University of Nottingham UCU branch
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University of Nottingham UCU branch
Nottingham
Joined August 2014
The East Midlands battle bus end route to London . a full load of members from Nottingham, Leicester, Loughborough, Derby. #ucuRISING @UCU_DMU @LboroUCU @leicesterucu @ucu
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As part of our @ucu Four Fights campaign, we thought it might be interesting to explore the pay enjoyed by those who ‘lead’ the university sector. Specifically, the salaries of those on the Board of @UniversitiesUK #USSmess @ucu
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4 Fights ballot results:. Turnout: 64.79%.Yes to strike: 68.66%.Yes to ASOS: 81.65%. We increased turnout by almost 2%. This fight isn’t over. 🙏 to our members and our reps for another strong local mandate. USS tomorrow.
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UCU members workload this entire academic year.
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We are very pleased to confirm that U Nottingham UCU and management have agreed a deal to end the marking boycott locally, and save students from further disruption. Key elements of the deal include:
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We are absolutely devastated to hear about the tragic events in our city that have led to the deaths of three people, including two of our students, and injured three others. Our thoughts are with the families and friends of all the victims of these horrific attacks.
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This morning's meeting at UoN included 150+ members. We also received over 140 emails and comments via Twitter. @UoNUCU formally rejects the proposed agreement in line with the views of an overwhelming majority of our members. Our full response is attached. @ucu #NoCapitulation
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Our amazing members, students and pickets out in force at the Derby Road entrance of #UoN this morning. #uss #ussstrikes
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Peaceful TU unity rally : Stand up against racism , stand up against fascism!!
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An open letter to @OccupyUon who are occupying Trent Building @UniofNottingham . You have our thanks and solidarity! @ucu #ussstrike #OccupyNotts
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Solidarity with @ucuedinburgh protesting transphobia on campus.
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Feedback from exam boards across UoN has shown the full impact of the Contingency Regulations, which were adopted by Senate (39+,37-) without much detail about their implementation. Academic standards have been undermined to counter the MAB. A thread 🧵1/13.
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Great news that @ShearerWest has accepted invitation for informal meeting to talk uss with @UoNUCU . #strikeforuss @ucu @UniofNottingham.
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Our delegation at today’s @nusuk rally in London for free education. Student and staff solidarity is what will save the HE sector. #OneOfUsAllOfUs w @UoNSU_Education @Geop_2000 @adangeloUK
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A packed #UoN @UCU meeting.Our members standing strong and ready for action in the #USS dispute. #Solidarity
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Final post: rest in power our brilliant, wonderful Agnes. We will continue your fight for justice & equality, inspired by your kindness, wisdom, and humour. Bella ciao. Photo credit: Sophie Chester-Nash
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We will not be silenced! Protesting the Council's attempt to reduce Senate powers - the only uni governance structure elected by staff - & to exclude senators who are also @ucu members from voting on issues relating to industrial action. A 🧵
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In memory of our wonderful Agnes Flues, we're posting a photo a day. Here's Agnes with our former VP, Catherine Rottenberg on a march for four fights & pensions, Feb '23. Agnes led our branch through the toughest IA, always with a commitment to justice. Credit: @hstevenson10
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It's a month today since we lost our wonderful Agnes. Feeling her absence at our first committee meeting of the academic year. Rest in power, comrade. Members, please check your emails re funeral arrangements. Photo credit: Sophie Chester-Nash
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Music under the trees at North Entrance today. Great spirit and solidarity. #USSstrikes @UniofNottingham @ucu
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"3,787 people have joined UCU in the past seven days". Join your union. It's what all the cool kids are doing. #ucustrike #ucustrikes #strikeforuss.
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On this grey day, here's a photo of Agnes on the picket in a blizzard, Feb '18. Across 5 yrs' industrial action, Agnes was always on the picket line at 8am, often as supervisor, always with an eclectic playlist to keep us entertained & stomping our feet. Credit: @Kittyhow1
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UCEA, make serious credible moves that will settle the dispute. We were right about USS pensions. Acknowledge we are right about stopping pay degradation, closing of gender, race & disability pay gaps, reversing casualisation, reducing workload. #SettletheDispute @UCEA1 @ucu .
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Sad to see U Nottingham management trying to intimidate staff from striking with fantasy demands that are transparently unachievable and likely illegal.
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We look forward to welcome @NadiaWhittomeMP to our pickets tomorrow: 9am Jubilee Campus, Derby Road entrance and 9:30am University Park, West entrance. Nottingham picketeers, see you tomorrow, one more time with feeling. .
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These VCs "earn" a combined salary of £5,666,290 - equivalent to the starting salaries of ~150 Assistant Profs or ~300 Library Advisors here @UniofNottingham. Will they now address issues of declining and unequal pay, precarious contracts and spiralling workloads?.
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Today, on the last day of this #UCUstrike, we are marching and rallying. Come along to send a powerful message to @UniofNottingham & celebrate #solidarity. Start from UP west at 11, arrive Jubilee Derby Road at 12. One more time with feeling!
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Solidarity with students at The University of Nottingham!. UCU at the University of Nottingham (UoNUCU) stands in solidarity with students, who began an encampment on Jubilee Campus outside the Advanced Manufacturing Building on Friday 10 May. 🧵 1/7.
