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Fierce, Fabulous and Feminist – fighting for our futures
The sun shone for the GCU pickets (and why shouldn’t it!) on the third day of the UCU’s action at Glasgow Caledonian when well over 30 pickets joined the several hundred members who were striking for better pay and conditions. Earlier a selection of UCU Elves had made their point beside the GCU Christmas tree…
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Time to take our catering back, and reward our catering staff properly
Some years ago, a campaign by the Combined Union Committee saved the jobs of the majority of GCU catering staff – due to be paid off by Glasgow Caledonian University just before Christmas 2016. This involved a threatened boycott by staff if the redundancies went ahead, and also led to questions in the Scottish Parliament.…
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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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