Calling all CUCU members – here’s the plan for tomorrow’s joint action with students From 08:30am – CUCU pickets at Sidgwick, Downing and Old Schools 10:00 and 11:00 am – Mass leafleting of lectures with students at the Downing and…
Monday update: Justice4CollegeSupervisors
Today, to mark our action on the Four Fights dispute, our focus turned to the #Justice4CollegeSupervisors campaign. After buzzing pickets this morning, our rally was dedicated to the scandal that is the college supervision system, where without proper contracts, and…
Cambridge Student-Staff Solidarity Assembly – 2 March
Calling all staff and students at the University of Cambridge! Frustrated by the University’s response to the USS pensions dispute? Looking to learn more about the UCU’s demands over low pay, inequality and casualisation in Higher Education Realising that workload…
Tuesday Update: Crunch Time
This afternoon, the JNC on USS will be meeting to decide on whether or not our pensions are slashed. As a union, we’ve been trying to avert this moment for the past two years. We’ve produced detailed critiques of the…
Why I’m On Strike #2
As part of our strike action, we’ll be hearing from CUCU members about why they’re on strike. So far, we’ve heard from Priya, Áine, and Eleanor about why these disputes matter to them. Today, Tom, a research associate at the…
Monday Update: Cambridge Rejects UCU Proposals
So it’s official: this morning, on the advice of senior management, University Council voted to reject the UCU proposals that would have resolved the USS dispute. This was a chance to save staff from an average of 35% cuts to…
Sunday Update: Last Chance to Save Our Pensions
Some grim news over the weekend: UUK is wrapping up its consultation with employers, and the signs aren’t good. They’re claiming that employers have chosen to reject UCU’s proposals on USS’s future. Rather than increasing their contributions by 3.8%, on…
Why I’m On Strike #1
As part of our strike action, we’ll be hearing from CUCU members about why they’re on strike, and how the issues in our current disputes affect them. Last week, Priya Gopal reminded us that power never concedes without a struggle,…
Friday Update: Lobby Cambridge on USS!
Welcome to the end of our first week of strike action! We’ve been picketing online today, sheltering from Storm Eunice, but we’ll be back out on the pickets on Monday morning. Meanwhile, here are FIVE THINGS you can do right…
Priya Gopal, ‘Why Do I Strike?’ – Rally Speech, 17 February
At our lunchtime rally on Thursday, CUCU’s Priya Gopal gave this barnstorming speech on why we’re out on strike again, and why our action is so vital: First of all, a big shoutout to all of you here and all…