Tuesday 22nd and Thursday 24th saw a nationwide strike by lecturers from the UCU union protesting attacks on their pensions and higher education. Here at Manchester Metropolitan University members of Communist Students were at the picket lines on Thursday morning, to show solidarity with lecturers in their ongoing struggle against management. The MET, being a ...
Alfred Stevens and Julian Langevin report on a cold yet inspiring protest in Manchester that demonstrated a growing radicalism and a thirst for politics. Over 1500 students from schools, colleges and universities marched through Manchester as part of the second national day of action against the cuts in education and the rise in fees. The police ...
Report by Alfred Stevens Around 80 students occupied of a lecture theatre in the University of Manchester's Roscoe building with around half staying overnight. The occupiers come from The University of Manchester, Manchester Metropolitan University, workers form UCU and even some students from local colleges The occupation is in protest against cuts and any rise in ...
Over 800 people gathered outside the BBC in Manchester in what was an angry and determined protest. Everyone gathered was outraged by the massacre committed by the Israeli military against aid workers bound for Gaza aboard a humanitarian flotilla organised by activists, MEP's, trade unionists and journalists from across the world. Protesters marched through the city ...
Students across the country have been fighting back against job cuts in Higher Education as the government is attempting to offload some of the crisis onto students and education workers. As part of the 'National Wave' organised by the National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts students at the University of Westminster went into occupation for ...
The executive of Leeds University Union (LUU) has released a statement launching a campaign against any strike action to save jobs. They wrote “It’s time to put your education first” totally forgetting that the only way to save jobs and the education is to take decisive action. If the lecturers fail to take action against ...
The sign on the door of the Women’s Library said it all. The private view of the exhibition “Striking Women” had been cancelled – due to strike action! Stuart King reports on the ongoing struggle at the London Met against cuts and redundancies. The pickets were out again on Thursday and Friday last week in the ...
On Thursday May 7 Communist Students were up at the crack of dawn to attend the picket lines at London Metropolitan University, showing our support for the strike action against outrageous cuts proposals following severe mismanagement and bureaucracy. The pickets were quite well attended and there was a positive mood amongst the strikers. Students largely ...
Across the country, university staff are facing growing redundancies, increased hours and heavier workloads – the only thing shrinking is their pay packets. The Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA) has sparked this dispute by offering workers a desultory 0.3% pay offer! In real terms, this is a cut as inflation runs at 2.9%. On ...
Faced with massive job cuts, workers at London Metropolitan University have voted to strike. The strike will take place on May 7, and is a one day strike. This does leave the door open to further action in the furture and also action short of strike. The National Union of Students has come out against lecturers ...
Wednesday February 11, 14.00 to 20.30 : Teach-in, Manchester Metropolitan University, Geoffrey Manton Building, Oxford Road, Manchester. Speakers include: Nahella Ahsraf (STWC), Rae Street (CND), Moshé Machover (Hopi). Organised by MMU UCU branch: www.ucu.org.uk http://www.new.facebook.com/events.php#/event.php?eid=48708296305
A press release from Keele UCU: The lecturers’ union UCU is calling for a boycott of Keele University as part of the campaign against management’s attacks on staff. Greylisting of Keele University to begin Friday 13 June. Greylisting is the ultimate sanction available to UCU members and is only ever used where a university or college refuses to ...
CS executive statement on the teacher's strike called for tomorrow, Thursday 24th April. The strike is being called by the National Union of Teachers (NUT) and the University and College Union (UCU) in protest at low pay. Communist Students calls on all students to support the striking teachers, lecturers and civil servants. Further Education lecturers ...