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We’ve been underpaying our staff admits GCU Principal
In our campus trade unions’ appeal to students in the week beginning 14th November, we explained our case for better pay and conditions, and called on students to contact Pamela Gillies, Principal of GCU, and ask her to pressurise the University and Colleges Employers Association to award staff a fair wage. Staff have lost 25%…
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Another good turnout on day two of our joint action
Day two of strike action at GCU started well and early again though we were glad of the weights that stopped the Gazebo going skyward, given the turn in the weather. Again a great and positive response from students – including some GCU journalism students who came down to interview pickets for their ‘newsdays’ assignments.…
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When we come together our voices are more powerful..
Building on from our colleagues in Unison on Monday and Tuesday, the combined forces of the UCU and EIS mounted what must be one of the biggest pickets seen at Glasgow Caledonian University in the last ten years. In a carnival atmosphere, where the rain stayed off, and passing cars, lorries, fire engines, and taxis…
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Tremendous two days of action by Unison staff at GCU
Some of the photos from the fantastic two days of picketing carried out by Unison members of staff at GCU which was warmly supported by students – some of whom had even turned out for the launch of action at midnight on Sunday. Its effectiveness can be shown by the response to a member of…
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GCU Students support staff strikes
In a very helpful statement to staff forced to go on strike this week for decent pay, the full time officers of the GCU students association last week issued the statement we reprint below with thanks Staff who are members of the UCU, EIS and Unison Trade Unions have voted to go on strike action…
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UCU asks all staff to contact MSPs about casualisation in post -16 education sector – please help
Ask your MSP to sign Katy Clark MSP has submitted a motion on casualisation in higher education and FE in the Scottish Parliament. The motion, which references the current UCU disputes and strike action, has been signed by Labour, SNP and Green MSPs and will now be considered for debate in the Parliament. The more MSPs that sign…
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UCU@GCU to be reballoted about possible strike action and ASOS in favour of better wages and conditions
A meeting of the UCU Higher Education Committee has decided that all branches of UCU are to be reballoted for future possible industrial action around their wages and conditions campaign. This would allow the renewal of a mandate for strike action and action short of a strike once their original mandate ends on May 3rd.…
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Re-imagining a university….
Imagine…… a real University for the Common Good Have you ever imagined……. what would happen if GCU could be re-made, and re-imagined, run and resourced in a manner that was based on the vision, outlook and understanding of its staff and students? What would the university look like in 2030 – how would our vision…
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Workload a key issue at GCU says UCU
The recent AGM of the UCU discussed its work in the coming year, as the university moves to more on-campus delivery. Towering above the other issues was the need for university action on workload. Despite amazing efforts by all staff throughout the pandemic to keep the university going workload pressure is still far too high. Court…
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Well, that’s the second week of this phase of industrial action over!
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 the work of Suzanne and Alice Meanwhile the student solidarity network was also out leafleting,…
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