College strike back on after further talks refused - BBC News - Time for the Scottish Government to resolve this it is affecting both students and lecturers ⁦Richard Lochhead⁩ ⁦John Swinney⁩ ⁦Nicola Sturgeon⁩ ⁦EISFela⁩ bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla…

Of all the issues that I have dealt with as a trade unionist, perhaps the one that continues to astound me is pregnancy/maternity leave. A natural thing that happens is often dealt with appallingly by employers. They start to lose any sense of reasonableness and lack empathy.

It was a real honour to represent STUC and bring solidarity greetings to the EISFela rally this lunch time. #NegotiateNow #fairpaynow

Today 17 May is International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia & Biphobia (IDAHOBIT). At UCU LGBT+ research conference Quinn Roache of TUC will speak about the TUC report on sexual harassment of LGBT people at work which is being launched today. tuc.org.uk/research-analy…

Thanks to Friends of Palestine for hosting a meeting with four recent eyewitness reports from Palestine including our delegation report ucu.org.uk/media/10242/Pa… Great meeting. Courageous people #Palestine UCU UCU Scotland

So @policescotland can ask McDonald’s not to sell milkshake because of safety concerns for Farage, but didn’t object or suggest a re-route for marches past Glasgow Catholic Churches-St Mary's & St Alphonsus #Priorities🙈 theguardian.com/politics/2019/…

📹 Nigel Farage MP has been doused in milkshake during a campaign walkabout in Newcastle. heraldscotland.com/news/17651734.…

Great Cuban music at reception at Cuban Ambassadors Résidence tonight.

Amazing news as father of Sabir Zazai 🧡 granted visa to attend honorary degree ceremony at University of Glasgow - Many of us are looking forward to meeting him & watching Sabir receive his doctorate from our University 😊

UCU acting general secretary Paul Cottrell said: 'It is not scaremongering to point out the huge sums of money universities would lose if the government backs a cut in fees and does not plug the gap.' ucu.org.uk/article/10117/…

Democracy in action during UCU 13th Congress in Harrogate today.

.Vote Eurig Scandrett UCU Scotland UCU Scotland VP, moving motion HE27 on job losses, workload & work-related stress. Speaking from his experience in the dispute UCU 👑 Queen Margaret Uni, Edinburgh

6,085,174 people signed the petition to revoke article 50. Nobody took any notice. 5,248,533 people voted for the Brexit Party. These are apparently The People whose will must be followed unquestioningly.

Can I offer all my thanks to delegates and UCU staff for making our #UCU2019 Congress a success. The NEC has a lot of work on its hands over the next year, and I hope to fill the shoes of outgoing Douglas Chalmers vicky knight as well as I can.

UCU response to the Philip Augar review: ucu.org.uk/article/10125/…

Great news - Glasgow Council rejects any military fairs as part of its events policy: commonspace.scot/articles/14289…

Guardian on poor mental health suffered by education staff theguardian.com/education/2019…

Cutting tuition fees misses the point. We need to overhaul the whole system. Great article from Matt Waddup UCU theguardian.com/education/2019…

Anti-Casualisation: A Step Forward but More to Do ucuedinburgh.wordpress.com/2019/06/18/ant…

this guy rules