Manchester Anti-Precarity Network

Campaign against precarious employment at the University of Manchester and in Higher Education everywhere. RTs not necessarily endorsements.

[Manchester Anti-Precarity Network @Mcr_Precariat]

If you're employed on a fixed-term contract at the University of Manchester, it's governed by the Contracts of Employment Policy

@UM_UCU are meeting to discuss the policy – please join us if you can

📅Tuesday 2 November 12:30–1:30pm

Registration: https://t.co/asvqgDBc3x

[UMUCU @UM_UCU]

GTAs, see you later today!

This meeting is open to all GTAs, not just members of UCU.

DM us if you need the zoom link 📨

[Strathclyde UCU @StrathclydeUCU]

Today:

Update your address on the @ucu database.

Update your address on the @ucu database.

Update your address on the @ucu database.

Update your address on the @ucu database.

Update your address on the @ucu database

[UMUCU @UM_UCU]

🚨GTAs: Know Your Rights!🚨

TAing this semester at UoM? Our Anti-Casualisation Officers are hosting a discussion on your rights at work.

All welcome. Come along to raise any concerns you currently have and start organising for change.

Sign up here: https://t.co/cwa7mdkD44

[Precarious Liverpool @PrecariousUoL]

We’re now in the longest dispute on Merseyside since the dockers took action in the 90s. Testament to the enormous combined effort of each and every participating worker! 😀

[UCU @ucu]

Postgraduate researchers do a huge amount to keep the higher education system running - but they are exploited, underappreciated and denied the same benefits as staff

That's why today we are proud to launch our new #PGRsAsStaff manifesto

Check it out 👇
https://t.co/xUAtK9viic

[Manchester Anti-Precarity Network @Mcr_Precariat]

Please say hi to our casualised comrades and neighbours @MmuAnti and give them a follow! 👋

[Manchester Anti-Precarity Network @Mcr_Precariat]

“It feels like management is pitting the public access and engagement against research, as if the two can’t now work in tandem... Now one has to come at the expense of the other.”

@nickjwprescott and @mcrmeteor on the UoM library restructuring:

https://t.co/sd7xRh2q7s

[Eve Hayes on bluesky at evehayes123 @EveHayes123]

During my PhD, at an expensive conference dinner, a senior academic declared just how fortunate she thought doctoral students were for having the time & space to think. One such student had already stopped attending reading groups because she could no longer afford the bus fare.

[Manchester Anti-Precarity Network @Mcr_Precariat]

The Researcher Development Concordat could and must be much stronger on employment security.

Our employer is holding a consultation meeting on local implementation of the Concordat tomorrow 10am – I'm sure they want to hear the views of precarious staff!

https://t.co/ubYnnz0TL1

[UCU Anti-Casualisation Committee @UCUAnti_Cas]

Unis increasingly using short term employment contracts for teaching staff, or even declaring them 'independent contractors'+denying them worker rights. But the recent Uber ruling says this is illegal!

Short course tutors at Goldmsiths are fighting back. https://t.co/bMZKacAJ3x

[Goldsmiths SC Tutors @goldsctutors]

Breaking ⚡️We're bringing @GoldsmithsUoL to court for its refusal to recognise our workers' rights! Help us win this case & set a precedent by contributing to our fund! 🔥✊ https://t.co/IlA2LNpCPW Let's stop the uberification of higher education! 🔥

[Dr Eleanor Beal @beal_ellie]

Thank you so much to Steffan Blayney & @benpope45 from @Mcr_Precariat & @sheffielducu for coming and talking to our MMU anti-casualisation network on ways to organise and campaign ✊@manmetucu @UCUAnti_Cas

[Manchester Anti-Precarity Network @Mcr_Precariat]

@manmetucu Please join us @NWanticas! I'm sure that @WarwickAntiCas would be glad to hear from you too

[Manchester Anti-Precarity Network @Mcr_Precariat]

Still time to register for this meeting at 13:00 today – all @UMUCU members welcome!

[Manchester Anti-Precarity Network @Mcr_Precariat]

Tuesday 1 June at 13:00, @UM_UCU fixed-term members are meeting to discuss the current review of our university's Contracts of Employment Policy.

What would you like to see changed?

Please register here at any time ahead of the meeting:

https://t.co/Bn4xrgmPsl

[University of Liverpool UCU #CeasefireNow @ULivUCU2]

📢 This Friday 📢 Rally University Square at 12.30. It's vital we get a big turnout to show our strength in this dispute so get along if you can!

[Manchester Anti-Precarity Network @Mcr_Precariat]

The current policy can be seen here: https://t.co/UpBv0UrDpw

[Manchester Anti-Precarity Network @Mcr_Precariat]

Tuesday 1 June at 13:00, @UM_UCU fixed-term members are meeting to discuss the current review of our university's Contracts of Employment Policy.

What would you like to see changed?

Please register here at any time ahead of the meeting:

https://t.co/Bn4xrgmPsl

[Manchester Anti-Precarity Network @Mcr_Precariat]

Heartwarming support for our library colleagues and their service through the pandemic and in welcoming so many people to the John Rylands Library over the years.

Open letter by @UM_UCU members has 750 signatures – thank you everyone! Still open to sign

https://t.co/EY4CWknK8i