A pause in the strikes …
… while real negotiations get under way.
After months of inaction by the employers there has been some progress.
To provide space to see if this can be turned into a set of national agreements to deal with the causes of the industrial action strikes have been paused for the next two weeks – though ready to re-start at a moments notice.
To review WHY these strikes have happened read here.
“With our brothers and our sisters, together we will stand
There is power in a union”
https://twitter.com/ucu/status/1626650378782576644?s=20
What the papers say …
More specifically the >> Cambrian News ask “Why are you on strike?”
Casualisation undermines higher education
Our Anti-casualisation officer Dr Marc Welsh explains why he is striking. pic.twitter.com/VSKLLR4h1z
— UCU Aberystwyth (@UCU_Aberystwyth) February 14, 2023
Voices from the pickets
ABER UCU Staff explain why THEY are on strike
Watch and share …
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And our fab students have been supporting us too.
@ucuaberystwyth Why students are supporting the #UCU strike. #ucurising
Zero Hours
https://twitter.com/ucu/status/1624403595633491970?s=20&t=sNX24SoZbL5il3g-iazDVA
Staff strikers speak to AU students
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.
Why is this a national dispute …
… 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 …