It's Wednesday so time for an organising meeting

A weekly meeting where we coordinate the opposition to cuts and redundancies and build solidarity across our union

🗓️ Wednesday 17 April
⏰6pm
Online on Zoom
Register 👉🏽 bit.ly/UCUSM_org

Over 100 in the meeting right now... a very serious discussion about how to stop the attacks on HE taking place in front of our eyes.

𝗛𝗘 𝗜𝗡 𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗜𝗦 meeting at 6pm tonight! 👇

Now supported by more universities - and UCU Scotland.

🚨HE IN CRISIS🚨
How Can We Build Resistance?

✴️Our sector is under attack — Redundancies,Pay&Conditions
✴️Important meeting for all @UCU reps!

⏱️6pm
📅Monday April 15
👉Register: bit.ly/UCUSM_HEcrisis

Supported by:
@Aberdeen_UCU
University of Liverpool UCU Won Its Pensions Back
UCU at London Met is #rising
Royal Holloway UCU
(contd)

This is tomorrow - sign up at bit.ly/UCUSM_HEcrisis

Ballot papers have started to arrive for our members working at New College Durham as they look for a decent pay rise.

#RespectFE

This is tomorrow - sign up at bit.ly/UCUSM_HEcrisis

❓Question for Goldsmiths management:
Will the skills- match questionnaire used to select staff for redundancy allocate any points for being a national treasure❓

#binthetp #saveourjobs #goldstrike

Thank you to UCU Solidarity Movement, UCL-UCU Stop the Destruction of Higher Education, UCU Westminster #ucuRising #OneOfUsAllOfUs #UCU and Imperial College UCU for your solidarity ✊ Financial support is vital for workers to take action without fear of docked wages.

Solidarity with Ghassan Abu Sitta UoDUCU is pure raging #4Fights UCU Solidarity Movement UCU Left

‘It’s not unusual in mainland Europe for lecturers to vote for their heads of departments [...]. [H]ow about introducing such measures to our institution?’ ‘Thank you, I appreciate your question,’ says the VC with a pained expression that implies the complete opposite.'

Here’s the percentage of your life the US has been at war, based on birth year:

When we say our government is war-obsessed, this is what we mean.

The murder of teacher, Blair Peach – a 🧵
 
Blair Peach was born in New Zealand. In 1969, and moved to the UK with his partner, Celia. Peach taught at the Phoenix School in Bow in East London, a school for young children with special needs. #Defiance

Ali Kadri gets to the point.

'It is no longer satisfying for capital to integrate peripheral economies with which it could buy and sell partially sane or useful commodities; there are profits to be made from the destruction of peripheral countries.'

h/t Nina Farnia

A very broad range of journalists around the world will be delighted if Biden does decide@to drop the charges against Julian Assange. theguardian.com/media/2024/apr…

It was my late father Gurbachan Singh Thind (1938-2019), who showed me the importance of #Defiance . He taught me that it’s necessary at times to fight for your rights, to make your voice heard, & to stand your ground. “Life is a battle, & you have to fight,” he taught me. ✊🏾🔥

Heroic campaign by Blair's family & friends, the killer was never caught. 40 years on, Balwinder Rana, featured tonight, spoke at the spot where Blair was killed, as part of Southall Resists events.
Blair's friend, Jo Lang & Clarence also feature.
Very moving footage...Blair's

The Jewish Bloc will assemble in Bloomsbury Square Gardens - north east corner WC1A 2NS at 1145
#ceasefirenow #EndGazaGenocide #StopArmsSales

Our branch is co-sponsoring this online meeting (on Monday 15 April at 6pm) organised by UCU Solidarity Movement to discuss how we can organise collectively against the continuing attacks on jobs and conditions across the HE sector.

👉Register: bit.ly/UCUSM_HEcrisis

NEW on the blog: a post about the upcoming UCU Solidarity Movement meeting, co-sponsored by the branch: royalhollowayucu.wordpress.com/2024/04/10/he-…