Grant Buttars

I agree completely

General Secretary Jo Grady is on the picket line today in Dundee and at a mass solidarity rally in Edinburgh at lunchtime. UCU president Dyfrig Jones and vice president Mark Pendleton are on the picket line in Nottingham. Solidarity to every member taking action and fighting back.

Day 4 of the UCU workers' strike against massive job cuts. “Senior management can stop this strike by prioritizing cuts to non-staff budgets and stopping redundancies that are decimating our university, while leaving those who remain with an unmanageable workload & exhaustion." UCUE co-president

Day 3 of the UCU workers' strike against 1000s of job cuts at the University of Edinburgh. UoE's VC Peter Mathieson earns nearly half a million pounds. Under him, the UoE has acquired over £1billion of capital assets, for which the UoE continues to pay in spiralling interest and depreciation.

Day 2 of the UCU workers' strike at the University of Edinburgh. The 1,800 jobs UCU estimates will be cut is unprecedented in Scottish higher education. It is happening in the wealthiest Scottish university, and the third richest in the UK, currently sitting with over £3billion reserves.

Scenes from the Picket Lines: Day 2 of the UCU workers' strike against the University of Edinburgh's avaricious, exorbitantly paid senior management and their campaign of mass cuts against staff.

Day 1 of the strike by the workers of UCU Edinburgh against the manufactured deficit (which is not really a deficit), and against a senior management earning millions while staff disappear and education suffers. Solidarity against this parasitical form of management of our higher education.

UCU picket at the Infomatics Building, Edinburgh University

capital expenditure at University of Edinburgh where UCU members are on strike from today due to threats of 1000 jobs: www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/blog/depreci...

Day 1 of our strike at the University of Edinburgh while senior management shrugs and says 'crisis, what crisis?' at the complaints about the inevitable falling educational standards and job losses.

Oh look, a new top-down, abstraction of a ‘campaign’ that completely disregards the democratic decisions that have already been made and the real fights we are in the middle of 🤯.

“Every lost job, every course closed and every cut to student support is a political choice.” Dr Jo Grady Scotland’s universities face a £200m funding gap. The consequences are already clear: job cuts, course closures and staff and students pushed to breaking point.

#OtD 25 Aug 1921 the Battle of Blair Mountain, the largest armed rebellion in the US since the civil war, began. 10,000 striking West Virginia coal miners battled with armed strikebreakers following the killing of miners, until disarmed by federal troops workingclasshistory.com/2018/06/09/w...

In 2017, Prof. Jason Arday authored this report for @ucu.org.uk 'Black and minority ethnic doctoral students' perceptions of an academic career' www.ucu.org.uk/article/8822...

RIP Jason Arday. This is so tragic and horrific.

WE HAD A DEAL! Watt happened? HWUCU back on strike today because our employer has signalled they won't keep their side of a deal made in June to protect jobs. No Compulsory Redundancy. @ucu.org.uk @joshpizpom.bsky.social @timeshighered.bsky.social @theferret.scot @ucuscotland.bsky.social

Reminder: - Migrants didn’t sell off our country’s social housing stock, successive governments did. - Everyone deserves a secure, affordable place to live. - Evicting our friends and neighbours is cruel, divisive and would do absolutely nothing to solve the housing crisis 🧵

I wonder what else might come to light about Liddle I. The next few months. Keep receipts like these everyone…

What is the actual national strategy for opposing cuts/redundancies outlined here? "a rounded UCU approach" Reject the pay offer but vote no to IA over pay to "send a clear[?] message to UCEA that this is unacceptable" Instead focus on "amplifying local redundancy disputes" No strategy at all.

Surely this is bringing the union into disrepute.

Hard-right MP Rupert Lowe’s claim that the Dunblane massacre was “just one murder” has been branded “despicable” by the town’s MSP

So management came to us last week with an offer to end the boycott. It increased buy outs for VR, extended the VR time, and offered to pay back some of the pay they stole from those participating in IA.

SUTR Scotland statement: 5,000 stand united after Leith and Edinburgh racist stabbings

When you scapegoat the vulnerable for your own comfort or convenience or because of your own ignorance, you are licking the very boots that will happily stomp all over you.

A wee group of angry balaclava and mask-wearing anti-immigration guys tried to stop the good people of Glasgow showing solidarity with migrants and standing up to racism and fascism. Well, the far right are far outnumbered... #RefugeesWelcome #MigrantsWelcome #NeighboursNotStrangers #Glasgow

THE STREET ARE OURS: THOUSANDS OF ANTIRACISTS RECLAIM THE STREETS IN GLASGOW AND HUMILIATE FAR RIGHT THUGS Glasgow reclaimed the streets from the far right today!

Today 1pm. Buchanan steps, Glasgow. #NoPasaran All You Fascists Bound to Lose

Anti-racism campaigners will gather in Glasgow on Saturday to 'reclaim our streets' in the wake of 'race riots' in the city centre, here's what you need to know 👇

Join the campaign to save jobs at the University of Dundee. Emergency Public Meeting - Monday 22nd June, 6pm at Dundee Central Library.

In case you were wondering why the Belfast Pogrom is so serious …

We condemn the monstrous attack that took place on Monday evening on Stephen Ogilvy. Our thoughts are with him and his family. There can never be any justification for racism, vigilantism, or collective blame. Please read our full statement: ucu.org.uk/article/1454...

Equality is not conditional. Dignity at work is not negotiable. The EHRC Code of Practice has been published. UCU is examining it urgently. This is a significant and unsettling moment and we will not leave branches to navigate it alone. www.ucu.org.uk/article/1451...

“Trans women are women” - our members.

UCU President Maria Chondriagianni opened Congress 2026 with a rallying call to defend post-16 education: “Time is not on our side. We don’t have two or three years to wait.”

Resist Reform #StopTheBoaks

After the resignations: How Your Party lost Scotland revsoc21.uk/2026/04/17/a...

When the party’s over 🎶

The Certification Officer has issued his decision in Blake & McGaughey v UCU. My initial response is here: vickyblakeucu.uk/2026/03/31/t... I urge members to read the full ruling rather than relying on the summary emailed to all members by HQ today. assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69cbcb...

On the march against the far right group 'Unite the Clans' in Edinburgh today.

Vile far right / anti trans thugs target Hannah Spencer in Manchester bsky.app/profile/thir...

Ballot posted this morning @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social A luta continua ✊