And the Senate grasped defeat from the jaws of victory and sacrificed long term physical & financial health for millions to stop short term hunger.

A shocking withdrawal of benefit. www.timeshighereducation.com/news/northum...

For context, my personal shift from defined benefit TPS to combined defined contribution/benefit USS meant it will take TEN years on USS w/a MUCH higher salary to earn essentially the same pension as FIVE years on TPS.

Don’t comply in advance. USS is not as safe for retirement as TPS.

Pumpkins or porch lights?

My children all have 4 legs and don’t trick or treat, so…. What do I know?! In Philly we all sat out on our front stoops & talked while handing out candy 🤷🏼‍♀️.

Look! Proper bookcases and a filing cabinet to keep the resources to do your job!!

A table big enough to support more than one iPad, with TWO chairs!

And only ONE occupant in a “huge” office!

So envious…..

Note the ability to open/close the window according to your own desires. There’s no need to freeze your a$$ off because the window randomly opens/closes at will. Noisy outside? No problem, close the window!

I have called my father’s cousin “Aunt Mike” my entire life. Is this the hill they want to die on???

This is one of our biggest arguments: that OpenAI is vampirizing universities for the cachet and legitimacy that affiliation with higher education affords

#Solidarity is where staff have our greatest strength.

Vote Yes-Yes.

Give our negotiators tools they need to lead the fight for our collective rights.

@ducu.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk

It took 200 years of repeated industrial action to get the 2-day weekend we now enjoy (but which is now being eroded by overwork).