UCU needs a new strategy
The University and College Union (UCU) disputes over USS pensions and the “Four Fights” (pay, equality, workloads and casualisation) are in danger of collapsing after multiple branches were pulled out of an assessment boycott following a shambolic “consultation”. The move leaves twenty (perhaps fewer) branches refusing to mark in the Four Fights dispute, and just fourteen over USS. Forty-three branches in total had mandates. Since reballot results were announced on 11 April, there has been delay after delay in implementing the action members voted for. UCU could have given swift notification...