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All of Glasgow supports the strike
The University of West of Scotland was shut – and elsewhere pickets were out getting the message across at all the Glasgow Universities from early morning
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UCU Unison Unite pre-strike rally Wednesday M201
UCU Unison Unite Supported by GCU Combined Union Committee. United for Education – Fair Pay Now Pre-Strike Rally Wednesday October 30th 12 noon M201 (Old Library) Speakers tbc The pay claim is affordable The money is there – universities have more than £1 BILLION in reserves Higher education staff are worth it! Why you should strike for fair pay:…
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GCU Students say no to sexual exploitation
On International Women’s Day 2013 the GCU Students Union Debating Society held a debate about ending exploitation of women, which the local UCU was pleased to sponsor – here’s a taste of the debate. Thanks to Lesley Roy and Calum Leslie for the filming and production @lroyjournalist and @calumsleslie
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Local UCU officer elected as UCU Scotland Vice President
Douglas Chalmers, local President of the UCU@GCU announced he felt honoured to be elected as Scottish vice president of the UCU in their current elections. Receiving almost twice as many votes as his opponent in the election, Douglas said “The union in Scotland and in the rest of the UK, faces some difficult times ahead,…
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UCU Vice Presidential Candidate outlines why UCU at Glasgow Caledonian is growing
Innovative activity on issues such as International Women’s Day, Equality and Diversity, Student Support, Health and Wellbeing, as well as successful action against threatenened redundancies, on pensions and against cuts in real wages have helped make UCU at GCU the leading branch in Scotland in terms of growth, according to Douglas Chalmers, President of the…
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A message of support to EIS from UCU
On behalf of UCU members at Glasgow Caledonian Local UCU President Douglas Chalmers sent a message of solidarity to fellow academics in EIS who are taking action on the 23rd and confirmed he would be speaking at the Rally at midday in their support. Said Douglas: “Although our members did not vote for strike action…
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UCU welcomes funding commitment for universities
The University and College Union (UCU) Scotland has welcomed the recent funding increases for higher education. In the budget statement on Wednesday 14th September John Swinney announced a cash increase of £76m for universities in 2012/13, which reverses last year’s 8% cut. The Finance Secretary told the Scottish Parliament that universities could expect increases in…
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GCU Unions – Management do not have a monopoly on wisdom
The trade unions at GCU note that Court endorsed the Executive proposals on restructuring at their meeting yesterday. Whilst happy with the removal of the threat of 95 compulsory redundancies, which was made by the Executive on 18th May, the trade unions are disappointed that none of the suggestions and alternatives to the management driven…
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What is going on behind the ‘smoke and mirrors’ from management at GCU? Unions discuss it on-line
Despite a serious offer to GCU management from the Combined Unions at Glasgow Caledonian which would have allowed the creation of a united front campaigning to win additional funding from the incoming Scottish administration, senior management have chosen to reject this, and continue to hold the threat of compulsory redundancies over the heads of university…
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Unions offer Olive Branch to Management over the way forward at GCU: This is a serious offer.
This morning, Management were given the opportunity to step back from the brink and work with the Unions at GCU to fight for more funding for Higher Education The trade union representatives at GCU met with management this morning as part of the statutory consultation procedure. The unions made an offer to management to take…
