Ewan McGaughey
@ewan_mg
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🎓Prof @KCL_Law + @CambridgeCBR + running for @UCU Gen Sec 🌹Fair pay, democracy, equality, a living planet + free education ✊🏽Transform UCU + UK education
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I spoke to
@BBCWorld
today about
@ThamesWater
wanting to put up your bills by 44%, after 350 pollution incidents last year, yet paying £158m dividends in March + giving its CEO £1.7m.
Best alternative, within
@hmtreasury
fiscal rules, is special administration, no bailouts
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Thanks so much to everyone who voted in this historic
@UCU
General Secretary election. It ain't over!
With the incumbent ahead by just 0.1% of members, we need:
🗳️a recount
📧the government to enable e-ballots
❌action to remedy all violations of UCU rules on social media, email
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Thank you to everyone who voted in the
@ucu
election! There are so many kind, caring people in our union, so many who see we can turn education around. I’m overwhelmed by support I’ve been shown. Whoever wins, I hope we all work together for democracy, equality + fairness.
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How can we turn around the failures of
@thameswater
and
@Ofwat
?
We can't afford shareholders or captured regulators any more.
And modern ownership gives workers + billpayers votes in the boardroom.
On
@BBCWorld
with
@egoncossou1
on repairing our broken system.
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@runthinkwrite
@ucu
Jon, as it happens we had a written question on this at the
@CambridgeUCU
+
@OUbUCU
hustings last week, to send in today.
Because it's a 156 page judgment + the case itself exposes the damage of Twitter "pile ons", please see my written answer rather than a tweet:
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"At the heart of this is a failure of the experiment of privatisation...
"It's not just water, it's energy, it's rail, it's the NHS."
We need modern public ownership, with votes for staff + billpayers on the board.
On
@BBCWorld
talking about how to turn
@ThamesWater
around:
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Great talk by Shami Chakrabarti on new book
@CaseForDefence
- also arguing human rights obligations must be applied to corporations.
Chaired by
@juss_professor
, with
@colmocinneide
and
@policyatkings
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Here's the actual result sheet, which members weren't sent - only provided a link to, which speaks volumes in itself.
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Three steps to fix
@thameswater
-
1) special admin to wipe out shareholders, hold directors accountable + give debt collectors a haircut, to enable investment
2) public ownership, long-term, not temporary
3) ban re-privatisation of our public services
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@betty_friedrich
@ucu
I think everyone was incredibly impressed with Vicky's campaign as well - I certainly was, and it was really good to get to know her better on the husting circuit. Definitely a brilliant advocate for workers who should stay central to the union movement.
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Come to the last hustings at Oxford, and if you vote, we can have a functioning union and transform UK education.
🔴 TOMORROW - 26 February 🔴
Don't forget tomorrow's
@ucu
General Secretary hustings at Oxford!
Starting at 12:30 at the Friends' Meeting House (43 St Giles). Check your inbox for Zoom link details if you'd like to join online.
There are only few days left to post your ballot!
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🎖️Give the person playing “things can only get better” outside Downing St as Sunak announces 4 July election a medal!
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Pension heist yet again.
@DrJoGrady
seems to want to take reduced
#USS
contributions as the employer from UCU's own staff.
This is the wrong message for universities. If you vote, every penny of reduced USS contributions will go to workers. It's theirs:
We were told all USS savings would be passed on. But we've been offered only a 3.5% uplift when employer contributions will fall by 7.1%. Our employer says USS savings may not be "sustainable" and will be "temporary". We think future changes should be part of future talks. 4/6
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Our union can become so much better. We know the solutions to all of these problems.
Our employer has today been sent official notification of our intention to ballot for industrial action over our Campaign for a Safe and Professional Workplace Culture:
🧵
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@AudreySuffolk
@runthinkwrite
@JoPhoenix1
@ucu
I do Audrey - many instances of harassment and discrimination, clearly. This is, of course, what's behind ECHR art 9. (Forgive me keeping word count down.)
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Vote in the
@ucu
election and get rid of the failed incumbent.
Vote for a functioning union, that will win for members, treat its staff with dignity, and be a positive force for social transformation 👉🏽
🚨 Pay dispute latest 🚨
Following hollow arguments about the impact on grade structures, we’re now told by our *trade union* employer they are “ideologically opposed” to offering a progressive flat sum pay rise which would better help lower paid staff.
#CostOfLivingCrisis
🧵
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A much higher turnout than the incumbent GS got for UCU members. What a terrible time for UCU to be needlessly in dispute with its own staff.
Our members have today overwhelmingly voted to take industrial action over
#WorkplaceRacism
and the wider organisational dysfunction affecting staff.
72% of members voted to strike on a 79% turnout. We trust our employer will now start listening.
#JobsEqualityConditions
@UCU
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@qm_ucu
@RedSazzler
I’m definitely there! It’s impressively organised, and v important. I would come in person too if you’d want.
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Worth remembering the new Adequate Wage Directive article 4 requires all EU member states to do action plans to get over 80% of workers covered with collective agreements for fair pay…
… and the UK is on a much poorer rate of about 25%. So we need serious change.
Labour and unions reach agreement on workers’ rights proposals
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🔥Hustings for
@UCU
GS shaping up:
@LboroUCU
19/1, 12pm
@CambridgeUCU
+
@AngliaRuskinUCU
29/1, 1pm
@UCU
1/2, 12pm
@ULivUCU2
tbc
@leedsucu
+
@sheffielducu
tbc
@SouthamptonUCU
tbc
@ImperialUCU
tbc
@QUEENMARY_UCU
tbc
We're going talk frankly + transform:
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Great article here on workplace democracy and working time from
@OshanJarow
- very glad to help with some history!
