UCU Manchester College

Twitter presence of the Manchester College UCU Branch representing Manchester College and UCEN Manchester staff.

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[UCU Manchester College @UCUManCollege]

https://t.co/Imo7Tk6ULW

[Unite UCU @UniteUCU]

Big shoutout again to UCU members & branches for their support on strike day 3, including the amazing @GoldsmithsUCU to whom we send our #solidarity. ❤️

Thank you also to @UniteLondonEast and @UnitetheUnion officials who joined our picket protest this morning.

#ReclaimUCU

[UCU Manchester College @UCUManCollege]

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[Unite UCU @UniteUCU]

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.

[UCU Manchester College @UCUManCollege]

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[Unite UCU @UniteUCU]

We have today declared a dispute over our employer’s inadequate response to equality issues affecting UCU staff, and specifically their failure to tackle workplace racism.

Unite Black members asked the attached statement be shared. It has been fully endorsed by the committee.

[UCU Manchester College @UCUManCollege]

https://t.co/BFBW73KWC8

This dispute needs to be settled as soon as possible to the satisfaction of @UniteUCU members. We need our support staff to be supported in their roles to take the fight to our own unscrupulous employers.

[UCU Manchester College @UCUManCollege]

Solidarity with our comrades in @UniteUCU always.

[Unite UCU @UniteUCU]

This week our branch agreed to ask our employer to work with Unite to hold an independent examination into equality issues within our workplace. We want this to be held along the lines of recent investigations into internal matters undertaken by other union employers. 1/4

[CWU @CWUnews]

Today a year after being wrongfully dismissed, our two representatives walked back into Nottingham North Delivery Office.

This was the reception they got.

This is the power of solidarity.

This is the power of the union.

This is beautiful 🥹

[UCU Manchester College @UCUManCollege]

So would all of us to be honest.

Not to go all Wagatha Christie but the fact that this was a repurposed CWU account suggests it is someone who had access to a high level of union comms.

Worrying stuff.

[UCU Manchester College @UCUManCollege]

@JamesBSumner @bparsia @CWUnews @SecretUCU It's still there.

Bloody SWP again, secretly pulling the strings with their 2,000,000 secret members...

[UCU Manchester College @UCUManCollege]

Awful stuff still going on at head office.

Once again @ucu the work of the branches is nothing without the support of rank and file staff.

Give them a fair offer and help us all keep up the fight.

[Unite UCU @UniteUCU]

We're now consulting members on a "final" pay offer. Sadly our employer is still prioritising higher increases for senior staff, and has rejected our compromise proposal which would benefit lower-paid staff by distributing their offer as a flat sum instead of a 5% uplift. 1/6

[UCU Manchester College @UCUManCollege]

https://t.co/U24w8VTlLM

Awful news but necessary action to take.

Solidarity with our @UniteUCU Comrades.

[Unite UCU @UniteUCU]

Our employer has now been sent official notification by @UniteTheUnion of our intention to ballot for industrial action over cuts to the #PGRsAsStaff Campaign post.

Management refuses to maintain as 1 FTE a new position being offered to the staff affected.

1/2

#BackTheBallot

[Strathclyde UCU @StrathclydeUCU]

How come there are no VCs on six month contracts?

[UCU Manchester College @UCUManCollege]

https://t.co/bDrAEU0EG2

Solidarity with our comrades @UniteUCU Keep fighting.

[Unite UCU @UniteUCU]

After their revised offer of an additional 0.6% was rejected, UCU SMT have agreed to return with a better proposal than the 4.6% pay increase they tabled today.

This offer was nowhere near “amongst the best on offer in any major union” as staff were promised.

1/3

[UCU Manchester College @UCUManCollege]

Solidarity always with @UniteUCU.

Without the support of UCU Staff, branches would struggle.

We can't demand respect and dignity for our members in their disputes on one hand and withhold the same to workers within the union on the other.

[Unite UCU @UniteUCU]

Joint statement by Unite and UCU on Acas talks regarding the PGRs as staff campaign

Both sides met yesterday at ACAS. Whilst each party was unable to reach agreement on key issues, both remain committed to achieving a positive resolution.

[UCU Manchester College @UCUManCollege]

Our employer does seem desperate to ram through new, half formed and half finished terms and conditions before the end of the year.

We wonder why?

Would ask about the small print but don't think it has been written yet.

[UCU Manchester College @UCUManCollege]

@UnisonMcr have arrived

[UCU Manchester College @UCUManCollege]

Showing support today at @NEUNorthWest @NEUnion demo.

One fight for all of us as always.

[UK HE News @HigherEd_UK]

"we regret that the union has been stubbornly intransigent in their unwillingness to accept our position that we won't negotiate."

[UCU Manchester College @UCUManCollege]

'Briefings' going on this week about proposed changes.

The vague position seems to be that people will have to sign up to new terms or not be considered for new positions where they are already doing the old ones.

[UCU Manchester College @UCUManCollege]

Hearing that the employer is lamenting that the union "won't get back round the table".

Our phones are on, our diaries are clear, but we won't troop back into a meeting room to be told that your position has not shifted an inch.

[UCU Manchester College @UCUManCollege]

Hearing that the employer is lamenting that the union "won't get back round the table".

Our phones are on, our diaries are clear, but we won't troop back into a meeting room to be told that your position has not shifted an inch.

[UCU Manchester College @UCUManCollege]

@nicgrog Hi Nicola, staff tend to use local parking apps, there is some provision at campus, best to contact @TheMcrCollege direct for arrangements.