Despite having a paid carers leave policy, Queen Mary University of London marked International Women's Day by refusing this leave to women in cleaning services who need to look after their kids during next week's school closures (cause it’s not an “emergency”). Remote training/working was also declined⤵️

Some ways to support #meTU here: metu.uk/ways-to-give

HORRIFIC ATTACK ON FEMALE BOLT DRIVER SHOWS NOTHING HAS CHANGED SINCE FATAL STABBING 🧵 Read and share this thread about Alison’s assault and @BoltApp’s pathetic response: TW: Violence

🚨more updates for UCU migrant members on visas, ILR & UK citizens who sponsor ppl on visas🧵🚨 *always seek legal advise **still more updates to come but want to keep ppl informed ***no one knows your sit better than you so you do what you need to do to keep safe from HO

#RCN members take to the pickets again today. Our fight is your fight. A win for us, is a win for patient safety and the future sustainability of the NHS. Please retweet if you stand with us 💙 #NHSStrikes #RCNStrike

Good luck to everyone in FE on strike today!

** Queen Mary University of London THREATEN TO DEDUCT 86 DAYS ** Today, senior management at Queen Mary Univesity contacted 3 schools threatening 2 further months (4 in total) of 100% deductions for participation in the MAB. There was no consultation or notification. We will not be starved into marking.

Join our #solidarity rally tmrw outside St Mungo's London HQ from midday. “St Mungo’s now needs to focus on solving this long running dispute. They need to stop looking for ways to break the strike and start looking for ways to solve it.” Sharon Graham unitetheunion.org/news-events/ne…

Akwaaba Kids provides children from migrant families with a fun, inclusive space of their own. We need more volunteers as a shortage means we are struggling to stay open. If you’d like to be a part of it, go here for more info: forms.gle/2wj6SYQnPAi5TF… & pls help spread the word!

Our Branch Meeting once again confirmed we are going on strike next week. We'd want to use that time to meet students, prepare classes, get excited about the year, but instead we have to use it to make our senior management do the bare minimum. Because they don't listen to reason

My speech to TUC Congress calling out Sexual Harassment in the Trade Union Movement youtu.be/XZE1n4IBAYY?si…

Local strike commences. Management tried to divide us, making every School and every MABber feel they were exposed. We won't let them, and gather together with colleagues from across the university. Individual Schools aren't the problem; management-by-intimidation is.

Quick digest of what's happening: ⭐️ Explanation local strike qmucu.org/2023/09/12/loc… ⭐️ Our refusal to be intimidated qmucu.org/2023/09/22/thi… ⭐️ Our legal challenge qmucu.org/2023/05/18/leg… ⭐️ How anyone can help qmucu.org/solidarity/ ⭐️ hardship fund gofundme.com/f/ucu-queen-ma…

Workers and passengers need properly staffed stations. Support the strikes on 4 and 6 October! Strike Map

Our branch voted unanimously to continue strike action this week so we will be out on strike 25-29 September ✊✊✊ we are still fighting against pay deflation, inequalities, casualisation and unsafe workloads #UCURising 🔥🔥🔥

FE colleges started as a means for working class people to educate themselves and improve their lives. This hasn't changed. What has changed is how FE is valued. The change we need in FE is going to be delivered by industrial action but also by political change. #RespectFE

Oxford Brookes University is planning to make staff redundant in Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences and Maths, leaving 48 jobs at risk of compulsory redundancy. Share our open letter and sign the petition 👇 ow.ly/uyk250QaE5t

't Is the season.

FOR ALL GENUINE TRADE UNION ACTIVISTS: Please see, sign and share our meTU open letter demanding justice for women against the rampant misogyny in the GMB Union. #cantbuymysilence #webelieveher docs.google.com/forms/d/1CjPs1…

**Gig alert!** Time to get your tickets for Smash the Patriachy MeTU benefit night Peckham Audio on Friday 17 May . Its going to be an amazing night of women-led acts featuring Break the Code, Joli Blon Cajun Band and our fabulous headliner, The Menstrual Cramps The Menstrual Cramps