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It’s beyond belief that the incumbent
@UCU
leadership is in a dispute with its own staff, by trying to trouser their pension money.
If you vote for me, every penny of reduced USS contributions goes back to workers - we’ll change universities by setting a good example.
Pay dispute escalates
Last month we declared a pay dispute with our employer after our members rejected their final offer. The first dispute meeting held this week saw no real change. We've therefore escalated the dispute and requisitioned a meeting involving UCU lay officers.
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@calebmorganday
@conversiontales
And we may add, 7758 votes or 45.2% of voters, is not a majority either! Nor is 6.7% of total membership, despite holding control of all the union machinery.
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The most important election for the Labour movement to win - can’t wait to get rid of this lot, and rebuild for fair rights at work, clean energy, and working public services.
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@Feargal_Sharkey
@thameswater
@jpmorgan
@Ofwat
Except it is easy, not actually all that complex as the FT article makes out. And we certainly don’t want Thames Water to go to Southern, which deliberately misreports.
Special administration is simple - wipe out reckless shareholders, creditors get less:
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This must be resolved very quickly, completely unbelievable.
After our successful strike ballot we have today notified our employer of our intention to take strike action on 30th May, day 2 of
#UCUCongress
(sector conferences). We hope this will focus minds ahead of negotiations tomorrow and our strike action can be quickly called off.
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@calebmorganday
@ross_acg_gibson
@ucu
@DrJoGrady
The candidates have stats from UCU, which I shared if you look back, for December 2023. Basically everything I said was true, as you might have expected! That’s why I kept saying it despite various threats and slurs and will keep doing so.
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@DrJoGrady
🤦🏽For everyone here, the real question - if we're honest - is why UCU didn't take a single case to court for members since 2019, despite the incumbent promising "precedent-setting legal challenges"?
We're proud of the USS case because we:
- exposed the nonsense USS valuation,
-
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@jesus_margar
Good point - it'd have to be a new contract. But for many short-term, casual staff, employers will just unilaterally tell them it's varied, and they have to agree. Not much many people will do.
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@rorfitelli
@SimonJPTrafford
@zenscara
@RedSazzler
@DrJoGrady
It's not a "posture" Robyn, or if you think it is, we have a fundamental disagreement.
I'm asking, will the other candidates support a move to:
- get to 26 weeks paid parental leave for everyone
- fight for every worker's right - zero tolerance for discrimination
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@SimonJPTrafford
@zenscara
@RedSazzler
HNY Simon - yes, unequivocally. I've worked my whole career for equality. I'm the only candidate who:
- commits to 26 weeks paid parental leave regardless of gender
- promises zero tolerance for discrimination, to fight every case
Download the platform:
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If subtitles don't work here, they should on YouTube:
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@matilda_jt
@zenscara
@RedSazzler
Hi Matilda, there are big differences in how we would actually defend member rights and advance equality. Here’s my previous answer.
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Talking about a National Education Service, skills and uni, on
@BBCRadioLondon
with Jumoke Fashola today - a pleasure.
... less so is today's Tory gimmick for 100k more apprentices, paying less than adult min. wage - about 50k short of where we were in 2014!
Clip on fees👇🏽
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@SimonJPTrafford
@zenscara
@RedSazzler
Perhaps
@DrJoGrady
,
@RedSazzler
and
@zenscara
could please tell
@SimonJPTrafford
where their commitments are on:
-parental leave, given it's such a big issue for the pay gaps
-fighting for worker rights in court given there has been not a single reported case by UCU since 2019
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A really innovative way to do hustings from
@qm_ucu
, and delighted to be there.
We've got to rebuild UCU to be a functioning union, tell the truth, and reverse the total failure of the last 5 years.
Excited to get to meet all four candidates for General Secretary and learn what their plans are on issues that matter to our members.
6 February, 5-7:30pm
Join us and
@zenscara
@DrJoGrady
@ewan_mg
and
@RedSazzler
!
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@DrJosephGraly
@ucu
Not at all - but important question. The big issue over which there is a lot of discretion is pay levels (rather than not hiring). So an amazing example is the actor playing Prince Phillip got more money than the Queen in the Crown due to “market” rates. Need to change bias.
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Great article by
@sandralaville
on water - with my two cents:
🌊"England should join Scotland, Wales, Paris and most of the world, and restore public ownership [of water] using the legal framework of special administration that already exists."
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@highamian
@ucu
Of course I do, Ian. Gender reassignment is protected by the Equality Act 2010, and I've long argued we must expand the statute's scope. Common law + human rights already protect more:
+ as you're at Gratham:
Hope that helps!
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@jesus_margar
There was some reporting before Xmas, and now everyone's forgotten. Business loves it. The point is that people *have no holidays* if the employer gives the 12.07% "uplift" in the salary.
It's back to the position before this case:
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@adam_willows
@ucu
@zenscara
@RedSazzler
@DrJoGrady
@UniteUCU
Yes. And not only fixing it, but being the best workplace as a model for all universities and colleges.
From day one:
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@drwhofreak
@ucu
That's a very good suggestion - sadly I and many others really tried over the last 4 or 5 years, to absolutely no avail!
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If subtitles have some trouble on X, see on YouTube:
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@EdinUniAFAF
@ucu
Hello EAFAF. Being at work without being in a union is like driving without insurance, so everyone should join!
I've written out an answer to a similar question from a recent hustings
@CambridgeUCU
and
@oubucu
. Hope this helps 👉🏽
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