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WOW!!!!! Over 100 out on the pickets and many more joining the virtual picket! So many first time strikers determined to WIN. We aren't going anywhere until
@UCEA1
and
@USSEmployers
get serious.
#ucuRISING
#ucustrikes
#SuperStrikeDay
#MegaStrike
#RightToStrike
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Placing academic sanctions on students for not paying rent is an absolutely abhorrent act and is a symbol of the aggressive marketisation of HE.
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This
#UCUstrike
dog is called Karl Barks. Seriously, Karl Barks. The person w Karl is a
#sociology
graduate student - working at a number of levels. Karl Barks!
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Today
@LivUni
confirmed there were 87 positive staff and student COVID-19 tests last week - this is before term has even started and campus is quiet. Current plans being put forward by the university are not safe. It is time to protect staff, students and the city.
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Delighted to announce that
@jeremycorbyn
will be joining us on Monday!! Incredible support which shows the importance of this fight. Saving the last two livelihoods is vital but we are also standing up for ethics in HE & against power-drunk bosses. Join us! ✊
#FightForHealthJobs
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What a line up! 💫💫💫 This is a fight for the whole HE sector, and against redundancies by management whim. Let's get a huge turnout to ensure the final two livelihoods are saved and this vital fight is won ✊✊✊
#FightForHealthJobs
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We're hearing that
@ucea1
are trying to claim the levels of strikes today were 'low and isolated'. This is Glasgow, Cardiff, Leeds and York. Lol and, indeed, lmao.
#ucuRISING
@DrJoGrady
@CHavergalTHE
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Nobody has ever chosen to study
@livuni
because of a senior management team. They choose to come to our amazing university because of the incredible staff. It's time to withdraw these two redundancies in the interests of staff and students.
#FightForHealthJobs
#LivUni
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The result of our industrial action ballot is now in. Our highest ever turnout is an emphatic message that we are prepared to take sustained industrial action to
#FightForHealthJobs
if these proposals aren't shelved.
Turnout - 59.8%
Yes to strike - 83.7%
Yes to ASOS - 90.3%
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Today we begin a marking and assessment boycott in the
#FightForHealthJobs
@livuni
will be deducting 100% of pay. Make no mistake this is pure intimidation in response to how strong we are. Please donate to our strike fund if you can.
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There are still six colleagues (down from 47) at risk of compulsory redundancy due to
#ProjectShame
. We will be back on strike from Wednesday to defend them if
@LivUni
don't withdraw. We have said from the start NO compulsory redundancies and we mean it.
#FightForHealthJobs
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Great turnout for the first day of our second strike over
#ProjectShame
. To recap. There are now just two (2) people at risk, down from 47. Management are clinging to the power to sack on a whim. NO! We said from the start no compulsory redundancies-we mean it
#FightForHealthJobs
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Today, at one of our largest ever branch meetings we sent an emphatic message that strike action would not be suspended if compulsory redundancies remain on the table. 97% voted to take strike action to fight for our 2 remaining at-risk members.
#FightForHealthJobs
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We have just received this from Oxford University Press: "We will respect the picket line and re-arrange any appointments made for the days of the strike action." Many thanks
@OxUniPress
.
#UCUstrike
Come on
@CambridgeUP
@tandfnewsroom
@Palgrave_
@SAGE_News
@politybooks
We have written to academic publishers asking them to respect picket lines in the
#UCUstrike
.
Our research and unpaid editorial work is the lifeblood upon which academic publishing depends.
Casualisation and unbearable workloads are destroying this model.
#UCUstrikesback
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Today is our first strike day against sham redundancies. 'Rank and yank' research targets being set to attack jobs is dragging the name of
@livuni
through the mud.
#LivUniStrike
#FightForHealthJobs
Register for our online midday rally here -
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Here we go.
@livuni
have today asked staff to “recover” (‘make good’!) missed teaching asap. We will not “recover” work we’re not being paid for and our refusal is lawful under ASOS. With yet another intimidating email, the Uni has withdrawn its goodwill. We have withdrawn ours 1
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10 days of strike begin today because
@livuni
won't protect 2 jobs in a workforce of roughly 7,000. When we say no compulsory redundancies we mean it. Join our digital rally at midday Friday with
@DrJoGrady
On campus rally Monday 9th also midday.
