UCU Solidarity Movement
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Calling for solidarity across UCU branches. We are fighting against cuts, casualisation and marketised education!
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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 13, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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
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Also see Ten Reasons to Vote Yes
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HE Ballot 2025
UCU began a formal industrial action ballot of members across the UK on Monday 20 October for 6 weeks. UCU is calling for: a pay uplift that is at least RPI + 3.5% or £2,500, whichever is the high…
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November 5, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Also see Ten Reasons to Vote Yes
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To sign the petition go to www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/no...
Northumbria Pay and Pension Petition: Stop the Steal!
If Northumbria does this, other universities will too.
These cuts will harm thousands of people, their students, families, and their local communities now and into the future.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Eight More Reasons to Vote Yes:
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HE Ballot 2025
UCU began a formal industrial action ballot of members across the UK on Monday 20 October for 6 weeks. UCU is calling for: a pay uplift that is at least RPI + 3.5% or £2,500, whichever is the high…
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October 31, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Eight More Reasons to Vote Yes:
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Reason 1⃣:
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Ten Reasons to Vote Yes in the @ucu.org.uk ballot
1⃣ 𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗷𝗼𝗯 𝗰𝘂𝘁𝘀
A YES vote strengthens the hand of your elected negotiators and your union in the face of a set of employers making massive cuts in pay and jobs.
1⃣ 𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗷𝗼𝗯 𝗰𝘂𝘁𝘀
A YES vote strengthens the hand of your elected negotiators and your union in the face of a set of employers making massive cuts in pay and jobs.
October 31, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Reason 1⃣:
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Other reps from branches in the front line are saying the same thing.
We do not fight a UK-wide assault on jobs effectively by allowing the employers to attack branches and then trying valiantly to respond.
We do not fight a UK-wide assault on jobs effectively by allowing the employers to attack branches and then trying valiantly to respond.
October 31, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Other reps from branches in the front line are saying the same thing.
We do not fight a UK-wide assault on jobs effectively by allowing the employers to attack branches and then trying valiantly to respond.
We do not fight a UK-wide assault on jobs effectively by allowing the employers to attack branches and then trying valiantly to respond.
“Higher Education is being devastated at the moment in a historically unprecedented manner. Do we really want to wait for a Reform government before we try to defend it?”
October 31, 2025 at 6:31 PM
“Higher Education is being devastated at the moment in a historically unprecedented manner. Do we really want to wait for a Reform government before we try to defend it?”
“Now big job cuts are everywhere, and, while some branches are winning like Dundee, Newcastle, Bradford, or postponing threats like Sheffield and Cardiff, branches fighting one-by-one is not commensurate with the situation in which 15,000 jobs were lost in our sector last year.
October 31, 2025 at 6:31 PM
“Now big job cuts are everywhere, and, while some branches are winning like Dundee, Newcastle, Bradford, or postponing threats like Sheffield and Cardiff, branches fighting one-by-one is not commensurate with the situation in which 15,000 jobs were lost in our sector last year.