Sam Morecroft News Today

Trade unionists in Sheffield pay tribute to those killed at work, and demand better health and safety

Ballots slipped through letterboxes for education workers in the University and College Union (UCU) from 25 January. Incumbent Jo Grady is being challenged for general secretary (GS), and there are elections for the National Executive (NEC) members and for the union vice-president (who becomes president after two years). Voting closes 1 March. In online hustings this week Grady admitted her term had not been easy, blaming the difficulties on having to implement an industrial strategy that was no...

A lecturer explained, “If you inject market forces you are getting increasingly poorer education and the money is just being sucked out of the system.”