Unite the Union: University of Cambridge Branch

‪The next branch meeting will be Monday, April 6th at 1:00 PM. Details of Zoom link and in person location should be found in your inbox nearer the date.

📣 March with us on March 28 in London
✊ When workers stand together we win. We win better jobs, pay and conditions. We win better public services and housing
When we divide we lose
💪 Don't let the haters and snake-oil salesmen divide us. Let's stand together and win
@togetheralliance.bsky.social

The next branch meeting will be Monday, March 9th at 1:00 PM. Details of Zoom link and in person location should be found in your inbox.

Pick up point in Cambridge for 28th March rally.

Pick up point in Cambridge for 28th March rally.

The next branch meeting will be Monday, March 9th at 1:00 PM. Details of Zoom link and in person location should be found in your inbox.

Show your support for staff out on the pickets again today at the University of Essex.

Over 400 jobs. Southend Campus on the chopping block. This is a wrecking plan for education, for jobs and the city.

Rally to save Southend Campus: Sunday 8 March, 1pm, Pier Hill → Broadway. Join us.

Workers and communities are being badly let down by @bhamcitycouncil.bsky.social, a Labour council!

Our members are more determined than ever to achieve a fair settlement, and they have @unitetheunion.bsky.social's unwavering support.

The council need to wake-up and get back to negotiations!

400 lives uprooted by a single email.

This student puts the impact of the cuts into reality.

Join the march this Sunday: 1pm, Pier Hill → Broadway.

No negotiations since July 2025 - @bhamcitycouncil.bsky.social should stop disgracing itself and get back to talks to find a fair resolution for the bin workers. That is the only way strikes will end.

University of Essex strikes escalate over campus closure & job cuts Nine days of strike action begins this week at the University of Essex in an escalating dispute over plans to close Southend Campus, cut 400 jobs and limit course provision.

Over 400 job cuts and a plan to close Southend Campus.

Nine more strike days at the University of Essex..

We will keep fighting.

www.ucu.org.uk/article/1442...

📈 Profits on the rise again. Payouts to shareholders at record highs
💰 But instead of investing profits back into businesses, boosting innovating and creating jobs, bosses are rewarding themselves and shareholders
🔬 No money for a pay rise? Study those company accounts
www.unitetheunion.org/fandf

'I'm losing my home over Birmingham bin strike' Striking bin worker Maxine Stanley says she will still "stand strong" despite financial pressures.

Birmingham city council should hang their heads in shame. @unitetheunion.bsky.social's message to @bhamcitycouncil.bsky.social is clear, it needs to return to negotiations and offer a fair deal to its workers.

Durham University staff begin industrial action this week Staff at Durham University will begin working to rule tomorrow.

From today, staff at Durham University begin working to rule.

No more covering for the hundreds of jobs that have been cut.

Staff will work strictly to contracted hours and withdraw goodwill.

Universities cannot operate on unpaid labour.

www.ucu.org.uk/article/1441...

Just a reminder, the March branch meeting has been put back a week: The next branch meeting will be Monday, March 9th at 1:00 PM. Zoom link and in person location to be circulated early next week.

The next branch meeting will be Monday, March 9th at 1:00 PM. Zoom link and in person location to be circulated early next week.

The next branch meeting will be Monday, March 9th at 1:00 PM. Zoom link and in person location to be circulated early next week.

Financial Times ranks Cambridge University as top UK employer

Who fills in online survey from the FT?

⁠Highly paid individuals in senior management with huge pay/bonuses & no real duties

Survey won't sample academic staff or low-paid professional services staff

Seriously flawed @data.ft.com

This image is a promotional poster for a May Day event on May 4, 2026, titled "Turn London Red." It features large red text and three red-tinted images: Nelson's Column with a flag, a double-decker bus displaying "Red Route," and a crowd with banners in Trafalgar Square. Details include "12 noon Clerkenwell Green" and "March 1pm to Trafalgar Square" in red text at the bottom.

The image is a flyer for "May Day 2026." It invites people to a celebration in London on May 4, 2026, marking International Workers Day and the centenary of the General Strike 1926. The event includes a gathering at Clerkenwell Green at 12 noon, followed by a march to Trafalgar Square. The flyer emphasizes the theme: "Workers Make History!" and highlights the shift in date to May 4 instead of the traditional May 1.

Workers Make History! 🔥

We are the driving force for positive change in our society. We were in 1926 and we will continue today in 2026 ✊

Mark the centenary of the start of the General Strike 1926 🚩

🔴 Turn London Red on 4 May: https://bit.ly/LDNMayDayRSVP

#GFTU #MayDay2026 #MayDay

Good news for the Cambridge University Vet School.

Good news for the Cambridge University Vet School.

😲 The average worker has lost £65k since the financial crisis in 2008
📈 While CEO & directors’ pay has boomed, along with profits & dividends
✊ Facts & Figures, from Unite fuels the pay campaigns that are putting hundreds of millions back into the pockets of Unite members www.unitetheunion.org/fand

The work of our health and safety reps literally saves lives. Very humbled to speak at the H&S conference last week.

Solidarity from Cambridge!

london met protests

london met protests

london met protests

Today London Met collegaues, students and supporters were out in force againt vicious cuts.

London Met has a proud history of educating working class students, many from the local community and many who are the first in their family to go to university. We will keep fighting ✊

Please try and get along this morning to help save Cambridge University Vet School.

Please try and get along this morning to help save Cambridge University Vet School.

Don't forget, Monday morning: save Cambridge University Vet School.

Don't forget, Monday morning: save Cambridge University Vet School.

This has a down side

Changes in employment legislation mean redundancies in Higher Education will be brought forward to evade removal of the compensation cap

2026 is likely to be even rougher than 2025 for staff in UK universities

This applies more generally -- it could be a brutal year for many