Game, set, match workers: History shows that when workers organise, we win #TUC150
“Everything we have today has been fought for by people just like us, who came together, and sometimes died for each other, to give us decency and dignity.”
Sally Hunt
Sally Hunt: We are bound to strike when heads get pay rises and staff get zilch
Lecturers are balloting for strike action after years of plummeting pay. General secretary, Sally Hunt, urges university and college bosses to do the right thing and accept the demands.
It’s no wonder lecturers are striking – university leaders barely acknowledge they exist
University heads are failing to even admit the pension strikes are happening. It’s no wonder people talk of a crisis of leadership in our university sector.
While university bosses get a pay rise, lecturers’ pensions are being slashed
The divide in higher education is getting starker. Huge strikes are on the cards unless something is done about it – and soon, writes UCU General Secretary Sally Hunt.
UCU head: Unions must stand up for free movement of people
Ahead of a key TUC debate on single market membership at Congress, UCU General Secretary Sally Hunt sets out why unions should get behind freedom of movement.
Comment: Pay cuts have blighted further education
No education worker wants to strike but recommendations for a pay freeze were insulting
A fifth of academic staff on casual contracts struggle to put food on the table
Insecure and exploitative contracts have made their way into universities too