Grant Buttars

Reform? Restore? Regurgitated, Rancid, Racist Revulsion.

It looks like Alba have disintegrated in exactly the same manner in which they have carried on for the last few years, in shambolic communication, internal feuding and bitter factionalism bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/02/21/t...

Picket line outside UCU’s Manchester office.

Protesting outside UCU’s Manchester office. #HandsOffMarie #UniteAgainstVictimisation

Over 100 attendees at our rally last night and another solid picket at the @ucu.org.uk North West Regional Office today ✊🪧

#HandsOffMarie
#UniteAgainstVictimisation

Review | How to win a strike rs21 - revolutionary socialism in the 21st century

Review | How to win a strike
revsoc21.uk/2026/02/20/r...
New pamphlet by
@ianallinson.bsky.social out soon!

This is what a picket line looks like... nice work @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social - enjoy the rest and we go again in March, unless bosses @northumbriauni.bsky.social feel like talking (we always do!) @andylong6.bsky.social

Jo Grady’s first election manifesto where she says she wants the GS to be more accountable to members

Staff aren’t allowed to say they’re on strike.

UCU members aren’t allowed to mention it to strike-breaking staff.

Regional committees can’t talk about it.

The NEC can’t talk about it.

Congress can talk about it but motions are declared out of order.

Is this the accountability Jo was meaning?

Universities: what has happened to the Secretary of State dispute?
revsoc21.uk/2026/02/18/u...

If you are undecided in the UCU elections, @seanawallis.bsky.social @regipilling.bsky.social for VP in HE and FE will do brilliant work.

10 strike days begin this week at Northumbria University over pension ‘robbery’ Northumbria University will be hit with ten days of strike action from Thursday 12 February in a fight to save staff pensions, UCU has announced

10 strike days begin this week at Northumbria University over pension ‘robbery’ northeastbylines.co.uk/news/educati...

Hey, Braverman, how do you think someone becomes a nurse?

So. Much. NOOOOOOIIIIIISSSSSEEEEEE! (Because so much anger and solidarity.)

This is a thread about UCU & what it has become over the last few years. But the first thing I want to say is I didn’t join a union to stay silent or turn my back on a single parent of three facing dismissal on the basis of their trade union activities. Marie Monaghan is the Unite UCU 1/12

YouTube video by Sean Wallis Sean Wallis: Why I am standing for Vice President of UCU in 2026

Vote @seanwallis13.bsky.social for UCU VP HE! youtu.be/U6ZXr9xnBMg

800 staff leave Edinburgh University amid £140m cuts drive Bosses at the institution want to cut £90m from their annual salary bill, which unions say could result in as many as 1,400 jobs being lost.

Nearly 800 staff left the University of Edinburgh last year as senior management pushes a £140m savings drive

This hits precarious staff hardest

It's a great comfort to learn that senior management pay & bonuses are unaffected 😉

www.heraldscotland.com/news/2582884...

Your Party CEC elections
revsoc21.uk/2026/02/10/y...

Join @uniteucu to say:

“NO” to TU Victimisation in UCU

🚨Strike rally
⏰Thurs 12 Feb @ noon
📍UCU HQ, Carlow Street

Including guest speaker for the Workplace Day of Action for Palestine 🇵🇸

Everyone welcome!

Bring your branch banner & your solidarity to say #HandsOffMarie

#SupportTheStrike

Unite members in the north west on a picket line while taking strike action to defend Marie, their H&S rep, who is being subject to trade union victimisation by our employer.

Unite against TU Victimisation

@Unitetheunion.bsky.social doesn't tolerate the victimisation of its reps by employers. Today our members in the North West are showing what solidarity looks like.

It's time UCU ended the victimisation of Marie, our Health & Safety Officer.

#Strike #HandsOffMarie

Certification Officer Hearing: Blake & McGaughey v UCU This is about trust and proper process: an explainer ahead of the 10 February Certification Officer hearing in Blake & McGaughey v UCU, concerning alleged non-compliance with UCU’s election rul…

Ahead of the 10 February Certification Officer hearing, I’ve written about why Ewan McGaughey and I took this route.

This is a regulatory process, not a court case.

Ewan and I will represent ourselves. UCU has hired a King’s Counsel.

vickyblakeucu.uk/202...

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Day 2 of Your Party Scotland conference about to start

Your Party Can Realign the British Left Britain’s new left-wing force Your Party has got off to a troubled start. But faced with the historic decline of working-class organization, it’s vital that it makes good on its promise to rebuild grassroots power.

Britain’s new left-wing force Your Party has got off to a troubled start.

But faced with the historic decline of working-class organization, it’s vital that it makes good on its promise to rebuild grassroots power.

More Unions Are Saying ‘ICE Out’ More unions across the country are taking a stand against Immigration and Customs Enforcement since the January 23 mass strike in Minneapolis and the January 24 killing of Alex Pretti, an intensive ca...

USA: More Unions Are Saying ‘ICE Out’ labornotes.org/blogs/2026/0...

And now a reference to Scottish-born Irish socialist James Connolly in the city where he lived with his brother for a time - from @paulmurphy.pbp.ie ✊

Loving @danhutchison.bsky.social quoting from Mary Brooksbank to kick off Your Party Scotland conference in Dundee.

@yourparty.scot is there an agreed hastag for the conference?

To be “crystal clear” (😂) - UCU comms should (a) not attack members for exercising the right to go to the Certification Officer and (b) be entirely neutral in relation to this case - because it is our union not a personal fiefdom. Their comment proves exactly why this case needs to be heard

I’m no longer shocked about the attacks on members for wanting a fair & democratic union but the UCU comment suggests they’ve forgotten the basic requirement to represent the interests of members not those of the GS alone - which is exactly what the case is all about. Our union, our subs #ucu

Jo Grady’s UCU election win challenged over ‘unfair advantage’ Candidates who stood in 2024 poll seek rerun of campaign after claiming incumbent broke rules by using union resources

The @timeshighered.bsky.social has reported that @ewanmg.bsky.social and I have applied to the Certification Officer regarding concerns over the 2024 UCU general secretary election. UCU has characterised this as “smearing”, via a spokesperson.

www.timeshighereducation.com/news/jo-grad...
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I’m not UCU Left member but welcome their endorsement. We need a broad diverse left who can work together and there are many good candidates here to vote for. ✊

Grant Buttars (University of Edinburgh)

It’s @ucu.org.uk NEC election time again. Please read my election address and consider giving me your vote www.ucu.org.uk/article/1436.... Please also vote for Sean Wallis for Vice President HE seanwallis.uk @seanawallis.bsky.social