UCU - Bolton College

University and College Union, Bolton College Branch. Follow for updates on your union as we fight for fair pay and working conditions.

[Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary @AndreaEganGS]

We’re having a brilliant week in Brighton for our National Delegate Conference.

I couldn’t be happier to be serving members as the first ordinary member general secretary – including from the all-important ice cream stand.

UNISON members first, always ✊🍦

[UCU - Bolton College @UCUBoltonCol]

Please support survivors of the Windrush scandal. https://t.co/mltVwofhcY

[UCU - Bolton College @UCUBoltonCol]

@UcuUsic @chondrogianni @ucu @sheffielducu @ShefTUC Good luck. In solidarity. #BoltonCollegeUCU

[Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary @AndreaEganGS]

Reform tried to shut down five care homes in Lancashire. UNISON and the community stood firm and stopped them.

We can defeat Farage and his hateful, anti-worker politics.

Huge well done to @NorthWestUNISON & local campaigners, showing the way✊

https://t.co/IIQPRREgYS

[UCU @ucu]

The University of Sheffield has stopped paying staff.

Not for striking but for refusing to work unpaid to make up for strike days they were already docked for.

This is punishment, not negotiation. And it’s completely reckless.

https://t.co/u9ziRinqk8

[UCU @ucu]

Reform UK talks big on apprenticeships but you can’t build skills for the future on poverty pay.

College lecturers are the lowest-paid teachers in the UK. This must change.

[Cardiff UCU✊🌱 @CardiffUCU]

Congratulations @USIC_UCU!
Let’s end this uncertainty & disruption @cardiffuni!
We don’t want to do industrial action.
You don’t want us to.
There is an alternative!

[UCU Hopwood @UcuHopwood]

We demand pay parity with schoolteachers, national bargains, manageable workloads and investment in #FE #newdealforFE @ucu

[UCU Northern Region @UCUNorthern]

On the @NewcastleUniUCU picket line

[Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary @AndreaEganGS]

If elected as UNISON General Secretary; I won't accept the full £166,000 pay package. Instead, I will take the pay of a social worker and ensure the rest of the money goes to UNISONs Industrial Action Fund and our There For You charity! My pay goes up when your pay goes up!✊

[UCU @ucu]

We are disgusted that Coventry University Vice Chancellor has been named a Non-Executive Board Member at the Department for Business and Trade whilst threatening over 300 staff with the sack 👇 @coventryucu

Read more 👉 https://t.co/MFpdQl9dru

[UCU @ucu]

🚨Over 300 staff threatened with the sack at Coventry University

Those who stay to be forced to work for a subsidiary company with new staff unable to access TPS.

Our members at @CoventryUCU have our full backing & a strike ballot is on the cards.

https://t.co/oCXTL4gZDH

[UCU @ucu]

We've written to the prime minister today calling for his government to increase the rate of statutory sick pay, £116 a week is not enough to survive. Alongside 23 other unions we are saying:

✊ It's time for #SafeSickPay
https://t.co/r7TFv1F1qW

[NHS Nurses @SocialistNHS]

🚨 This A&E nurse is right...

“All we're getting is that we're not working hard enough, we're not working fast enough, we're not seeing enough people”

[QUB Palestine Assembly @QUBPalestine]

How many students like Mohammed will defend their thesis during a genocide? How many Palestinian students were not given a chance to finish their education?

Palestinians have the highest literacy rate in the world. They deserve an education and a life free of Israeli terror. 🇵🇸

[Preston North End Community and Education Trust @pnecommunity]

🇬🇭 In honour of Black History Month, we're celebrating the world's first Black professional footballer, Arthur Wharton! Join us for a special heritage event on 19th Oct. at Moor Park High School.

Entry is free, but space is limited so arrive early.

#PNECET | #PNEHeritage

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

Thank you @AnaesUnited 🙏

Such a wretched state of affairs that @gmcuk, instead of listening to these concerns, is fighting them 😔

[UCU @ucu]

It's time for a New Deal for Further Education ⏰

👉 Parity with schoolteacher pay
👉 A minimum starting salary of £30k
👉 National agreements on workload
👉 National bargaining

For too long FE staff have been undervalued and under-rewarded.

We need a #NewDealForFE 🚨

[Maxine Looby UCU Immediate Past President @Maxine4UCUVP]

@ucu @ucuprisoned Andrew is right, the prison education system is criminal

Prison Education should NEVER be FOR PROFIT

And yet it is!

Lock it away and throw away the 🗝️

Let’s get it back under the DfE!

Please sign our petition

https://t.co/2PwKnfIQ1X

[UCU @ucu]

Prison education is in crisis. Underfunded and undervalued.

It plays a crucial role in the prevention of re-offending.

Here's UCU member Andrew Davison shares his experience

Find out more about the @ucuprisoned Unlocking Futures campaign here 👉 https://t.co/Vo2n0aCIlu