UCU: union’s own staff to strike for five days

UCU conferences cancelled as union staff strike over ‘racism’

Unite branch leads walkout, saying industrial relations in union are ‘broken’, just hours after general secretary delivers unity message in opening speech

By Tom Williams

29 May

Stop infighting over university union tactics, Grady tells UCU

In congress address, general secretary pledges to work to end in-house industrial dispute and to ‘hold Labour’s feet to the fire’

By Chris Havergal

28 May

UCU: union staff vote to strike over ‘workplace racism’

Unite calling for independent investigation into institutional racism and how organisation is run

By Patrick Jack

14 May

Black and white chess pieces, symbolising racism

Challenging racism takes time – but UCU is doing it

We won’t stop until staff and members in every branch, every department and every team feel that they are treated fairly and equally, says Jo Grady

By Jo Grady

15 February

Reader's comments (1)

#1 Submitted by k.j.... on June 13, 2024 - 1:30pm

Accountability at UCU is long overdue - years of failed tactics achieving very little for members and now these very serious allegations of a racist culture. I wonder if any disenchanted UCU branches will donate to a Unite fighting fund if the strikes are ongoing .

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