First day of sunshine for our 2019 strike, and what a beautiful day it was! The ground may have been frozen (replacing muddy ground) but our thoughts were to the warming up of the Earth, as this strike day coincided with a climate strike in town. We danced and moved around to keep warm all … Continue reading Day 5

Today we had the pleasure of receiving the visit of Karen Evans from Liverpool University. Karen is part of the National Disputes Committee (representing NW region), which is about democratising UCU in times of conflict and was instituted by Congress after the 2018 strike. We were also visited by students members of Acorn, a union … Continue reading Day 4

Day 3 and still going strong. The creativity of our members, now well practised in the art of banner making, know no boundaries. We were delighted to be entertained by our own picket band video © Jacob Phelps Elsewhere, 13 branches who did not meet the mandatory 50% threshold for strike actions are asking to … Continue reading Day 3

Stand up to bullying! We had another fantastic day on the picket and at the Gregson. Our day started with moderately good weather (at least to North-Western standards), early on the picket lines with a turnout of roughly 80+ picketers according to Sunil! To the tune of Bob Dylan and Gill Scott-Heron, we distributed leaflets, … Continue reading Day 2

And so it begins! Our first day of strike action was a huge success - we have no official headcount but we can safely say we grew in size compared to 2018! This seems to be a trend across the country as noted by other branches on Twitter. We prepared on Sunday with the obligatory … Continue reading Day 1