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UCU @ MMU @manmetucu.bsky.social · Jan 22

Branch Committee 24/25

Keep an eye on our website over the coming weeks for new developments!

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 23d

Universities are under attack. By defending ourselves, we are defending the whole sector.

Vote YES.

#WeAreTheUniversity

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UCU @ MMU @manmetucu.bsky.social · Jul 14

Hi, yes that is the case. However, how these are applied at MMU differ from how they are used at other institutions. There is full detail in the report.

UCU @ MMU @manmetucu.bsky.social · Jul 9

UCU-MMU Release "Your Pathway, Your Voice" Report

“I feel extremely overworked and at breaking point. I am working on the train, in evenings, at weekends...”.

Strict and inflexible academic pathways are severely harming our members health.

Read the report below 👇

Your Pathway, Your Voice Survey Results

YOUR PATHWAY, YOUR VOICE SURVEY RESULTS 2025 Throughout March and April, our branch opened a survey on the use of research and teaching pathways at MMU. We did this as an increasing number of members...

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UNISON Manchester Metropolitan University @unisonmmu.bsky.social · Jun 4

Rebecca has long been a supporter of Higher Education workers in the North West, including during the pay dispute in 2022/23 which saw industrial action at both Manchester Met and RNCM

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UNISON Manchester Metropolitan University @unisonmmu.bsky.social · Jun 4

Our Branch Secretary @lykarar.bsky.social met with Salford MP and MMU alum @rebeccalongbailey.com at the @unisoninhe.bsky.social parliamentary lobby yesterday to talk about the crisis enveloping our universities.

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uculondonoffice.bsky.social @uculondonoffice.bsky.social · May 27

UCU - University union lays ground for its first ever strike ballot against Labour www.ucu.org.uk/article/1403...

University union lays ground for its first ever strike ballot against Labour

Delegates at the University and College Union's (UCU) annual Congress have overwhelmingly voted to prepare for an industrial dispute with the Secretary of State for Education over university funding, ...

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UNISON Manchester Metropolitan University @unisonmmu.bsky.social · May 16

Yesterday we stood alongside colleagues from UCU to call for an immediate ceasefire in Palestine as part of Nakba Day and the TUC-backed workplace day of action for Palestine.

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UCU @ MMU @manmetucu.bsky.social · May 19

MMU UCU and Unison take part in the workplace day of action for Palestine. Find out about what your branch can do here 👇

www.tuc.org.uk/news/support...

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UEA UCU says join a union @uea-ucu.bsky.social · May 13

🚩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

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RiaDeakin @riadeakin.bsky.social · Apr 15

Out to support @uniteucu.bsky.social today with @manmetucu.bsky.social. People asking why we were there were baffled that employees would need to strike against a trade union. Yep. A shameful and absurd situation. #ReclaimUCU

Poster saying "UCU MANAGEMENT. STOP GIVING OUR EMPLOYERS IDEAS. RESPECT YOUR STAFF. RESOLVE THE DISPUTE. #ReclaimUCU" In mostly black handwritten text on a white background.

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UCU @ MMU @manmetucu.bsky.social · Apr 30

✋✋🏻✋🏽✋🏾✋🏿✋🏿 #Solidarity

Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · Apr 30

Hands up who thinks trade unions should be model employers?

✋🏽 ✋🏾 ✋🏻 ✋🏿 ✋🏼

#ThriveNotSurvive

Question....

Which employer has lost the following number of days to work-related stress and mental ill-health absences:
• 2022: 123.5
• 2023: 468
• 2024: 912.5 ?

Clue 1: They were sanctioned by the HSE for a failure to address stress in 2023.

Clue 2: They still can't demonstrate compliance with statutory minimum safety legislation in 2025.

.. Asking for a friend

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Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · Apr 22

📣 May Day Rally 📣

We remain on strike. With our employer continuing to refuse to meet for talks, join our strike rally on Thursday 1 May, 12-1pm outside UCU head office, Carlow Street, London.

All welcome to show your support for making UCU a safe & professional workplace.

#ThriveNotSurvive

Image promoting our strike rally on 12-1pm on 1 May outside UCU head office in London.

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Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · Apr 28

Thank you to all the amazing UCU branches who’ve been solid & vocal in supporting us. And huge #solidarity to those taking their own action.

UCU isn’t one person, it’s its branches, its activists & its members. We want to work for & support you; being unable to properly do so is beyond upsetting.

ulivucu.bsky.social @ulivucu.bsky.social · Apr 25

We unequivocally support UCU staff on strike today! They have been so supportive, knowledgeable and hard working for our branch over the years. We can always count on them to have our backs. It's time to have theirs. Read our branch statement to Jo Grady the GS too. It's time to resolve this dispute

Dear Jo,

I am writing on behalf of the University of Liverpool and Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine UCU regarding the current dispute between UCU staff (members of Unite) and UCU as their employer.

We have been following the dispute closely and we are supportive of the Unite members and see their issues as legitimate and serious.