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Biggest turnout yet for the student organised rally in support of our action! The message is out that management are willing to damage student's futures just to force through unjust, unnecessary redundancies. They are angry and know exactly where to direct it ✊
#ProjectSHAME
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It's Results Day! 🥳 At a well-run university students will all be getting all their fully-moderated, externally-examined marks back. Here 1000s of students are about to log on to a host of zeros or inaccurate marks. How will they feel? All this to make unjust sackings. Shameful
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We’re pleased to report
@livuni
have done the right thing- delaying strike deductions until May and staggering for those who need it 👏Thanks to the support of
@KimJohnsonMP
@PaulaBarkerMP
@IanByrneMP
@DanCardenMP
@meaglemp
@MetroMayorSteve
(but it shouldn’t have to come to this)
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Striking for 14 days is tough but our members are tougher. We’ve been moved by the solidarity, of single parents, of precarious staff, of students & those who find picketing conditions especially tough and yet turn out every day. We salute you. You are the union
#ucustrike
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🛑🚨🚫The Ashton Building is under occupation by our students! ✊️✊️✊️ They are demanding that Janet Beer support the UCU offer over staff pensions!
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Uni managers who think they can get away with graduating students with incomplete transcripts should look into what happened here in 2021. It did not go well. There was immense student anger. An accreditation body got involved. Students will not accept sham degrees.
I am a final year student at Edinburgh University. This week I was told that due to industrial action, my 10k word dissertation will probably not be marked...ever.
I've been talking to staff & students - a quick 🧵 on the *utter chaos* going on at Edinburgh right now.
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The situation at
@ManMetUni
and what is unfolding across the sector could have been avoided if university leaders put people before profit.
A message to all university leadership teams: Don't endanger your communities with your reckless plans. Don't be a Malcolm.
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Quick focus group with the 'student voice'. Turns out they want their lecturers and support staff to have decent pensions, secure contracts, fair pay, and safe workloads!
#UCUstrikes
#OneOfUsAllOfUs
#UCU
#USSmess
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The results are in from our consultative ballot on proposed redundancies of Health and Life Sciences academics during a pandemic.
Turnout - 54%
Yes to strike action - 81%
Yes to ASOS - 92%
The message is loud and clear that we will
#Fightforhealthjobs
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This is exactly what we have been requesting for weeks now. We're pleased we got here in the end but the extra unnecessary stress for staff and the situation students have now been placed in could and should have been avoided
BREAKING: University of Liverpool moves teaching online as city cases soar
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.
@LivUni
are planning to make 47 Health and Life Sciences staff redundant - in the middle if a global pandemic. And they're using draconian metrics to decide who goes. It's despicable
Read our Branch President
@AntOH1988
speak out against it here 👇👇👇
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Almost 300 in our rally! Hearing from one of our colleagues at risk. A teaching award, endless supervision, over 30 papers published in 4 years, community work and EDI Lead (etc. etc. etc.) and STILL under threat. Just shows what a joke these redundancies are
#FightForHealthJobs
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WOW what a day! Biggest pickets since the 2018 pension strike, HUGE rally and a LOT of people very determined to change this sector for the better. We aren't going anywhere...
#ucuRISING
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We will be striking from the 4th Oct if the final 2 redundancies are not withdrawn. Management hubris means students will have their first in-person teaching in 18 months disrupted. Despite an exodus of staff due to
#ProjectShame
management are still pushing 2 great staff out. NO
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Any members preparing new online teaching for tomorrow - stop & enjoy your weekend. We’re working to contract under ASOS. We do not have to have online content ready for timetabled teaching times. The form that online provision takes will have to be agreed in consultation with us
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The cold has NOT dampened spirits this morning! Lots of people on the pickets! After the news yesterday of a £5 billion surplus in
#USS
, plus the cost of living starting to bite, people are more determined than ever to fix this sector. Things can't go on like this ❌️
#ucuRising
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There is now a global boycott of
@LivUni
in place due to their dreadful treatment of their own staff and students.
Do not:
Accept invitations to speak here
Agree to external here
Write or review for our journals or Press
More information here 👇
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And we're off! Loads of great conversations on the pickets lines this morning. There's a huge amount of anger in this sector over everything we're fighting for. People have simply had enough. Conditions need to change - and soon.
#UCUstrike
#LivUniStrike
#OneOfUsAllOfUs
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This is ignorant or disingenuous from the university. It is not unlawful for anybody to come and join a picket line on support of workers in struggle. Can't wait to see students and members of the public out supporting us.
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Today we launch our 'Defend All Jobs' campaign.
@LivUni
is the 2nd biggest employer in the city yet looks set to let 300 people's contracts expire by the end of June. We call on them to collectively consult with us on this and consider their responsibilities as a civic university
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📢 Let us know why you're striking! 📢 Tell us your stories of precarity, crippling workloads, worries for an insecure retirement, or just wanting to improve the sector. Let's show why this action is so vital. Use
#WhyImStriking
and we'll RT ✊✊✊
#UCUstrike
#LivUniStrike
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Don't let a single VC take credit for this. We fought tooth and nail for it, and members lost thousands while VCs couldn't even be bothered to read beyond the lies
@UniversitiesUK
were feeding them. Decent pensions would be long gone from pre-92 unis if it wasn't for us.
