ABER UCU Staff explain why THEY are on strike
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Neges oddi wrth gangen Aberystwyth o Undeb y Prifysgolion a’r Colegau (UCU)
Galw pob myfyriwr! Dewch draw i gwrdd â ni ar fuarth Canolfan y Celfyddydau y dydd Llun yma rhwng 12.00 a 2.00! Bydd eich darlithwyr a’ch tiwtoriaid sy’n cymryd rhan yn y gweithredu diwydiannol yn cynnal stondin wybodaeth ddydd Llun 13 Chwefror lle y byddwn ni’n gobeithio cwrdd â chi ac ateb eich cwestiynau.
Hoffem roi cymaint o wybodaeth â phosib am y gweithredu diwydiannol dros yr wythnosau nesaf a hefyd pam rydym ni’n cymryd y camau hyn. Rydym ni’n awyddus iawn i glywed gennych chi hefyd: beth yw’ch pryderon, sut y gallem gyfathrebu â chi a chadw cyswllt â chi ac, os ydych chi’n cefnogi ein gweithredu, sut y gallwch chithau chwarae rhan i ddangos eich cefnogaeth.
Message from Aberystwyth University College Union (UCU)
Calling all AU students! Come and meet us on the Art Centre concourse this Monday between 12.00 and 2.00! Your lecturers and tutors who are taking part in strike action are holding a lunchtime info stand on Monday 13th Feb to meet you and answer your questions.
We’d like to let you know as much as possible about the industrial action over the coming weeks and also why we’re undertaking it. We’d really like to hear from you as well, what your concerns are, how we can communicate and keep in touch with you, and, if you support our action, how you can get involved in demonstrating your support.
… and not a local one?
This dispute is a national dispute. Negotiations over pay and working conditions are conducted and agreed between representatives of the university businesses (UCEA) and the representatives of their staff (UCU), NOT between staff and managers of individual universities.
The strikes can only be called off by national agreements.
We explain why we think we are where we are here …
United – members of the UCU, NEU and PCS unions marched in numbers through Aberystwyth
It was windy. And there were a lot of us.
Covered in full in the Cambrian News here
The rally revealed our shared concerns and hardships over:
This is what our fight is about. Solidarity. And pushing for change for the better.
There are seven trades unions taking industrial action across the country on Wednesday 1st Feb.
Many of them will be meeting up at 11.45am at the University entrance and marching to a rally at St. Paul’s Methodist Centre at 12.30.
Whether you are in UCU, another union or just feel a need to show support for public sector workers come and join us.
Statement of support for Aber UCU action from Ben Lake MP – 31/01/23
I stand in unity with all UCU, NEU and PCS members who are striking today. We know that the disputes that have prompted this industrial action are longstanding.
Long before the current cost-of-living crisis university staff had suffered prolonged degradation of their pay and working conditions, and a decade of austerity has inflicted similar strains on all public services.
We know that pay for those working in higher education has fallen behind inflation by over 25% since 2009, pensions have been slashed, and over the same period workloads have risen. The same is true for those working in education and public services.
I believe UCU’s demands in its dispute are reasonable, realistic, and affordable – they are the least our university staff deserve. Decent pay rises, an end to insecure employment and fair pensions can and should be delivered.
The same is true of the action taken by NEU and PCS members, and with this in mind it is important to note that today’s strike action coincides with the TUC’s ‘protect the right to strike’ day. Union members across the UK are protesting against the UK Government’s plans to introduce strict anti-strike measures through parliament.
The right to strike is a fundamental right, and I strongly oppose the Government’s attempt to curtail the rights of workers. It is preposterous for the Government to talk about minimum service levels when a decade of austerity has undermined our public services terribly, leaving them falling apart at the seams. I will continue to oppose this deeply damaging legislation and will keep standing up for the rights of our keyworkers.
I am proud to show my support today for all workers taking action to defend their pay and conditions; to defend our public services and the higher education sector; and to protect the fundamental right to strike.
