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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.

  • 7 July 2023

    Selma Atabey, the former co-chair of SES (Health and Social Care Workers Union of Turkey), was released on 5 June after almost one year in prison. UCU was part…

  • 25 April 2023

    Sudan solidarity statement from Black Members' Standing Committee Fraternal greetings to the trade unions and civilian groups in Sudan. With great despondency and…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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.