UNISON join in as Lambeth College strike enters ninth day
Chants of 'The Workers United Will Never Be Defeated' , 'El pueblo unido jamás será vencido ' rang out today from the Lambeth College Mass Strike meeting today. Neil R reports.
Wednesday, the ninth day of the Lambeth College Strike, began...
Lambeth College strike goes into its fourth day – report from the picket lines
Workers at Lambeth College voted last month for an indefinite strike to defend themselves against a principal who seems hell-bent on wrecking Further Education in the Borough.
SOAS Fractionals statement
This statement first appeared on the Fractionals For Fair Play (FFFP) Facebook page.
FFFP STATEMENT ON ACAS TALKS AND UPCOMING NEGOTIATIONS
ALL-FRACTIONALS MEETING ON 3 JUNE 5PM ROOM 116
On Friday 23 May UCU representatives and SOAS...
UK a tax haven for Big Pharma
Sophie Williams, a medical student at Imperial College London, discusses how low tax rates in the UK make buying out AstraZeneca an attractive deal for US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer
US-based pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has begun...
Militancy at Lambeth College strike despite injunction
Estelle Cooch reports from today's strike at Lambeth College
The resistance by lecturers at Lambeth College to the vicious attacks on their pay and conditions is quickly becoming a beacon to trade unionists and activists...
Lambeth College all out strike to win!
Mark Winter discusses the importance of the Lambeth College UCU strike against changes to their contracts and what can be learnt from the experiences of the Tower Hamlets College strike.
The politics of depression: Mark Fisher on mental health and class confidence
Anindya Bhattacharyya spoke to Mark Fisher about the politics of mental health, magical voluntarism and the ideology of neoliberalism.
Post-16 fightback
NUT member Despina M discusses the attacks on post-16 education and fightback against them
The post-16 sector has been at the sharp end of government cuts, but has also seen some of the most impressive...
Fighting homophobia: “the best day of my teaching career”
An NUT rep in Manchester explains how he organised a day that celebrated diversity, and tackled homophobia, in his school with truly astounding results.
Stonewall completed two reports in 2007 and 2012 about the level...
University staff should reject a 2% rise
Amy Gilligan is a researcher and UCU member at Cambridge. This article originally appeared at the Labour blog Left Futures. (pic: UCU strike at Manchester Metropolitan University.)
UCU and EIS members in higher education are currently...