Lancashire UCU

Follow us on Twitter for the latest developments in the redundancy threat confirmed this week. Management have issued a "Section 188" notice saying they want to make 69 more redundancies, even after all the VR we have seen in the last year. This is despite a strong financial position and good student recruitment this autumn...

People always seem to assume that University staff get long summer holidays, but it's not true! So here's some love for everybody teaching, marking, invigilating, doing research, planning classes etc this week :-)

University & College academics who also work in the NHS - check out details of the joint membership schemes with RCN, RCM, BAOT and other health unions https://t.co/AFLKyhIKTR…

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Happy 70th Birthday, NHS! Hoping all our members and friends working in the NHS are enjoying the celebrations today

Join in the fun at Preston People's Festival on Saturday 16th June, celebrating Preston's radical heritage with a brass band, a banner march, Samba dancers, cracking live music, street performance...and a beer tent! All welcome.

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Come along to the second Preston Labour Film Night, 7pm, Fri 15th June. 'A fascinating selection of short films and discussion on trade unions, work and women from the past to the present day'. All welcome - admission free

Preston Labour Film Festival Preston and South Ribble Trades Union Council - in conjunction with UCLan UCU - is proud to host the second Preston Labour Film Night as part of the Preston People's Festival 2018. Following the success of last year's event, we are pleased to announce that once again Anna Burton (Director of the Lon...

It is fitting that this year's Preston People's Festival (Saturday June 16th), which celebrates the heroes and heroines of Preston's radical past, should honour this remarkable and courageous woman.

Chris Lomax on Twitter “Preston People Festival is proud to announce the unveiling of a plaque to Preston born MARY SLATER who served as a nurse with the International Brigade to help combat Franco's fascism. The event will take place in the Peace Garden Saturday the 16-06-18 at 12-15”

Off to support protest march tomorrow against union-busting chicanery
https://t.co/wKiPywstyd

Rally and march in protest over Coventry University Group's 'sham union' University and college staff from across the country will take part in a rally and march on Wednesday over the Coventry University Group's use of a 'sham union' to deny employees proper trade union representation.

Good luck & best wishes from this side of the Pennines!

Hull College UCU on Twitter “So our first strike day has arrived - see you on the picket line solidarity to all and thank you for all the messages of support”