Dr Stephen Hurt

Please support this campaign and consider boycotting NEXT as a result. Scandalous union-busting from a huge and profitable corporation.

Türkiye: No to union-busting at Digel Please support this LabourStart urgent action campaign and spread the word.

Sign the @labourstart.bsky.social campaign calling on German menswear company Digel to stop union busting and engage with the union, @veysen.bsky.social
www.labourstartcampaigns.net/show_campaig...

Hand holding envelope posting a vote on Industrial action. Most of the photo is a close up of the letter box on a red post box

TODAY. Get that vote in the post 👉
Ballots must be returned NOW. #UCU
@brookesucu.bsky.social
#industrialaction
#OxfordBrookes #University

One of our health and safety officers, Jill Millar, explains why our members should vote yes ❌ and yes ❌ in the local ballot. Jill explains that cuts to time for assessment are being driven by a desire for financial savings. As a result, both the student experience and staff wellbeing will suffer.

Our branch secretary, @stuartwhigham.bsky.social, explains why our members should vote yes ❌ and yes ❌ in the local ballot. Stuart outlines the impact that wider cuts to workload tariffs will have on our Associate Lecturer colleagues.

Our campaigns officer, Ma​ïa Pal, explains why our members should vote yes ❌ and yes ❌ in the local ballot. Successive cuts to research time undermine the research-led teaching which is the essence of a University education.

Saddened to hear of the passing of Professor Jack Spence. He acted as external examiner for my PhD and was extremely supportive during my early years as an academic. RIP.

Greens have ‘better aligned values’ with trade unions than Labour, Carla Denyer claims "It's clear that the Green Party and the trade union movement are very strongly aligned in our vision for what needs to change in the UK"

Speaking to me at #TUC25, Green MP @carladenyer.bsky.social said: "It's clear that the Green Party and the trade union movement are very strongly aligned in our vision for what needs to change in the UK"

Philippines: Support striking workers at Kawasaki Motors Please support this LabourStart urgent action campaign and spread the word.

New campaign launched today! Solidarity with striking workers at Kawasaki Philippines - please take a minute to send off your message of protest and solidarity: bit.ly/3JFeBAg

Text describing why we are asking members to vote yes in the industrial ballot.

Text describing why we are asking members to vote yes in the industrial ballot.

We are balloting for industrial action at Oxford Brookes. 🚨🚨 REMINDER to all members to return your ballots in the post 🚨🚨

Image shows Zack Polanski and Sian Berry smiling together at London Pride.

Huge congratulations to @zackpolanski.bsky.social elected as the next Leader of @greenparty.org.uk 👏👏

Greens are on the up. We have already achieved so much, but there is more to be done offering a true alternative to this dire version of Labour.

Let’s get to it! 💚

Pass the Employment Rights Bill in full: Sign the open letter Finnola is a supermarket worker, and one of the millions of workers who will benefit if the Employment Rights Bill is passed in full. Please read her story and sign her open letter to the Prime Minist...

Finnola is a supermarket worker, and one of millions of workers who will benefit from the Employment Rights Bill. Please read her story and sign her open letter to the Prime Minister letter.megaphone.org.uk

We’re in a child poverty emergency, and it'll only get worse unless the Government does more. Gambling giants don't pay their fair share but taxing them more could raise billions to help children.

The Government’s reviewing this now - let’s make sure they listen to us, not the gambling lobby.

The gambling industry is spending big to protect its profits. We need to speak louder. Sign the petition today and demand a fair tax to tackle child poverty: act.38degrees.org.uk/act/tax-gamb...

“Corrupt” and “sleazy” Yet another Conservative Party Treasurer is about to be handed a seat in the House of Lords. The government must stop major party donors being fast-tracked to power for life. Sign the letter.

Yet another Conservative Party Treasurer is about to be handed a seat in the House of Lords. The government must stop major party donors being fast-tracked to power for life. Sign the letter.

secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/176157/...

UK taxpayers on hook as failed Cumbria coalmine investors sue government Singapore firm using secretive international legal system to seek compensation for climate concerns blocking plans

Outrageous. Britain is being sued in a corporate court, for stopping the Cumbria coal mine.

We’ve been saying for years that this system of corporate courts (ISDS) is an obstacle to climate action and democratic politics. Now it couldn’t be clearer

📢📖 New publication: 'The Globalization Project of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS)’ in U Engel, J Herpolsheimer and F Mattheis (eds) Globalization Projects of Regional Organizations @degruyterbrill.bsky.social Available here: www.vr-elibrary.de/doi/pdf/10.1...

