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  • Second successful day of industrial action at GCU

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    Starting with Dolly Parton’s ‘Nine to Five’ – surely a workload issue – and finishing rather ironically with Sinatra’s ‘New York, New York,’ our spotify playlist (entitled IndustrialAction2016) provided a very suitable backdrop to the varied discussions we held on the picket line on day 2 of our current industrial action. Focussing today on casualised contracts, our…

  • UCU turns out in style for industrial action against Gender Pay Gap and more

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    Local UCU president Douglas Chalmers writes: Although there was no doubt about the serious issues at stake, there was a carnival atmosphere on the picket line at GCU today, with inflatable balloons representing the gender pay gap, cupcakes, music, plus our usual gazebo, and of course, our incredibly talented members. In what was acknowledged as…

  • UCU Industrial action Wednesday and Thursday 25th and 26th May

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    UCU@GCU will be picketing across campus on both strike days 25th and 26th May – if you want to take part in the picket, please come to the main gate  from 7.00am. There will be a rally in Adelaides, Bath Street 12noon on Wednesday 25 May 2016 for Glasgow UCU branches. We hope to see…

  • Update on UCU strike action

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    A message to UCU members from Douglas Chalmers, President UCU@GCU: You will have seen the message from Sally Hunt with the HE ballot result and the confirmed dates for strike action 25th and 26th May. This will be followed by members working to contract with effect from 25/05/2016. Full guidance will be issued this week on what…

  • UCU continue to campaign against harmful ‘Prevent’ measures

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    Campus union UCU have continued to campaign against the UK government’s ill thought out and divisive ‘Prevent’ strategy which seeks to turn academic and support staff into snoopers who monitor students for signs of ‘extremism.’ Having been a part of the English educational scene for several years, the Home Office decided last year that it should…

  • The only honest bank is a food bank….. says the UCU@GCU

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    Supporting the GCU students association initiative of setting up a food bank collection, UCU@GCU has donated 50 bags of groceries – over 300 items, to represent 1 item per member at the university. They are also appealing to their members to collect and donate to the food bank which accepts donations in the Students Association. Although…

  • UCU@GCU help students to ‘bite the ballot’

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    National Voter Registration Day, 5th of February saw posters  put up in 100 classrooms and lecture halls at GCU giving advice to students on how to safeguard their right to vote. In a joint campaign run between UCU and the National Union of Students, 1000 students at GCU were also given a specially printed leaflet letting…

  • UCU Scotland Presidential candidate outlines his views

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    A continued campaign of innovative activity on a whole range of issues affecting academic and academic related staff in Scotland’s universities is the way forward for the University and College Union,  according to presidential hopeful Douglas Chalmers.  Having served as Scottish Vice President, for the last 2 years, Douglas is hoping to be elected in the…

  • UCU supports more academic freedom in universities

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    “Expanding academic freedom in universities is is something that everyone connected to education in Scotland should be in support of” said Douglas Chalmers, local president of UCU at Glasgow Caledonian, following the branch’s submission to the current government consultation on higher education governance. The submission can be downloaded here. “The experience of the recent referendum…

  • GCU Staff commemorate Holocaust memorial day 2015

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    Under the slogan ‘Keep the Memory Alive’ Glasgow Caledonian University’s branch of the UCU distributed materials on the Holocaust on 27th January – the day that marks the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops. Working with members of the Gathering the Voices organisation which is in partnership with GCU, and funded by…