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Well, that’s the second week of this phase of industrial action over!

Posted on February 26, 2020 by unionadmin

One of the strongest pickets yet saw a colourful and noisy celebration of our demands in front of the main gate today. We also got tremendous support from passing cars, lorries, Fire Engines, and even a police car, thanks to … 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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UCU members now working to contract throughout UK

Posted on May 27, 2016 by unionadmin

Following up from our last two blog posts reporting on local action including the excellent Glasgow media coverage, the UCU has a page reporting all the activity https://www.ucu.org.uk/UCU-HE-strike-live And now we move to action short of a strike by working to contract. https://www.ucu.org.uk/heactionfaqs sets … Continue reading →

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Second successful day of industrial action at GCU

Posted on May 26, 2016 by unionadmin

Starting with Dolly Parton’s ‘Nine to Five’ – surely a workload issue – and finishing rather ironically with Sinatra’s ‘New York, New York,’ our spotify playlist (entitled IndustrialAction2016) provided a very suitable backdrop to the varied discussions we held on the picket … Continue reading →

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UCU turns out in style for industrial action against Gender Pay Gap and more

Posted on May 25, 2016 by unionadmin

Local UCU president Douglas Chalmers writes: Although there was no doubt about the serious issues at stake, there was a carnival atmosphere on the picket line at GCU today, with inflatable balloons representing the gender pay gap, cupcakes, music, plus … Continue reading →

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Update on UCU strike action

Posted on May 10, 2016 by unionadmin

A message to UCU members from Douglas Chalmers, President UCU@GCU: You will have seen the message from Sally Hunt with the HE ballot result and the confirmed dates for strike action 25th and 26th May. This will be followed by members working … Continue reading →

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Countdown to marking boycott on April 28th

Posted on March 30, 2014 by unionadmin

UCU General Secretary Sally Hunt has written to members to confirm that a date has been set for members to begin an assessment boycott in the current pay dispute. She wrote: ‘The Higher Education Committee met to review the current … Continue reading →

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GCU Trade Unions send congratulations to students for active elections

Posted on March 6, 2014 by unionadmin

Trade Unions at GCU today sent greetings to the GCU students who are nearing the end of their elections for their local student association officers, and pledged to continue to work with the new officers in the interests of the … Continue reading →

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Strike time ‘teach-out’ for students (and staff) at GCU during industrial action

Posted on February 9, 2014 by unionadmin

Monday 10th February’s 2 hour strike will be used imaginatively by UCU members to host a debate on the issues raised by the forthcoming referendum.  Although the UCU’s position is neutral on the outcome of the referendum, save for values … Continue reading →

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Balloons and bacon rolls keep spirits high on GCU picket line

Posted on February 6, 2014 by unionadmin

Helium filled balloons supplied by UCU and bacon filled rolls supplied by Unison helped make the joint picket by university unions UCU, EIS, Unison and Unite on 6th February the most successful yet in the series of actions in favour … Continue reading →

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