UK universities have expressed “near unanimous” support for reversing cuts to the sector’s biggest pension scheme and have urged fund managers to “fast-track” lowering contributions and restoring benefits.
#USS
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The rumours are true. Over 10k has poured into the local fund in four days 💸💸! Nothing management hate more than a branch able to sustain itself after they attempt to impoverish us. Every tenner helps so get donating 👇
#FightForHealthJobs
#ProjectShame
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This a grave step and one that was not entered into lightly by any means. However, the gravity of the the situation here calls for it.
Read about the global boycott of
@LivUni
, why it is happening and how you can participate 👇 ✊
#ProjectShame
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Lots of people we spoke to last week asked for a two minute explainer of the strikes - so we made one! Please RT and remember!
It's STILL not too late to join
@ucu
() and get out on the pickets for the final day of action taking us out on a high! ✊✊✊
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Met HR today offering to STAND DOWN strikes next week if they returned MAB deductions. They utterly refused (no meet halfway-nothing)- taking away 1st years' first ever week of teaching & meaning students will now wait longer for marks. Students-be in NO DOUBT about who to blame!
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So 👏 many 👏 people 👏 on 👏 the 👏 pickets 👏👏👏
Lots of people on a picket for the first time ever. Lots of people who are brand new members out. We're rising...
#ucuRISING
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There is half a MILLION people out on strike today to defend their working conditions and those of their colleagues. If you're UCU join your picketline today if you can! If your union isn't striking, come and visit us (or join our demo later)!
#ucuRISING
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Wow what an incredible first day!! Over 100 out on the pickets, brilliant inspiring teach-out on resistance poetry and a nice cosy lunch
@thecaledonia
to warm up. Thank you to everyone who showed up, see you tomorrow ✊️❤️🔥
#USSstrikes
#OneOfUsAllOfUs
#USSmess
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We have written to academic publishers asking them to respect picket lines in the
#UCUstrike
.
Our research and unpaid editorial work is the lifeblood upon which academic publishing depends.
Casualisation and unbearable workloads are destroying this model.
#UCUstrikesback
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Several reports that students have abandoned plans of further PG study
@LivUni
because their dissertations have been marked so far down by brought-in markers as their lecturers are MABing. Is it really worth ruining student's futures and losing future income?
#SettleTheDispute
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We are delighted to say we smashed the threshold on BOTH BALLOTS! 🎉
#USS
Yes to Strike 75.5%
Yes to ASOS 85.9%
Turnout 54.1%
#FourFights
Yes to Strike 69.8%
Yes to ASOS 83.6%
Turnout 54.6%
We will be discussing next steps in the coming days - keep and eye on your inbox ✊
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Email from
@LivUni
openly telling students they will be treated differently based on whether their lecturers took industrial action or not. This is grossly unfair. Management need to stop damaging the University's reputation even further & withdraw the redundancies.
#ProjectShame
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As if it wasn't bad enough that these 'redundancies' have been based on sham metrics, now the management are willing to devalue our students' degrees to force them through, having a potentially detrimental effect on their futures.
#EveryMarkCounts
#ShamDegreesShamRedundancies
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BBC News - University of Liverpool staff begin 10-day strike
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Incredible turnout for our rally to mark the end of the second round of solid, unwavering action. Thank you to all our speakers including
@LunaCentifanti
for making us all cry and reminding us exactly why this is so important and that
#WeAreTheUninversity
✊.
#FightForHealthJobs
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Massive shout out to
@GoldsmithsUCU
who are on the 37th (!!!) day of their strike to save vital courses and to stop banks running our universities! From one branch who knows how exhausting a long fight like this can be - solidarity! Love Goldsmiths! ❤️⚡️
#GoldStrike
#UCUstrike
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Our committee email to Sally Hunt telling her this ballot is too risky and doesn’t reflect the views of a majority of branches.
#ucustrike
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Day 11 of the
#LivUniStrike
and important to pause and remember that in January, 47 colleagues were under threat of redundancy. Today there is only 28. That's 19 jobs saved which is a massive achievement. But we won't stop until everyone is safe ✊
#FightForHealthJobs
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"Our constituents are losing vital support in mental health, bone disease, head and neck cancer and Covid-19."
All 4 local MPs have written to
@livuni
VC Janet Beer to demand that the redundancies are shelved immediately.
Thank you 👏
#FightforHealthJobs
#LivUniStrike
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Another massive turnout for day 2 of the strikes! Students turned out to support us, there's a lot of anger about how management have been acting and there's still determination to change this sector for the better through the Four Fights! Our branch ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
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Brilliant turnout in the sun to demand that
#luvuni
brutal and unnecessary redundancies are withdrawn immediately.
At the end of week 2 of our strike, we stronger than ever and moving now to escalate our action!
