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UEA UCU says join a union
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The trade union for academic and academic-related staff at the University of East Anglia
📣It is our firm stance that protecting students and staff at UEA requires us to fight compulsory redundancies with every tool we have.

🥰We've had a fantastic turnout on the picket line this week and are so grateful to everyone who has supported us.

🚩Together we can #SaveUEA
May 16, 2025 at 12:56 PM
😍Thank you to all of our members giving everything they can to support our industrial action!
💪Together we can keep up the pressure and force the employer to change course. #SaveUEA
May 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
🐾Bark for jobs!

#SaveUEA #pupsonpickets
May 13, 2025 at 10:14 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
May 13, 2025 at 8:44 AM
🚩After a solid week of campaigning, we're looking forward to participating in Norwich Transformed this Saturday.
🎓Find us on the 'Education in Crisis' panel at 10:40am.
📚How can we re-imagine learning across primary, secondary, further, and higher education?
#NorwichTransformed #SaveUEA
May 9, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Thank you to all the students who've supported us over the last few weeks! Please continue to:
❤️Send messages of support to people on the picket.
🗣️Talk to fellow students about why staff at UEA are on strike.
📨Email the VC and let him know why you support the strike!
#SaveUEA
May 9, 2025 at 1:43 PM
🥰Lots of support for our strike from members of the public passing the picket line this morning!
🎺Give us a toot or come and say hi if you're passing by! #SaveUEA
May 9, 2025 at 8:12 AM
📣Pushing through with compulsory redundancies is not in the moral, strategic or financial interest of UEA.

🚩Join us on the picketline, tomorrow from 8am, as we continue to make the case for a brighter future for our university. #SaveUEA
May 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
💪Our members will continue to stand shoulder to shoulder with colleagues at risk of compulsory redundancy.

🚩We will be back on the picketline tomorrow, Fri 9th May.

📣Uni management must change course now. #SaveUEA
May 8, 2025 at 9:12 AM
We're back out on the picket line this morning, standing in solidarity with colleagues at risk of compulsory redundancy and demanding university management to change course. #SaveUEA
May 7, 2025 at 9:09 AM
⁉️Why are students at UEA supporting members of staff on strike?
📽️Watch this video to hear from the amazing students who came to join lecturers and professional services staff on the picket line.
📣Stop the cuts! #SaveUEA
May 6, 2025 at 6:56 PM
📣UEA UCU members: our strike action remains ON.
🚩Upcoming strike days: Wed 7th and Fri 9th
📍Meet at Gazebo HQ, opposite the main bus stop from 8am. #SaveUEA
May 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
How did you spend International Workers' Day? We were on the picket line defending jobs and and future of Higher Ed! #SaveUEA #MayDay
May 2, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Why are staff on strike at UEA? Watch this video hear from our members on the picket line. #SaveUEA
May 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Beautiful sunshine and scenes of solidarity on the first day of UEA UCU's next phase of industrial action. 🌞 #SaveUEA
May 1, 2025 at 9:32 AM
"The loss of knowledge and expertise when staff goes lasts not just years, it can last generations."

Thank you Alice Macdonald MP for calling for jobs and students at UEA to be protected. #SaveUEA @ucu.org.uk
April 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
"There is a crisis in Higher Education in this country, and this crisis writ large in an institution in my own area - the University of East Anglia."

Thanks to Alice Macdonald MP for speaking up for UEA staff and students at today's parliamentary debate on university finances. #SaveUEA @ucu.org.uk
April 2, 2025 at 4:18 PM
🎙️"We see this as a strike for students and on behalf of students as well." - Nick Grant, UEA UCU co-chair, speaking to BBC Radio Norfolk.
🚩University management cannot cut staff, jettisoning expertise and services in the process, without damaging the student experience. #SaveUEA #UKHE
April 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
🎙️"Compulsory redundancies [...] would represent a new low in the history of the institution."

🎧 Nick Grant, co-chair of UEA UCU, explains on BBC Radio Norfolk why staff at the university are taking strike action.

🚩Resisting further cuts is in the interests of both staff and students. #SaveUEA
April 1, 2025 at 6:38 AM
📣"We believe you can't grow whilst also cutting staff." - Nadine Zubair, UEA UCU co-chair, speaking to ITV at our very successful day of action.

📣It's now time for university management to start meaningful negotiations to help avoid job losses. #SaveUEA #UKHE @ucu.org.uk
March 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Collective bargaining sometimes needs collective barking.🐾
#solidardog #pupsonpickets #SaveUEA
March 27, 2025 at 2:18 PM
How many solidari-dogs did you spot at the UEA UCU day of action?! Tag us with any we've missed! #SaveUEA #PupsOnPickets
March 27, 2025 at 1:33 PM
A phenomenal turnout for the UEA UCU day of action. Staff and students are making their voice heard, striving for a future for Higher Ed that doesn't look as bleak as it does right now. #SaveUEA #UKHE #StopTheCuts @ucu.org.uk
March 26, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Incredible turnout on the UEA UCU picket this morning, with staff, students and members of the public coming together to say no to job cuts and protect the future of Higher Ed. #SaveUEA #UKHE
March 26, 2025 at 11:13 AM
UEA UCU members are out in force today making the case for putting staff and students at the heart of the university's vision for the future. #SaveUEA
March 26, 2025 at 9:49 AM