Union warned over first-of-its-kind pro-Palestine strike ballot

I think UCU has more pressing concerns in defending its members intersts in this difficult time over pay and conditions. That's why we pay our subs and probably UCU's failure to do so, the reason why so many don't bother and membership is patchy and action usually ineffective.

As a member of UCU I do worry that it is spreading itself too thin fighting on too many issues simultaneously. They, and their members, do not have the bandwidth for this. It also results in constant internal splits and the loss of confidence of everyone. UCU should focus on the core of what the majority of their members can agree on: action over pay.

They will just end up looking like even bigger fools than they do already. I am also a member of long standing but I am wondering what the point is and wether I would not be better putting the money I pay for my subs into my USS Investment Builder pot. Wharever we think about the Palestine issue, it's really not what a Trade Union is supposed to be doing. You do get the sense that this is what they really would like to be doing rather than the job they are supposed to be doing.

I hope actions like this will accelerate the collapse of UCU. Staff need a strong, effective union focussed on their employment rights and working conditions. UCU in its current form shows scant interest in that. The sooner it implodes, and is replaced by a new union, the better.