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National Union of Teachers (NUT), Association of University Teachers (AUT), National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education (NATFHE) and other education unions

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UCU boycott nears the crunch

As the marking and assessment boycott in universities comes to a head, management are persisting with their hard line.

UCU: raise the pressure

The marking and assessment boycott in universities since 20 April is causing increasing disruption.

UCU boycott battle sharpens

The marking and assessment boycott (MAB) called by the University and College Union continues in universities as exam boards approach.

Lecturers fight job cuts

By Dale Street Lecturers at the City of Glasgow College, members of the EIS-FELA trade union, are striking against plans to axe around a hundred jobs in the college by the beginning of July. Following a period of action short of a strike, lecturers have been on strike since 30 May for four days each week. The cuts to jobs come on top of cuts in the contact time lecturers have with students. This has resulted in lecturers being given more classes to teach, and a consequent increase in workloads. The college has been picketed each day of the strike, with visits by delegations from other trade...

Lewisham academisation fight

Staff at the Prendergast group of schools in Lewisham, South East London, members of the National Education Union, have had three days of strikes to stop the semi-privatisation — with 12 more days scheduled (9-11, 16-18 and 23-25 May; 6-8 June)

Pay: we can beat the Tories

May 12 and 13 will see workers employed by Train Operating Companies (TOCs) on the mainline railway return to industrial action after a lengthy pause. RMT members, who strike on the 13th, returned a huge majority for action, on a 70% turnout, in their latest re-ballot. Drivers’ union Aslef has also rejected the latest offer put to it by the Rail Delivery Group, the umbrella body representing the TOCs. Aslef drivers strike on the 12th. RMT’s ballot result shows there is still a strong will to fight amongst members; the union leadership must now act on those results by calling the sustained...

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