The UCU has staged a day of protest – but will it change bosses’ minds over pay and conditions?
The University and College Union (UCU) has held a nationwide day of protests at universities. It's over the ongoing dispute ...
Tag: strikes
The Virgin Media O2 redundancies show the CWU should not have trusted Royal Mail
Virgin Media O2 is laying off 10% of its workforce, amid a mountain of debt - yet oddly, they also ...
Consultants strike for only the third time ever, and bring NHS to standstill
Consultants in England are carrying out a two day strike that managers have warned will leave "routine care virtually at ...
Cowardly UoM bosses discipline nine students over the ongoing rent strike
A disciplinary panel at the University of Manchester (UoM) has found nine students guilty of health and safety breaches. It's ...
Sunak wants migrants to bear the burden of public sector payrise
Prime minister Rishi Sunak has made a final offer on public sector pay. Or so he says. The PM said ...
Hollywood set for first shutdown strike since 1960
Hollywood actors are poised to join writers in the first industry-wide shutdown in 63 years after last-ditch talks failed. As ...
The CWU’s deal with the Royal Mail seems like a cop out – and some members think it is
Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) have voted 'yes' to the deal struck between it and Royal Mail. It ...
Brighton university staff go on indefinite strike as one VC ‘flaunts his champagne lifestyle’ in their faces
Striking staff at Brighton University took their campaign to an international conference on Tuesday 4 July. It was over a ...
Hollywood braced as actors’ deadline looms to join writers’ strike
Hollywood's summer of industrial action now looks set to escalate, with actors ready to join the writers' strike in a ...
At Brighton University and beyond, higher education is in turmoil
Academic institutions across the UK are in turmoil. Strikes, pickets, marking and assessment boycotts (MABs), and large-scale protests are recurring ...
Hospital doctors in England to stage five-day strike
On 23 June, hospital doctors in England announced the longest strike in the 75-year history of the NHS. As ever, ...
UoM students are not having it – despite cowardly bosses running to their lawyers
Students at the University of Manchester (UoM) have vowed to continue their rent strike into at least the next academic ...
Mick Lynch is back schooling journalists as the RMT goes on strike
Mick Lynch is back at it. The Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union leader has attacked the government as rail ...
UCU have an uphill battle to restore confidence in their own members
Many casualised staff have felt increasingly let down by the University and College Union (UCU) over the last year. Casualised ...
Bosses are taking disciplinary action against UoM students – all because they protested over their digs
The University of Manchester (UoM) is taking disciplinary action against a group of students who exercised their right to free ...
The TUC has called an ’emergency protest’ to stop the anti-strike bill becoming law
With the anti-strikes bill back in the House of Commons on Monday 22 May, the Trades Union Congress (TUC) is ...
Unite just travelled 6,000 miles to defend a group of workers sacked by Port of Felixstowe
Unite the Union has taken the fight for the so-called Felixstowe Four to the front door of the company that ...
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