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Guys umm maybe I`m posting this prematurely but... pray for the situation in Romania...
A huge teacher`s strike is planned for the 22nd of May and if it goes according to plan it should be a nation-wide thing. I will elaborate as time goes on
UCU Strikes
My branch of UCU has been engaging in a marking and assessment boycott in the face of mounting pressure, poor pay, and gender and ethnicity pay gaps - unfortunately, I've been unable to join in this action as I have no marking or assessment responsibilities!
During this period, workers have been refusing to carry out any marking. The university has decided to dock 50% of their pay (it was 100% but that wound up even the most neoliberal leaning workers), despite the fact that marking is less than 50% of what they do.
Because of this, my branch (and a couple of others) has voted to go onto strike.
If you can, please do show some support to striking university staff. We're a bit shattered, and this strike is showing just what we're willing to do for even minor improvements. It's rough at the moment.
Most people have been incredibly supportive but there has been a LOT of union busting from the higher ups. Scabs have been hired, anti-union propaganda has been distributed to the staff and students, and the news media has been playing the "Striking staff don't care about students", which is a very common line. If we didn't care about students and other workers, we wouldn't be on strike! Our working environment is their learning and research environment!
Plan C MCR made this flyer for the education strike on Thursday here in the UK. It's being spread all over the place. It might be of interest to some of you, some of you might even want to use it.
On the day we'll be tweeting from @weareplanc
