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Terrible weather but great turnout for better pay!

Posted on September 18, 2023 by unionadmin

Unison members at Glasgow Caledonian University were out in force today on the first of four days of strike action in favour of better pay. Under the banner of rising together for better pay, the staff, whose roles cover administration, … Continue reading →

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Students’ right to appeal marks and grades

Posted on June 7, 2023 by unionadmin

Dear students, On 24 May, UCU@GCU published the blog post ‘Students – we believe management are endangering the integrity of your degree –UCU@GCU’. In it, we expressed our worry that GCU management has implemented corner-cutting measures in marking and assessment … Continue reading →

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Management threat to access staff e-mails due to dispute shocks campus unions

Posted on May 31, 2023 by unionadmin

The UCU are in a legal and legitimate dispute with management at GCU over wages pay and conditions. Currently the dispute is taking the form of members working to contract and implementing a Marking and Assessment Boycott (MAB) by refusing … Continue reading →

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Solidarity towards UCU @ GCU

Posted on May 25, 2023 by unionadmin

Colleagues in Media and Journalism were copied in to this e-mail from UCU member @ Ulster University, Dr Anthea Irwin, who felt compelled to resign as external examiner for the Media and Communications degree following GCU Management’s actions over deductions. … Continue reading →

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Students – we believe management are endangering the integrity of your degree – UCU@GCU

Posted on May 24, 2023 by unionadmin

The following statement was made public by UCU@GCU today (24th May 2023). On 16th May, a draft of this was given to GCU management to comment on as they might wish, and the publishing of the statement was delayed but … Continue reading →

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We deeply regret university management’s failure of vision and of nerve – UCU@GCU

Posted on May 24, 2023 by unionadmin

Glasgow Caledonian university branch of the UCU today expressed their deep disappointment with GCU management for what the branch see as a failure of vision and of nerve.  This follows the management declining to take what the branch had seen … Continue reading →

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UCU and Student Officers discuss Marking and Assessment Boycott

Posted on May 24, 2023 by unionadmin

UCU branch committee members had their first meeting with the newly elected Student Association Sabbatical officers last week (Tuesday 16th May) where we welcomed them to their posts, and intimated that together with the other campus unions we looked forward … Continue reading →

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UCU launches Marking and Assessment Boycott

Posted on April 20, 2023 by unionadmin

After an overwhelming positive vote which renews UCU’s mandate for industrial action over the next six months, UCU members at over 140 UK universities today (Thursday 20th April) launched a marking and assessment boycott. Below you will see the message … Continue reading →

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Weather, what weather? We want fair pay

Posted on January 31, 2023 by unionadmin

Despite some good Glasgow weather (aka dreich, dreich, dreich, and the wind blowing a hooley) UCU and EIS Union members were out before 8 am today at Glasgow Caledonian making the case for financial justice and fair pay at our … Continue reading →

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Spirits high on day three of our Industrial Action

Posted on February 24, 2020 by unionadmin

The local Public Service Union PCS were a welcome addition to today’s picket line with Lindsay Morgan and Magnus Hughson bringing along their local banner. And from early on we also had the welcome support from the newly formed Student … Continue reading →

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