#FightforHealthJobs
#livunistrike
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We are asking for action to address years of pay cuts, action to end the gender and ethnic pay gap and an end to casualisation. We're told our demands are unreasonable.
Our VC Janet Beer took an INCREASE of almost £50,000 this year alone?
RT if you think THAT'S unreasonable.
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Amazing day today!!! Great turnout on the picket and talked to so many students who were keen to hear why we're striking and gave us so much support! See you for the teach outs at 1 and on the pickets tomorrow ✊
#UCUstrike
#LivUniStrike
#OneOfUsAllOfUs
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Hi
@LivUni
we are appalled by comments made from the VC today. Here is a statement demanding an apology.
@livuninews
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From Monday we will be beginning strike action to fight for the jobs of lecturers in HLS.
@GuildOfficers
support us in our fight and student support is overwhelming. Read why we are fighting and what you can do to help
#FightForHealthJobs
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Did you know??? That you stand to lose the first in person teaching you've had in 18 months because the management won't cancel 2 (yes TWO) unlawful redundancies?
#HelloLivUni
#TeamLivUni
#ProjectShame
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Yet another huge branch meeting full of people still ready and willing to
#FightForHealthJobs
. Today we voted to move towards further action which will coincide with the start of the teaching term and also reballot to extend our action if required. Zero redundancies MEANS zero
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What a day! 😍💫
Thank you once again to
@jeremycorbyn
and all our amazing speakers for coming to support our fight against rank and yank, sham metrics and power-drunk bosses.
With support like this we know we can save those final two livelihoods and win ✊
#FightForHealthJobs
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You're making the headines
#LiverpoolUniversity
. Again...
Page 2 of the Financial Times yesterday.: "Unions fight Liverpool University Redundancy Metric."
Read all about why the
@FT
thinks our strike ballot is headline news.
#FightforHealthJobs
#HLS47
⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Wow what a day!!! Huge turnout for the student / staff rally! Speech after speech highlighting that the current HE system only works for managers, landlords and property developers NOT the students and staff who actually ARE the university. We need change
#StaffStudentSolidarity
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A rundown of the morning so far. Students given marks which then disappeared. Lots scared the zeros were real marks. 100s unable to receive classification to graduate. Many with marks but no feedback. Some with visas at risk. Others with PG studies in jeopardy. An unholy MESS.
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And now the despicable behaviour of
@LivUni
senior management gets national attention. Sacking brilliant staff based on dodgy data. Devaluing student's hard work and damaging their futures. Locking out strikers. Stealing wages. Did we miss anything?
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Welp, we’re in The Guardian again! This time for threats to punish staff by docking pay for not “making good” on work missed during the strike.
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Back to work for a day is hard. But its ok, because we're working strictly to contract. So slow it down everyone, relax & watch this clip from the
@LIPAUCU
-organised rally yesterday.
We'll be there to support each other today.
See you all Monday!
#LivUniStrike
#UCUstrikes
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University of Liverpool staff complete first week of major strike
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Incredibly moving and inspiring rally today! Thank you for the support
@DanCardenMP
@Ian4WestDerby
@MerseyPensioner
@alexjkendrick
! The stars of the show however were
@LIPAUCU
- enjoy this video of their fab music! ✊❤✊
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Hey look,
@livuni
. You're in
@PrivateEyeNews
again!
"The University of Liverpool is set to axe more than 40 of its staff using a questionable ranking system," rightly pointing out that ranking like this institutionalises discrimination.
#fightforhealthjobs
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In temperatures that reached -5 we had 193 members register to picket today. We will keep going.
#livunistrike
#ucustrike
@LivUni
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Today, after 2 weeks of solid strike action, we are working to contract to continue the
#fightforhealthjobs
!
This means a 35 hr week for PS members & 37.5 hrs for academics.
(it also means regular breaks, looking after our health, & staying strong so we can sustain this fight!)
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This is a hugely significant statement from
@LiverpoolGuild
. University management are intent on undermining student work & devaluing potentially 1000s of degrees just to push through a small number of unjust redundancies. Students are right to be angry
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'This has united the Faculty in outrage'. University of Liverpool Academics sign letter against 47 'callous' job cuts
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What a LOVELY day for a picket! We're here until there's a fair deal on pay gaps, workloads, precarity and pay.
#ucuRISING
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Our students are amazing!!! They helped us spread the word about why we're striking, brought us hot tea and even brought us home baked lemon drizzle cake! Nothing more powerful than staff-student solidarity 🍰✊❤✊🍰
#UCUStrikesBack
#UCUstrike
#solidaritea
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Liverpool uni - only 161 of the 8 billion people who populate this Earth did the boycott so it's really of no concern.
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"The fewer numbers we have on campus, the more we can keep people safe."
Our President
@AntOH1988
on
@itvnews
tonight.
Enough is enough: it is critical that
@livuni
moves to maximum remote teaching now.
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