Join UCU, the Cambridge University Students Union, and raft of other trade unions in defending the right to strike! >> Download a leaflet here This is the first day of the UCU strikes this term, but also a wider rally…
Next Steps in Our #UCURising Industrial Action
Members will be consulted in the New Year about the types of Industrial Action we will take in our fight to win a fair pay offer, action on casualisation and inequality in the sector, and the reinstatement of our USS…
Remarks in Response to the Board of Scrutiny Report
Cambridge UCU made some remarks in the Discussion on the Board of Scrutiny’s Twenty-seventh Report, which have been published in the University Reporter. The Board’s Report expressed serious concerns about the University’s continual failure to remunerate its staff properly.
How do we win a better deal for Cambridge researchers? Open meeting 24 March
Cambridge UCU researchers invite researchers at the University of Cambridge to join us for an open online ‘town hall’ event to discuss why the current disputes over pay, equality and pensions matter to research staff. What are the problems YOU…
Open Letter to Cambridge Vice Chancellor Stephen Toope
On 21st February 2022, the Cambridge University Council met to determine the University’s position on the UCU proposal to resolve the ongoing dispute over the USS pension scheme. The Council decided to reject the proposal in a vote which excluded all…
Wednesday Update: Transforming our University
And just like that, we’ve come to the end of our planned strike action. The past few weeks have seen many of us standing (or huddling) on the picket-lines; whatever the weather, we’ve held firm. And it’s clear that’s what’s…
Why I’m On Strike #3
To end this round of picketing, we held a Student-Staff Solidarity Rally outside Great St Mary’s. Julia, a UTO in History, spoke to us about the fight we’re all in to transform our education, and our university, for the better.…
Solidarity with the student occupation of Sidgwick site
As members of staff at the University of Cambridge and its Colleges, we send a message of solidarity to students at the University of Cambridge who have occupied a lecture block at the Sidgwick Site this week in support of…
UPDATE: No in-person pickets tomorrow, #StrikeFromHome instead!
Hello, and welcome to the fourth day of our strike action! Here’s a quick preview of what tomorrow (Friday 18 February) holds in store for us: NO PICKETING IN PERSON TOMORROW: due to Storm Eunice, and the risks of picketing…
Statement on #ReclaimTheseStreets
The Executive Committee members of Cambridge UCU offer our deepest condolences to the family of Sarah Everard, who was murdered last week. A serving member of the London Metropolitan police has now been charged in connection with her death. We…