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My lover’s got no money, they work for Unitemps. my lover’s got no hours, they work for Unitemps. Want more and more, Shearer wants more and more.Want more and more, Shearer wants more and more. NO ZERO HOURS.CASUALISED AND UNDERPAID.NO ZERO HOURS AND UNDERPAID @UoNCasuals
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Thank you to @AlexNorrisNN for visiting out picket line this morning and listening to our concerns around pensions, pay and working conditions, and what’s going on at University of Nottingham. #OneOfUsAllOfUs
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Today our amazing members picketed 10 entrances at 4 campuses of the #UoN See you there tomorrow! #uss #ussstrike #Solidarity
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Today was the unofficial ‘bring your baby to the picket day’ 😍🪧💪
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Ahead of tomorrow's crucial #USS JNC meeting, we wrote to our VC @ShearerWest (UUK Board member) and Chief Financial Officer Margaret Monckton (UUK rep on JNC) to urge them to endorse the @ucu proposal and stop the #USSmess.
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Yesterday, we held our branch AGM. We began with a minute's silence to honour the lives of our students, Grace O'Malley-Kumar and Barney Webber, as well as local resident, Ian Coates, who lost their lives in a tragic attack in the city.
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Thank you @NadiaWhittomeMP @LilianGreenwood @AlexNorrisNN for your letter to our VC, UoN, asking for her support of the UCU proposals to resolve the USS pension dispute. @ucu.
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Support for #UCUstrikes is growing. D.H. Lawrence, one of @UniofNottingham most illustrious @UniOfNottAlumni joins the fight for #fairpay, #fairpensions, manageable #workloads and against #casualisation in #HE. Shame he cannot be on the picket line on Monday! #UCUstrikesback
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🚨🚨Nottingham peeps 🚨🚨.- the strike programme for week 1.- the route for the march 🚶♀️🚶♂️🪧on Mon 14 Feb #LoveHE #LoveHEStaff ❤️💔.- the teach out programme (2pm, Zoom all welcome).✊✊✊#OneOfUsAllOfUs ✊✊✊
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We hugely value the support our student community has given to us during the current dispute. Our working conditions are your learning conditions. This is our letter to our students on the boycott, why its happening, and steps you can take:
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Day 1 of this week, day 14 of this academic year, day 50 (?!) in the #ussmess dispute since 2018. Another day in the #4Fights too. And still we march. #OneOfUsAllOfUs
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We made it onto ITV News. .
😍ITV NEWS😍. Our voices are being heard like never before . Well done to every single member who has forced us onto the news agenda. #ucuRISING
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We've written a response to our VC, who refuses to back down on 50%pay deductions for MAB. We've asked for clarifications as to how deductions are not illegal, how they have been costed, how workload is being recalculated & what role line managers pay. We need clear answers now.
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In one exam board, four of the external examiners had such serious concerns that they could not sign off on the marks. The Head of School approved the marks regardless of these grave concerns. 10/13.
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.@NadiaWhittomeMP bringing solidarity to Jubilee campus Derby Road picket line. #OneOfUsAllOfUs #UCUstrikes
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Solidarity to @ucu branches re-commencing strike action tomorrow. We are right behind you and will take over next week. Nottingham peeps, observe the #digitalpicket but do post pictures of ballots going into mailboxes 😍✉️📮✉️📮✉️📮✉️📮😍.
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UoN management are trying to bully us with threats of 50% deductions for taking part in MAB. We are ready to escalate if they don't stand down. See our letter to the VC below: @ucu #ucuRISING
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Today's photo was taken at the start of the March for Palestine in May '24. Agnes held the banner from Forest Rec to Market Square & bought sausage rolls for us at the end. She was always out there protesting injustice & oppression, & looking out for comrades. Photo @Kittyhow1
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Dear Helen Normoyle @BootsUK, @clareanna, Tabitha Wacera.@sustainableswp, @mabin2_ , @jignavaru - pls don’t cross our picket line, many inspirational @UniofNottingham women are fighting for #equalpay, against #casualisation & excessive #workloads. #IWD2020 #UCUstrike.
Hear from inspirational women about achieving career success in the 'Women in Business' event to celebrate International Women's Day. Helen Normoyle, Marketing Director of @BootsUK and Ireland will be Keynote speaker, so don't miss out! #InternationalWomensDay
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Congratulations to our students standing firm.✊️✊️✊️.
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The pressure is on @UniofNottingham. Do the right thing by staff and students, we stand united. @ucu #ucuRISING
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Thanks to all of our amazing students for their support and solidarity @OccupyUon
Breaking news - student occupation in Trent Building @UniofNottingham in support of #StrikeforUSS #solidarity @UoNUCU #NoCapitluation
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We had 53% turnout on both ballots. 74.5% in favour of strike over casualisation, workload, pay and equality and 79% over USS. We‘ll talk inter-generational solidarity on the picket line!.
Bang 💥.
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Thanks for listening @ucu . Strike action continues as we stand strong for a better deal. This is good news for staff and students alike -- here's hoping a sensible deal is reached soon so we can get back to work. #strikeforUSS.
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Nottingham peeps, it’s time to tango!. Pickets: University Park North, South, West entrances & Jubilee Campus Derby Road, Wollaton Road, Triumph Road entrances. 8am-12pm, 1-3 Dec. Rally 1 Dec, 12 noon, Highfields Park by the lake opposite Trent Building. #OneOfUsAllOfUs
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