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Cambridge University and College Union, the trade union for academic and academic-related staff and graduate students at the University of Cambridge.

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National Education Union @NEUnion·

Schools have been asked to plan to reopen more widely, but the Government keeps moving the goalposts. Share so everyone knows #OnlyWhenItsSafe

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Trades Union Congress @The_TUC·

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BREAKING: HUGE RISE IN TRADE UNION MEMBERSHIP

🔺91,000 in the last year
🔺170,000 female members in the last year
🔺Almost 200,000 in two years
🔺Third consecutive year of rising membership
🔺Highest female membership since 1995

There’s power in a union. Join yours today.

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Durham UCU @ucuatdurham·

26 May

What would it mean to casualised staff @durham_uni if they lose their jobs in this crisis?

"Disaster, I am the primary source of income for my family."

Findings from the @Durhamcasuals survey of Durham staff and students.

https://www.durhamcasuals.org/staff-1

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Cambridge UCU - No better time to join us!@CambridgeUCU·

26 May

Important national meeting "No return to unsafe schools" hosted by @worker_group with @johnmcdonnellMP and others register here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/emergency-meeting-no-going-back-to-unsafe-schools-tickets-106568132152

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National Education Union @NEUnion·

24 May

.@educationgovuk EY guidance out lunchtime Sunday of bank holiday weekend and half term.

Contradiction and confusion on numbers, social distancing and testing under 5s.

Plans will have to be replanned, with 4 "working" days to go.

#OnlyWhenItsSafe

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/preparing-for-the-wider-opening-of-early-years-and-childcare-settings-from-1-june/planning-guide-for-early-years-and-childcare-settings

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Cambridge UCU

13 hours ago

Our Vice-President Steve Watson was quoted in this Times Higher Education article about VC Toope's threatened cuts to working conditions at the University of Cambridge: www.timeshighereducation.com/news/cambridge-v-c-crisis-could-lead-job-cuts-worst-case-scenario See below for our full response to Toope's email last week. Make sure to tell your colleagues - now is the time to join the union and get active and organised: "Our message to University staff is clear: if you are worried about your job security, join your union. Never have unions been more important than during this Coronavirus pandemic." ... See MoreSee Less

Threats to Working Conditions: Cambridge UCU’s Response – UCU

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Threats to Working Conditions: Cambridge UCU’s Response May 26, 2020 adminUncategorized At the end of last week, Stephen Toope sent an email to all staff outlining contingency plans that could see a serious erosion in working conditions for Cambridge University staff. These plans include: an exten...

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Cambridge UCU

1 day ago

Emergency meeting with John McDonnell MP and others- no return to unsafe schools tomorrow🚨 Emergency meeting: no going back to unsafe schools

Supported by National Education Union: London Young Teachers Network, Shut The Sites, Greater Manchester Hazards Centre, PCS Left Unity

Zoom meeting - register at eventbrite here for details: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/emergency-meeting-no-going-back-to-unsafe-schools-tickets-106568132152 ... See MoreSee Less

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Cambridge UCU

1 week ago

Really important letter initiated by Cambridgeshire parents and carers opposing the government's rush to re-open schools - please sign and share: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfwJZ-oRhz4wxK3O9QnEwDii001GN0K-01AZeTVX02_ahq6ZA/viewform ... See MoreSee Less

No return to unsafe schools - open letter from parents and carers to Cambridgeshire County Council

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We are writing, as parents of Cambridgeshire children, to express our fears over the proposed phased opening of schools on the 1st of June. It is with growing anxiety that we have tried to make sense of the confused, inconsistent and contradictory statements made by the Prime Minister, his cabinet a...

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Cambridge UCU

3 weeks ago

You can also join the zoom meeting directly here us02web.zoom.us/j/81294190558 ... See MoreSee Less

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Cambridge UCU

3 weeks ago

Live meeting stream from the People's Assembly and Cambridge TUC meeting tonight - speakers include Laura Pidcock and CUCU anti-casualisation officer Lorena Gazzotti plus other guests ... See MoreSee Less

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