1 rights!
Support the campaign.
Support the campaign.
We need ALL workers to be entitled to all employment rights from day 1.
This isn’t over.
✊Back the campaign for an #EmploymentRightsBill2 here: bit.ly/DemandERB2
#StrikeMap #EmploymentRightsBill #WorkersRights #Workers #TradeUnions #UnionPower
This isn’t over.
✊Back the campaign for an #EmploymentRightsBill2 here: bit.ly/DemandERB2
#StrikeMap #EmploymentRightsBill #WorkersRights #Workers #TradeUnions #UnionPower
November 28, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Labour promised us day 1 rights and workers deserve day 1 rights!
Support the campaign.
Support the campaign.
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It's not *just* academics and students (two groups that Starmer's Labour despise and see as undesirable) who populate universities. They employ vast work forces! There are administrators, cleaners, cafeteria staff, gardeners, post workers, builders all dependent on their university remaining open.
November 25, 2025 at 12:53 PM
It's not *just* academics and students (two groups that Starmer's Labour despise and see as undesirable) who populate universities. They employ vast work forces! There are administrators, cleaners, cafeteria staff, gardeners, post workers, builders all dependent on their university remaining open.
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Obviously this government are wantonly reckless and idiotic and their treatment of universities, and see this as a disciplining of an out of touch elite.
But what all of this unwillingness to intervene means is that a critical industry will collapse and a lot of ordinary people will be unemployed.
But what all of this unwillingness to intervene means is that a critical industry will collapse and a lot of ordinary people will be unemployed.
"A system built on specialisation, efficiency", that right there is the death knell for the current university system in the UK, if (big if) government pushes it through. They actively don't want HE to grow, they will intervene, apparently, to help it shrink.
per this morning's education committee.
per this morning's education committee.
November 25, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Obviously this government are wantonly reckless and idiotic and their treatment of universities, and see this as a disciplining of an out of touch elite.
But what all of this unwillingness to intervene means is that a critical industry will collapse and a lot of ordinary people will be unemployed.
But what all of this unwillingness to intervene means is that a critical industry will collapse and a lot of ordinary people will be unemployed.
This is the data that everyone in our sector needs to see.
This is what our unions should be shouting from the rooftops.
HE workers thousands of pounds worse off than we were 17 years ago.
This is what our unions should be shouting from the rooftops.
HE workers thousands of pounds worse off than we were 17 years ago.
And here we are! Literally every spine point is paying less in real terms than it was back in 2008. Spine point 5 (now replaced by the real living wage) is down by about 3.4%. By spine point 10, we're down over 10%. By spine point 23, over 20%, ultimately reaching a 22.1% reduction. 3/3
November 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
This is the data that everyone in our sector needs to see.
This is what our unions should be shouting from the rooftops.
HE workers thousands of pounds worse off than we were 17 years ago.
This is what our unions should be shouting from the rooftops.
HE workers thousands of pounds worse off than we were 17 years ago.