Nick Cimini

University workers stand together for better pay!

Unions criticise decision by Edinburgh Napier to axe 70 jobs as part of cost-cutting measures  - Deadline News UNIONS have criticised a decision by Edinburgh Napier to pursue cost-cutting measures which make up to 70 members of staff redundant.

Our EIS branch newsletter is quoted at length here

www.deadlinenews.co.uk/2025/08/29/u...

Ten Reasons to Vote Yes in the @ucu.org.uk ballot

1⃣ 𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗷𝗼𝗯 𝗰𝘂𝘁𝘀

A YES vote strengthens the hand of your elected negotiators and your union in the face of a set of employers making massive cuts in pay and jobs.

My employer has initiated redundancy proceedings. It proposes to axe up to 70 roles (including both academic and professional services roles). I'd like to urge any colleagues on here to vote in both EIS ballots (the local and sector wide ballots).

Vote early and vote for strikes.

#eis

How absolutely wonderful is this??

Your Party: Don’t fuck this up rs21 - revolutionary socialism in the 21st century

The stakes are too high

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Worrying scenes in Falkirk today. Egged on by the far right, a few hundred people turned up to protest against a so-called "migrant hotel".

We joined the residents of Falkirk, fellow trade unionists and anti-racists in saying "refugees are welcome here."

#FalkirkAgainstRacism #StandUpToRacism

Today I joined a new political party. The party, whose name is still to be decided, will offer an anti-war and socially just (socialist) alternative to mainstream political parties.

Sound interesting? Sign up today.

According to this armed officer in Kent, simply holding a Palestine flag and displaying 'Free Gaza' and 'Israel is committing Genocide' is possible grounds for arrest for supporting Palestine Action (and for unlawfully taking personal details)

Breaking news – Redundancy notice (Section 188) removed

The University of Dundee has confirmed that the section 188 letter issued in March 2025 has been formally withdrawn! This is a direct result of the industrial action we took and the action we threatened.

This is our victory! 1/3

Kneecap at Glastonbury don't RT they are supposed to be terrorists or something.

Only 4 days until the ULA consultative ballot on pay opens.

On Monday: check your inbox, use your vote and demand more than 1.4! #Fairpaytoday #rejectthepayoffer

STRIKE ACTION WORKS!

Massive congratulations and continuing solidarity to @newcastleucu.bsky.social.

You can repair a plane. You can replace a broken window. But you can’t bring back the dead.

We must defend the right to protest.

Solidarity with Palestine Action 🇵🇸

How do we build revolutionary organisation? rs21 - revolutionary socialism in the 21st century

To end capitalism we need revolution, and to win revolution we need a revolutionary organisation. Developing that requires political clarity - on which ideas are most effective, through debate and practice. A group of rs21 members respond to Marxist Unity Caucus.
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Motion 56 is moved by first-time speaker Sharon Iddir. She asks delegates to stand and take a moment's silence to remember our friends and colleagues in Gaza. "We'll continue to fight, we're with the people of Gaza, and we care." #EISAGM25

Emergency Motion Details and full wording of the equality motions to be debated at the 2025 AGM

Proud to vote in solidarity with all transgender and non-binary people at #EISAGM25

www.eis.org.uk/eis-agm-2025...

Go out and spread the word that refugees and migrants are welcome here! Farage isn't! says Andrew Fullwood. Motion 45 is carried, and we move swiftly onto motion 46 which is moved by Alison Beattie. #EISAGM25

#EISAGM25 Motion 44 is seconded by Nick Cimini, "Education is a social good, it is not a commodity. Please support the motion." Following a show of hands, the motion is carried.

Photo of Nick speaking at the podium on motion 44.

@nickcimini.bsky.social speaks in support of Motion 44.

Teachers and lecturers at #EISAGM25 standing up for Palestine

Nick Cimini highlights pay cuts and the threats of redundancy currently faced by lecturers in the HE sector.

What will the Scottish Government do to protect staff and students, to restore lost pay, and to ensure that Scotland continues to have a world class education system?

I'm at the #EISAGM25. Standing up for quality education.

@eisunion.bsky.social

Trade Dispute with Government UCU Congress delegates voted to support a national trade dispute with the government over the higher education funding crisis.

Moving towards a trade dispute with the Secretary of State for Education!

UCU Congress voted to support a national trade dispute with the government over the Higher Education funding crisis.

Motion & further info: lu.ma/a0vv0sjb?tk=...

JOIN to discuss next steps 3 June, 6pm: lu.ma/zs6bklhz

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South Korea: a right-wing coup defeated, but deeper issues unresolved rs21 - revolutionary socialism in the 21st century

Popular protests defeated an attempted coup last year. Yet, with an election in ten days, South Korea seems set to alternate between governments of the far right and the neoliberal centre, while serious social problems fuel the growth of conservative social movements. revsoc21.uk/2025/05/24/s...

On strike with @sheffielducu.bsky.social and joined the trans solidarity picket to protest the recent transphobic supreme court ruling and EHRC update #tradeunionists4transrights

Against Bad Arguments for Terrible Things – Spectre Journal Holly Lewis takes a sledgehammer to John Rees's attempt to Marx-wash antitrans bigotry.

This is a brilliant piece in Spectre that criticises recent examples of pseodo-Marxist transphobia

spectrejournal.com/against-bad-...

St Andrews rector stripped of powers over Gaza row wins appeal Stella Maris will resume her role as head of the university’s governing body after a successful appeal against the institution.

Congratulations to Stella Maris, Rector of St Andrews, who has won her appeal against dismissal from the governing body: a vindication of her, and anyone's, right to condemn genocide and apartheid.

www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...

The Supreme Court decision: when law becomes the means of oppression rs21 - revolutionary socialism in the 21st century

Me for @rs21.bsky.social on the horrors of the Supreme Court decision, how the EHRC has talked itself seemingly supporting an employment bans on trans people, and on resistance

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Thanks to @petecannell.bsky.social, @colinwlondon.bsky.social & everyone who helped with it

Trump, Starmer and resisting the right anti-Trump protest, London 2018 credit: Steve Eason In a guest contribution to this blog, Colin Wilson argues that socialists should not be claiming ownership over movements, nor trying to reduce t…

In a guest post on David Renton's blog I offer an analysis of the last few months of Trump and Starmer, the rise of the far right and the need for a response from the left in Britain that breaks with business as usual.