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It is outrageous that the University of Cambridge does not formally recognise the local branch of UCU. We are calling on the vice-chancellor to recognise all staff unions and all types of staff represented by UCU, not just academic colleagues. For so many employees to have no union recognition is shameful for any organisation, but for a university like Cambridge, it is nothing short of a disgrace.

Why recognition? Our members speak out.

February 18, 2021February 18, 2021 adminUnion Recognition

Without recognition, UCU reps do union work on top of their regular workload - at times, this deprives us of the energy to fight for our working conditions. With recognition, reps would get paid time off to do union work - to bargain, to do casework, to protect each other.

 

Time after time we've raised our members' concerns with the University, only to be told that nothing can be done about them. That has to change. Recognition will let us negotiate properly on the issues that matter to us all, from workloads to inequality.

 

We can't effectively fight marketization and casualization without a real chance to negotiate. That's why we need recognition for all categories of staff - especially those on fixed term contracts and those most vulnerable to redundancy. Union recognition helps workers and employers alike by giving both a framework to resolve disputes. Any proposal to recognise CUCU for academic-related and research staff members asks us to weaken our union by choice - and at the expense of members like me - so that the University may benefit most from a recognition framework. Losing the right to negotiate for all of us is not a price worth paying for recognition.

 

I was so excited to join my first union when I got the job at Cambridge. But I quickly learned that we weren't recognised, and that I'd continue to be unrecognised under Cambridge's proposed deal - because I'm research staff. For someone like me on a fixed-term contract, being in a union that's allowed to negotiate on my behalf would mean being able to break out of a cycle of fixed-term jobs with little long-term security.

 

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Happening TODAY, there’s still time to register!

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#WhyWeAreStriking: The FACTS. 🧵

67% of researchers are employed on casualised fixed term contracts.

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The longer the picket ... the shorter the strike! Massing at Music today #UCUstrike

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📣 TEACH OUTS 👇

Register online now for our virtual teach outs
📅 2nd and 3rd December
⏲️ 1pm - 2.30pm.

Spilling the Precari(tea): https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spilling-the-precaritea-casualisation-and-building-solidarity-tickets-217934466857

Turn up the Noise: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/turn-up-the-noise-why-killthebill-matters-to-the-trade-union-movement-tickets-217946011387

See you there! #OneOfUsAllOfUs

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An honour today to meet a dedicated UCU member, academic, and mother, who was forced back into the classroom 6 wks after having her baby (now 3 months and with mum on picket line♥️) because of the disgusting casualised contract she’s employed on at @UniNorthants

#OneOfUsAllOfUs

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