Dying for gold: who killed the miners of Buffelsfontein? South Africa’s government blockaded hundreds underground. The results were deadly

“They were desperate to reach the surface.”

Last year hundreds of illegal gold-miners were blockaded underground by the South African police. Two of the survivors told 1843 magazine about their ordeal

Excellent article that highlights the consequences of the Supreme Court's decision on freedom of information and the UK's #post-Brexit trade negotiations. Despite a change in government there appears to be no change in approach and #tradedemocracy is still needed.

Been working 10-11 hour days since Sunday to meet a deadline for marking student coursework. To help calm the stress levels people keep emailing me every few hours to remind me of the impending deadline 🤦‍♂️ #academiclife

Thoroughly enjoyable workshop today. Thanks so much to @mybisa.bsky.social and @africaprog.bsky.social for organising.

The future of UK-Africa relations- Africa and International Studies | BISA - Africa and International Studies Working Group

🌟Africa and International Studies WG and @chathamhouse.org event 🌟
The workshops focus is sharing experience and knowledge-based perspectives on the future of the UK-Africa relationships!
Inc/ @drstephenhurt.bsky.social @ruthbookbinder.bsky.social and more
16 May 👉https://buff.ly/YaxT5Lw

US-UK trade deal: the long, secretive back story British government has spent £227,000 fighting transparency on details of Trump trade deals

A good day to remind ourselves how little power Parliament and the public has over trade deals. The govt has spent over £225,000 trying to stop us finding out very basic information about previous trade talks, as I write here 👇

This can’t continue.

democracyforsale.substack.com/p/us-uk-trad...

Huge thanks to everyone who voted for me in Headington & Quarry in the County Council election (4th) and Headington Hill & Northway in the City Council by-election (3rd). Congratulations to the winning candidates. Great results for the @greenparty.org.uk across Oxon with 7 councillors now elected 🎉💚

LOCAL ELECTIONS 2025 For Real Hope and Real Change POLLING DAY CHECKLIST Polling stations are open from 7am - 10pm today Bring your accepted photo ID Vote at your assigned polling station You don't need your polling card to vote Vote Green on all ballot papers Tag us when you have voted! Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

🚨 Don’t forget your photo ID (and suncream! ☀️) when going to vote today.

Lovely weather for an election. If you have a vote in the local elections today please use it and if you want to support candidates who are committed to a fairer and greener future then vote @greenparty.org.uk.

Labour Delays Repeal of Anti-Trade Union Law Ahead of Austerity 2.0 | Novara Media The government is backsliding over reforms to Tory anti-strike laws. Perhaps it has something to do with the fresh round of cuts they have planned. Polly Smythe reports.

Just double-checking the name of the party that is currently in power in the UK. It does say 'Labour' right i.e. workers? novaramedia.com/2025/03/27/l...

Image of Jane Fonda with the quote 'I'm a big believer in unions. They have our backs, they bring us into community, and they give us power. Community means power'.

Worried about workload? Take action and support UCU Oxford Brookes.

We have an open meeting (hybrid) on Thursday 3 April, 12pm in JHB204. Featuring updates on our concerns with workload planning, finances, research, and the Portfolio Review/Strategic Transformation. In the words of Jane Fonda 'unions bring us into community' so please bring a friend! #BeMoreLikeJane

Higher Education is in crisis, which if you work in HE you already knew. Up to 10,000 jobs across the sector are threatened. To our local members and wider stakeholders UCU's new campaign needs support. Step 1 is to sign the petition here: stopthecutspetition.org.uk Thanks! #StoptheCUTS

Plea to HEC to defend jobs and reform UK HE: call off ballot for Industrial Action We, the undersigned members of UCU working in Higher Education, call on HEC to vote FOR the following motion at the emergency meeting on 19 February 2025. Your signature and institution will be added...

🚨Attention UCU members in HE: we have started an open letter for you to sign in support of a motion we're bringing to the meeting on Weds 19th which calls for a focus on defending jobs, reforming HE, & calling off a national ballot.

docs.google.com/forms/u/1/d/...

The Guardian view on campus cuts: academics pay a high price for Westminster’s mistakes | Editorial Editorial: The government should not stand aloof as a crisis unfolds in our universities. A new settlement is needed

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...