MMU Anti-Casualisation Network

Representing fixed-term, hourly paid staff at MMU University. Campaigning against gig economy employment & the zombie academy. Fighting for a better university.

[University of Liverpool UCU #CeasefireNow @ULivUCU2]

📢 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

[UCU @ucu]

Wow!

In a @UniversitiesUK & @UCEA1 press conference, vice chancellors compared staff working from home during the pandemic with taking strike action

"We have been able to cope with 0% of staff coming on campus [during covid], so I am sure we can cope with this”

Disgraceful

[Birkbeck UCU @BirkbeckUCU]

Just got the weekly email of current vacancies at Birkbeck.

33 vacancies.
32 are fixed-term.

😠

Management are 'disappointed' in the results of our industrial action ballot. We're disappointed in the lack of job security for our current and future members.

#OneOfUsAllOfUs

[Defend the Arts & Hums @defendthearts]

Solidarity to @RcaUcu now in their 4th week of strike action! @pwthompson_RCA refuses to discuss measures to control workload & has implemented the worst casualised contracts in the sector. No wonder 86% of staff voted no confidence in him. @rca needs to listen up & change now!

[RNCM UCU @rncm_ucu]

📢 MCR Rally info here! 11am Friday 3rd Dec. Meeting point Queen's Archway, march to rally next to All Saints Park. #oneofusallofus #fourfights

[MMU Students Support the Strike! @MMUs4s]

Our Statement (1/2)

[Manchester Labour Students @MCRLabStudents]

Solidarity with @UM_UCU and @manmetucu 🤝

It’s easy to let university management pit students against staff, but remember at the end of the day we all just want better learning conditions!

Strike action is not a light decision - your lecturers care about your education!

[Jo Grady @DrJoGrady]

Teachers matter to students. It’s a shame teachers rarely matter to managers.

#OneOfUsAllOfUs

[sheffielducu.bsky.social @sheffielducu]

Local ballot results!
💥Over the threshold
💥73.5% yes for strike action
💥83.5% yes for ASOS

This is the third ballot result in favor of industrial action *this month*. Our members will not accept threats to our working conditions and our members' jobs. We stand together.💪✊

[MMU Anti-Casualisation Network @MmuAnti]

Want to see your University VCs get a surprise in November? Then don't leave it on the kitchen table! Only a couple more days to get those YES votes in!

[Vicky Blake UCU @vickyblake.bsky.social @zenscara]

Finally got my blessed @ucu ballots!

OBV voted YES YES + YES YES for action on #FourFights and #USS

Danced to the postbox playing the epic #GTVO banger from @_RyanBurns

🎵Get your ballot in the post🎶
🎶Get your ballot in the post🎵

#OneOfUsAllOfUs #UCUballots #UCUstrike

[Colin Davis @ProfColinDavis]

This is so offensive to the HE staff who’ve worked harder than ever to keep universities going throughout the pandemic. Unbelievable! I’ve voted Yes to industrial action. #FourFights

[Kathryn Orth @IR_MotherGoose]

Just a reminder to post your ballot and have your voice heard. Ballots must be received by 4 November. #FourFights #HEpullstogether @manmetucu @ucu #OneOfUsAllOfUs

[MMU Anti-Casualisation Network @MmuAnti]

@RomGothSam You forgot to mention that we were not paid for this extra work/time 😡😡😡

[Chisomo Kalinga, PhD @ChisomoWrites]

I can’t tell you how much I don’t want to strike. Like many African scholars/underrepresented ethnic minorities in U.K. HE, we have families & research communities who rely on our support. But we must improve work conditions for everyone. @ucuedinburgh @ucu #FourFights #UCUstrike

[Jo Grady @DrJoGrady]

LET’S HEAR IT FOR OUR PRISON MEMBERS👏🏻⚡️👌🏻

Earlier this year they won their first strike ballot post 2016 TU act. They took unprecedented action. They doubled their branch density. And they’ve won improved health & safety commitments. I could not be a prouder GS!
#OneOfUsAllOfUs

[Dr Ulrike Marx @ulrike_marx]

Yes and yes. #FourFights #OneOfUsAllOfUs @ucu @leicesterucu

[UCU @ucu]

We love this ❤️

#OneOfUsAllOfUs

[MMU Anti-Casualisation Network @MmuAnti]

You've only got to the 4th of November to get those YES votes in #FourFights #OneOfUsAllOfUs #UCUstrike

[Sadie Durkacz Ryan @sadie_d_ryan]

Remember to post your ballot papers, UCU pals! @manmetucu