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1 April 2015
UCU today welcomed a commitment from Labour party leader Ed Miliband that workers on zero-hours contracts would have the right to regular employment after 12 weeks.…
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23 March 2015
Scottish universities have been urged to outlaw controversial zero-hours contracts to employ staff. UCU has written to institutions north of the border calling…
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27 February 2015
People working in education are the group most likely to be putting in unpaid overtime and clocking up the most free hours a week, according to figures released…
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25 February 2015
Almost 700,000 people say their main employment is on a zero-hours contract, an increase of 111,000 on the previous year, according to a report out today. The analysis…
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21 January 2015
UCU members at Lambeth College will return to work tomorrow morning after accepting an improved offer from the college. UCU members walked out indefinitely on Monday…
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19 January 2015
UCU members at Lambeth College are considering a revised offer from the college with the aim of ending a lengthy dispute. UCU members walked out indefinitely this…
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16 December 2014
Members of UCU at Lambeth College are holding a demonstration on Wednesday as part of their ongoing dispute over contract changes. Taking place at the end of the…
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8 December 2014
UCU members at Lambeth College will walk out tomorrow (Tuesday) and on Wednesday as part of their on-going dispute over contract changes. Last week the college…
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27 November 2014
Lecturers at Sheffield Hallam University who are on casualised contracts want proper full-time contracts, according to a survey of staff released today. Four-fifths…
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26 November 2014
UCU members at Lambeth College have today announced a wave of strikes that will culminate in all-out indefinite strike action from 19 January if a row over contracts…
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