UWS UCU members will be there! โ
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UCU branch at the University of the West of Scotland
UWS UCU members will be there! โ
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Nine More Reasons to Vote Yes:
ucusolidaritymovement.org/2025/10/25/h...
Ten Reasons to Vote Yes in the @ucu.org.uk ballot
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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.
"Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."
#SpotTheContradiction #VictoryToDundeeUCU
This is a brilliant win for staff and is testament to the leverage that EIS action as well as the successful UCU ballot were able to bring โ
We have lost a lot of staff through VR and we will be working at a severely depleted capacity - but the removal of CR is a win that should be celebrated!
๐ฃ UWS HAS RULED OUT COMPULSORY REDUNDANCIES
After 8 days of strike action from EIS, and a further 12 days planned from Monday which UCU were due to join, management has today announced that CR has been taken off the table ๐
UWS BALLOT SUCCESS!!! โโโ
78/84% YES for industrial action/ASOS with a 62% turnout ๐ฅ
UWS members - we have a meeting scheduled for Monday 12.30PM to discuss what this means and next steps. Please check your emails for the link and join!
@ucuscotland.bsky.social @ucuscotpresident.bsky.social
Another lively picket from @eisunion.bsky.social UWS branch this morning! UCU members, Thursday is the LAST safe day to post your ballot - letโs make sure we can get out and join them to #protectourjobs & #saveouruniversity! โ
23.09.2025 08:36 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0EIS flag and members standing on the picket line
Solidarity again with @eisunion.bsky.social UWS branch on the 2nd day of strike โ Great to see so many students standing in solidarity& refusing to cross the picket line! They know members are taking this action to defend our jobs, our university and our students!
UCU members post your vote TODAY!
Pay uplift - Protect terms and conditions - Stop the redundancies
This crisis is far bigger than a single branch: vote YES join the fight to save higher education โโ
@ucuscotland.bsky.social
Strike action is ON!!!
Next week will be the first of 4 weeks of striking from our members as we continue to say NO to the compulsory redundancies forced on us by the university for their poor financial choices.
#StopTheCuts #SaveHE
Ballot being posted in a gold postbox
Golden postbox for extra luck! UCU UWS members, you have 10 days to post your ballot - donโt miss the deadline โ
Use your vote to stop the cuts, protect our jobs, and defend our students & our university!
Striking workers outside university waving EIS flags
No ifs, no buts, no education cuts! @eisunion.bsky.social EIS ULA UWS lunchtime rally begins at 12pm, Storie Street entrance. UCU members drop by to show your solidarity! โ
11.09.2025 10:54 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Photo of striking workers on the picket line in front of UWS
UCU sends full solidarity to the EIS @eisunion.bsky.social striking workers at UWS today โ
EIS members are striking to #stopthecuts and #defendourjobs at UWS. Join the lunchtime rally at 12pm!
White envelope being posted in a red post box and a hand with thumbs up gesture
And thatโs another vote for the re-ballot!! Get yours in ASAP - donโt leave it to the last minute!
Letโs do this โโโ
@ucuscotland.bsky.social
Graphic with details of counter protest as included in main text, and photo of a man resembling Jesus holding a placard that says I was a stranger and ye took me in
๐ฃ All out! Defend refugees at the Cladhan Hotel and support #Falkirk anti-racists this Sun 7th Sept. We need to keep up the fight and let the far-right know they are not welcome!
#RefugeesWelcome
๐ฃ Sun 7th Sept, 11am
๐Assemble Cladhan Hotel, Falkirk, FK1 1UF
Photo of ballot envelope being posted with young baby
One of our members had a very cute assistant to help post the ballot this morning!
Get yours in before 25th September โโโ
#babiesandballots
@ucuscotland.bsky.social @ucuscotpresident.bsky.social
E-ballot envelope being posted into letterbox
Itโs re-ballot time! After an 88% YES vote that narrowly missed threshold by 4 (!!!) votes, our re-ballot is open!
Post your ballot before 25th September!
Letโs do this! โโ
@ucu.org.uk @ucuscotland.bsky.social
Ballot closes in just under 2 weeks - make sure to get yours posted in time!
If you havenโt received one, contact the committee for a replacement.
Letโs do this!! โโโ
NAE PASARAN โโโ
22.07.2025 10:23 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0โโ Get your ballots posted!!
11.07.2025 11:33 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0โUWS is a unique institution because it gives people like me a chanceโ
Brilliant article that shows how damaging the proposed cuts at UWS will be to students:
www.glasgowbell.co.uk/whats-going-...
@glasgowbell.bsky.social @ucuscotland.bsky.social @ucuscotpresident.bsky.social
A ballot opened today at UWS, as the UCU branch there fights to save jobs and avoid compulsory redundancies! @ucu-uws.bsky.social #StopTheCuts #SaveHE
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1408...
Great to read our branch president, Jamie Hopkin, speaking out against the cuts in this article:
โwhat is being proposed will damage UWSโs crucial missions of teaching, research and widening access to higher educationโ
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2529360...
@ucu-uws.bsky.social #StopTheCuts
Ballot opens today! โโโ
07.07.2025 16:19 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0UCU Scotland: proud to support todayโs Aye Welcome Refugees demo #AyeWelcomeRefugees #StopTheFarRight
21.06.2025 14:09 โ ๐ 10 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0See you there!! โโ
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