Global dispatches
UCU has a strong tradition of taking up issues at international and European level where they affect members' professional lives, and also working with partner organisations on solidarity and international development issues identified by the membership through UCU's democratic structures.
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10 March 2023
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) have launched a new fundraising initiative to provide practical support to trade unionists in Ukraine. The solidarity fund will…
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18 October 2022
The brutal crackdown on peaceful protests by Iranian authorities has been strongly condemned by UCU. The crackdown has included the killing of children and violent…
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24 June 2022
UCU general secretary Jo Grady this week wrote to the Iranian government to condemn the arrest of dozen of teacher unionists for conducting peaceful protests.
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13 June 2022
Supporting Palestinian journalism and access to education On 11 May 2022, veteran Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot dead while reporting on an Israeli…
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15 March 2022
In the early hours of 24 February 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops. Over the past three weeks there have…
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