Student group at UoM. Formed in 2017/18 to fight job losses & defend pensions. Building discussion around workers rights & marketisation. Solidarity forever🌹🐝
@DrJoGrady is the ONLY UCU candidate that has reached out to @UnisNotBorders & @intnlandbroke in fighting against the #HostileEnvironment in HE.
Her manifesto is a welcomed direction in resisting border controls in UK universities:
https://t.co/DdDjI4w5IJ
We support #Grady4GS
HE pay ballot result:
70% of members in England, Scotland & Wales back strike action. 81% for action short of a strike. Turnout 41%.
Northern Ireland, where 50% turnout threshold does not apply, 68% back strike action. 82% back action short of a strike.
https://t.co/MeyfsFgsbb
As stated in our previous post, we support a boycott of the NSS! If you want to understand more about the NSS + how the data is used, have a look at this helpful guide #NSS#DontFillItIn
https://t.co/1CtiaKtPVu
"The University of Manchester Students’ Union (SU) has been branded ‘unhelpful’ for refusing to support a boycott of this year’s National Student Survey. This is despite the SU being democratically mandated to do so via an active senate motion."
https://t.co/2P9jj4jDJL
‘No love for Deliveroo on Valentine’s Day’. Amazing strike by Deliveroo Riders calling for: £5per order, £8 per double order, extra fee for bad weather, £10an hour waiting time and £1 per mile! @iww
#Deliveroo riders to strike in Manchester on Valentines Day!
With support from the @IWW_Couriers and @IWWManchester they join couriers in other towns and cities striking across the UK on the 14th Feb - #NoLoveForDeliveroo!!
https://t.co/J6DFFG1X8C
Meeting at 1 this Wednesday to discuss:
🌹how to support the SU + UCU in getting out the vote
🌹individual student solidarity
🌹the NSS boycott
FB event: https://t.co/fUVbGb6jKy
Shame on @RichardEvans36 for crossing the picket line in the first place and then going on to further undermine the @IWGBunion. We are always inspired by IWGB's incredible + relentless organising. Solidarity 🌹🐝
Misleading press reports on last night's launch of my "Eric Hobsbawm: A Life in History": https://t.co/qMRG0y5F8w. Hobsbawm would not have approved of the protest, which was mounted by a small sectarian group unaffiliated with the TUC. It was not a picket line mounted by workers.
Feb 22nd is the anniversary of the #USSstrike - let’s celebrate & repay the solidarity of our precarious colleagues by voting YES in the pay ballot.
Our emergency motion PASSED by 73%. @ManchesterSU is mandated to support a Yes vote in the ongoing @ucu ballot and to proactively support @UM_UCU . Thanks to Student @sl_net for the motion template.
3. To speak out on behalf of Postgraduate Research Students (PGRs), in order to defend their interests.
4. To run a campaign working with materials provided by UCU, both physically and digitally about a 'yes' vote, educating students and encouraging them to get involved ...