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25 March 2014
Members of UCU at Lambeth College will be on strike next Tuesday (1 April) in a row over proposed changes to terms and conditions. Yesterday the union revealed…
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24 March 2014
Members of UCU at Lambeth College have overwhelmingly voted for strike action in a row over proposed changes to terms and conditions. A massive 95% of staff who…
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28 February 2014
Teaching and educational professionals are the group of workers most likely to be putting in unpaid overtime and clocking up the most free hours a week, according…
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19 December 2013
UCU said today that it would be contributing to a government consultation on zero-hours contracts. released earlier this year suggested that there could be around…
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21 October 2013
Durham University has been asked to clarify whether or not it pays all its teaching staff after extracurricular classes being taught by unpaid volunteers in the…
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14 October 2013
UCU today warned that the extensive use of zero-hours contracts in Scottish universities was bad for lecturers and bad for students. The union has submitted evidence…
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18 September 2013
Agreement has been reached between UCU, the University of Liverpool and ACAS, in a row brought about by the university's proposal to dismiss 769 staff and rehire…
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9 September 2013
Members of UCU at the University of Liverpool have voted in favour of strike action and other forms of industrial action in a row over changes to their contracts.…
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9 September 2013
UCU today welcomed the Labour Party's move to deal with controversial zero-hour contracts. The union said it was pleased Labour leader Ed Miliband recognised that…
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6 September 2013
The University of Edinburgh announced that it has signed an agreement with the UCU to wipe out the use of zero-hour contracts at the university. The news comes…
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