Save Pensions and Planet

🌍We believe in a living planet + human rights
🎓We demand USS divests fossil fuels, votes for 100% clean energy + pro-labour
📈We need you! Sign our petition

[Ewan McG ➡️ @ewanmg.bsky.social @ewan_mg]

Thanks so much to everyone who voted in this historic @UCU General Secretary election. It ain't over!

With the incumbent ahead by just 0.1% of members, we need:
🗳️a recount
📧the government to enable e-ballots
❌action to remedy all violations of UCU rules on social media, email use + hustings
🎓employers to get their act together for fair pay, democracy, equality + security.

I'm so proud of what we've achieved already - let's reject the culture of fear, reject oligarchic rule, and make our union democratic. Watch and share 👇🏽

[CrowsInTheTrees @RachelFeather10]

For the first time in nearly 20 years as a UCU member, I’ll be enthusiastic about voting for our GS. I’ll be voting for @ewan_mg. Impressed by his plans for closing the gender pay gap, for challenging employers in court and for reducing the sector’s carbon emissions #UCUElections

[Jason Hickel @jasonhickel]

UCU elections are happening and I urge you to support Ewan McGaughey for Gen Sec, @ewan_mg. We need to end the pay gaps, gain democracy at work, restore free education, and divest from fossil fuels. With Ewan UCU can be a vehicle for transformative change. https://t.co/VLuQjjqMgh

[Ewan McG ➡️ @ewanmg.bsky.social @ewan_mg]

8. Free education is a human right in international treaties the UK signed.

Let's take it seriously:
🎓restore public education funding
🤑replace forced-fees with fair tax and merit
🗳️reform, not just spend: with democracy at work

Vote @UCU 👉🏽https://t.co/YWNseZoyt0

[Ewan McG ➡️ @ewanmg.bsky.social @ewan_mg]

7. We must protect a living planet:

🌳lead by example, 100% clean energy @UCU itself,
🎓rank all uni's on actions, so students choose
🌞divest pensions, endowments from fossil fuels, shift to clean energy

The planet's future is too important: vote!👉🏽 https://t.co/Ekjl9ewOsF

[Ewan McG ➡️ @ewanmg.bsky.social @ewan_mg]

Vote + we'll rebuild @UCU to be a winning force. We'll:

👩🏽‍⚖️boost our legal department, have a strategy +actually defend workers' rights
🎓back branches with facility time +make every rep a labour law expert
🖥️easy IT reform to never fail a ballot again

👉🏽https://t.co/2XIMkQ8xCu

[Ewan McG ➡️ @ewanmg.bsky.social @ewan_mg]

5. Workers' capital in our pensions must be pro-worker, and pro-planet. We must:

🛢️divest #USS from fossil fuels,
🌞vote our shares in all companies to go 100% clean energy,
🌹vote to recognise unions, more worker directors, end the pay gaps.

Vote @UCU👉🏽https://t.co/QgZv0RxAQp

[Ewan McG ➡️ @ewanmg.bsky.social @ewan_mg]

Job security + ending casualisation @UCU is fundamental.

If you vote, we will:
🔖enshrine job security in written collective agreements at every uni + college
🖊️shift to permanent contracts as norm
🤕throw the book at law-breaking employers

Join us👉🏽https://t.co/hMl9GPRfi4

[Ewan McG ➡️ @ewanmg.bsky.social @ewan_mg]

Structural change to end pay gaps @UCU means ditching bias markets, shifting to positive action.

Vote + we'll:

🎓ensure new hires, promotions decrease pay gaps, not exacerbate
😎make panels look like our communities
📉decrease inequality overall

👉🏽https://t.co/jNXLot4lOJ

[Ewan McG ➡️ @ewanmg.bsky.social @ewan_mg]

Let's restore a functioning @UCU + together we can get change UK education!

I'm running for UCU general secretary, for fair pay, democracy, equality, security, rebuilding UCU, pro-labour investing, a living planet + free public education.

RT + sign up! https://t.co/Eb1AvB2TKK

[Save Pensions and Planet @PensionsPlanet]

🚨Breaking news in our legal action against @USSpensions directors!

👋Court of Appeal announces new class of 'beneficiary derivative claims' that can stop wrongdoing by directors
🧐judges refused appeal by the claimants on procedural grounds
👉Urgently exploring appeal. 👇

[Save Pensions and Planet @PensionsPlanet]

Dear UCU branches: your support so far has been unbelievable.

Would you like to help us get over the line by donating to the legal action?

Latest generous branches to help include @BirminghamUCU

Message @ewanmcg or @nm_davies and let's do it!

https://t.co/qNskIXM2Dl

[Save Pensions and Planet @PensionsPlanet]

Thanks Lavinia ! Our supporters are amazing. Absolutely: we need accountability and change in how USS operates - it needs to work for us!

Join our army of donors (12,000!) and let's change things for the better:
https://t.co/qNskIXLuNN

[Lavinia Paternoster @drpaternoster]

I just supported this case! (again) - you should too (if you can). The best opportunity we have to change how USS operate! https://t.co/8wAWY3Z8QM via @CrowdJustice

[Save Pensions and Planet @PensionsPlanet]

Worried about the #ClimateEmergency?

Want to contribute to a meaningful legal action?

Join us and force USS, the UK's biggest pension fund, and every company in the UK, to divest fossil fuels!

RT, share and donate here: https://t.co/qNskIXLuNN

[Save Pensions and Planet @PensionsPlanet]

Damn right. USS directors are incompetent, irresponsible and unaccountable - so we will force their hand !

Join Freya and our 12,000 donors to force USS to divest and restore our pensions!

Donate here: https://t.co/qNskIXM2Dl

[Save Pensions and Planet @PensionsPlanet]

What we have already accomplished is incredible:

More than than 12000 donations

Over 25 UCU branches

An army of supporters!

Join us to win this appeal and reverse pension cuts and divest fossil fuels!

RT, share with colleagues and donate here: https://t.co/qNskIXM2Dl

[Save Pensions and Planet @PensionsPlanet]

Absolutely right - USS, the biggest pension fund in the UK, needs to lead the way and be climate responsible.

Worried about the #ClimateEmergency ? Like Ben and our 12,000 donors, join our legal action to force companies to divest fossil fuels ! https://t.co/qNskIXLuNN

[Ben Plumpton 💙 @benplumpton]

I just supported this case (again!). Best of luck with the court case starting 13 June. So important that #USS, one of the biggest pension funds, divests from fossil fuels in this climate emergency. Thank you Ewan &Neil. https://t.co/GURoDGNk3j

[Save Pensions and Planet @PensionsPlanet]

Academic staff in the UK,

Are you aware of our campaign? We are suing USS directors to restore pensions and divest fossil fuels!

Visit https://t.co/UXoC467rOP for more information, and join us!

Donate here:
https://t.co/qNskIXLuNN

#Academia #AcademicChatter

[Save Pensions and Planet @PensionsPlanet]

And keep going we will ! Like Fraser, support our campaign to restore pensions and divest fossil fuels ! Donate here: https://t.co/qNskIXM2Dl

[FraserWSmith @FraserWSmith]

Keep going!
https://t.co/pTK4In9Ajs via @CrowdJustice

[Save Pensions and Planet @PensionsPlanet]

12,000 donors

£472,000 raised

All of it thanks to you!

Join us and let's win this Appeal !

Donate to get our pensions back and divest fossil fuels:
https://t.co/qNskIXM2Dl