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Category: workload

  • Workload a key issue at GCU says UCU

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    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…

  • Well, that’s the second week of this phase of industrial action over!

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    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,…

  • UCU members now working to contract throughout UK

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    Following up from our last two blog posts reporting on local action including the excellent Glasgow media coverage, the UCU has a page reporting all the activity https://www.ucu.org.uk/UCU-HE-strike-live And now we move to action short of a strike by working to contract. https://www.ucu.org.uk/heactionfaqs sets this out as: performing no additional voluntary duties, such as out of hours cover, covering…

  • The scandal of unpaid overtime at GCU and elsewhere

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    Teaching and educational professionals are the group of workers most likely to be putting in unpaid overtime and clocking up the most free hours a week, according to figures released by the TUC – and there is no reason to believe GCU is any different in this The University and College Union (UCU) said the figures,…