Published: 12th December, 2019
How much do you know about University of Leicester, Leicester UCU and the key events of 2019 in the sector we work and struggle in? Test your knowledge against our end-of-year quiz. You can either answer the questions online or print out a copy. Why not make several copies and do them with your workmates…
Published: 6th December, 2019
We have heard from some colleagues and friends that the ‘panto’ that we gave during the strike upset some people. We sincerely apologise for causing any distress to our peers and colleagues. Our intention was to use the satire and parody of a particular case to highlight some of the widespread and incredibly damaging problems…
Published: 5th December, 2019
”Conflict is not abuse, criticism is not abuse…sometimes parody is all we have left.” – Dr Jo Grady We gave you a taste of what went on on our picket lines on the last day of #UCUStrikesBack yesterday. There was dance, music and song, there were the usual cakes and samosas, the Christmas Tree of…
Published: 5th December, 2019
Our initial block of strike action finished on Wednesday 4 December. But our dispute with our employer – both University of Leicester and the employers’ association Universities UK – is ongoing. Therefore we will not be working normally – where ‘normally’ means subjecting ourselves to punishing workload, responding to emails in the evening, spending our…
Published: 4th December, 2019
Well, what a day. We are, as you can imagine, all exhausted after eight days on the picket lines, so a full review of Day 8 will appear tomorrow, but, in brief, it was a fun day and we were all in good spirits (and not just because of the mulled wine). Strikemas was heartily…
Published: 3rd December, 2019
And on the seventh day we rested… in fact, wanted to rest, but instead we decided to showcase the issues that have brought us to the point of exhaustion, particularly the excessive workloads and job insecurity that represent two of the four pillars of UCU’s “Four Fights” dispute. The #ExhaustionRebellion hashtag was started by our…
Published: 27th November, 2019
Today saw animals of all shapes and sizes unleashed on the Leicester UCU picket lines! Fierce foxes, passionate penguins and more delightful dogs than you can count supported strikers with love and wagging tails! All were here to support our message to the university management: get your paws off our pay and pensions! Whilst every…
Published: 25th November, 2019
Roll back to 16th March 2018 – the final day of 14 days on the picket line and it felt like we had unfinished business. In fact, one of our picket lines even made the point that they’d be back in chalk on the pavement outside the University. And today we were back – boy…
Published: 25th November, 2019
Claim Who, where,when? LUCU fact-checker assessment Comments [USS] members voting ‘yes’ to strike action over pensions account for less than 10% of the scheme’s eligible membership. USS employers (Universities UK), reported in the Guardian, 25 November (The Guardian) Highly misleading 50,071 UCU members were asked whether they were willing to take industrial action in defence…
Published: 15th November, 2019
This is the Leicester UCU Strike Handbook 2019 – covering all strike plans and advice for the strike taking place between 25th November and 4th December. This page will be updated as strike plans and events change – please check regularly for updates. Last revision: 10 December 2019 Contents Picket line locations Picket line organization…
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