The fact that these longstanding issues involve bullying, and the unequal treatment of black staff is especially dismaying. These behaviours undermine the core principles of what trade unions are built on and have caused reputational harm to UCU within the wider trade union movement.

The support provided by UCU staff is vital to the normal functioning of local branches. In particular, the support, advice, and commitment we have received in our current dispute from regional officers and other staff has been exemplary. Along with many other branches currently in dispute, we urgently need these staff to be able to do their work in conditions that are equal, fair, and reasonable.

We urge senior managers in UCU to remain in talks with Unite and to resolve this dispute as a matter of urgency, in the spirit of good faith, solidarity and the union values we all share.

Mark O’Brien,

Branch President

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UCU @ MMU @manmetucu.bsky.social · Apr 30

Our branch has carried motions expressing our solidarity with @uniteucu.bsky.social & calling for an end to this dispute. Fighting for better & fairer workplaces is what we do - it’s time for @ucu.org.uk to change tack, to listen and build something with which members can be proud to be associated.

Vicky Blake UCU (she/her) @vickyblake.bsky.social · Apr 30

STATEMENT RE UCU NEC 2 MAY reclaimucu.wordpress...
I am proud but saddened to be a signatory to this: I will not cross a picket line and I am in full solidarity with @uniteucu.bsky.social, on strike again this week. So I will not attend #UCU NEC on Friday this week. We all urgently need resolution.

Statement on NEC Meeting of 2 May 2025

On Friday, members of Unite UCU will be taking the final day of an unprecedented six weeks of industrial action. It is also the penultimate NEC meeting before Congress. One of the core principles o…

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UCU @ MMU @manmetucu.bsky.social · Mar 25

ATTENTION ALL ACADEMIC STAFF @ MMU ⚠️

Complete the survey ✅
Share with co-workers ✅
Get involved by contacting the branch or your convenor ✅

Build the evidence for negotiations, build your union!

You are not alone✊

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Branch Launch "Your Pathway Your Voice" Survey

Following an exercise in 2023, all academic staff have been assigned to the EPC (education) or REC (research) pathway. The University states "it is a fundamental principle of the framework that acade...

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UNISON Manchester Metropolitan University @unisonmmu.bsky.social · Feb 12

We continue with #HeartUnions week by joining with our wonderful academic colleagues from @manmetucu.bsky.social for a stall in Grosvenor East. Some great support for our work from both colleagues and students!

Woman in glasses smiling wearing a number of badges and stickers in front of a group of people crowded round a stall with many leaflets on it

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UNISON Manchester Metropolitan University @unisonmmu.bsky.social · Feb 19

Out meeting prospective members with @manmetucu.bsky.social at the uni's Welcome Event.

Four people standing behind a table with another person standing behind them. The person in the middle left is holding a tote bag with a Rosie the Riveter type graphic on it while the person in the middle right is holding a green leaflet. The table is full of leaflets as well as pink hats, tote bags and purple pens and lanyards.

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · Mar 4

14 days of strike action at @newcastleucu.bsky.social battling devastating job cuts.

Picket lines will send a clear message 💪

Our members will not pay the price for managers financial mismanagement.

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UCU Westminster @ucuwestminster.bsky.social · Feb 8

A union isn't an outside organization that comes in to help you.

A union is YOU and your colleagues coming together to empower each other as a collective.

And that's way more powerful.

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UCU Newcastle University @newcastleucu.bsky.social · Feb 10

Our members have given a clear message, cuts this way is not the way forward. They want a more democratic governance of their university, reasonable workloads, and most importantly, to stop this devastating approach to HE as a business.
oh, and if you want to sign the letter the article refers to:

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UCU @ MMU @manmetucu.bsky.social · Jan 22

Branch Committee 24/25

Keep an eye on our website over the coming weeks for new developments!

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UCU @ MMU @manmetucu.bsky.social · Dec 9

Resolving this dispute is in everyone’s interest - solidarity to striking UCU staff www.change.org/p/not-in-our...

Sign the Petition

Not in our name: A call on Jo Grady and the UCU SMT to resolve the dispute with Unite UCU

www.change.org

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Univ of Manchester UCU @umucu.bsky.social · Nov 21

University Week of Action for #Palestine. United against #scholasticide. See below for some of what's happening in Manchester 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾Including open meeting, discussion, creative spaces, teach-ins, film screening.

(Look out for what's happening in other cities and campuses via
@ucu.org.uk)

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UCU @ MMU @manmetucu.bsky.social · Nov 15

Solidarity @uniteucu.bsky.social

Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · Nov 15

Our employer has confirmed pay will remain frozen as they are “choosing” to not hold pay talks while we remain in dispute over our campaign for a safe & professional workplace. This decision breaches staff employment contracts.

Astounding to find ourselves in a 2nd live dispute.

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QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · Nov 14

ANOTHER UCU BRANCH AMONGST US ALERT! Welcome @manmetucu.bsky.social!!

(statistically, this is a wave now)

Follow us all via the list of #UCU branches: #UKHE #TradeUnions bsky.app/profile/did:...

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