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University and College Union (UCU) workers and supporters on a picket line at Queens University Belfast, in March 2022
“THE game has changed,” University and College Union (UCU) leader Jo Grady warned universities yesterday as she announced that members have voted to take national strike action over pay, job security and pensions.
The union smashed Tory ballot thresholds in both disputes subject to a national ballot.
“The UCU has become the first union in the education sector to win a national ballot since the introduction of the anti-trade union laws in 2016,” Ms Grady announced at a special press conference at the union’s London HQ.
Ben Chacko talks to RMT leader EDDIE DEMPSEY about how the key to fixing broken Britain lies in collective sectoral bargaining, restoring unions’ ability to take solidarity strike action and bringing about the much-vaunted ‘wave of insourcing’
Incoming Usdaw general secretary JOANNE THOMAS talks to Ben Chacko about workers’ rights, Labour and how to arrest the decline of the high street
Durham Miners’ Association general secretary ALAN MARDGHUM speaks to Ben Chacko ahead of Gala Day 2025
