Sheffield: Trade unionists demand end to deaths at work
Trade unionists in Sheffield pay tribute to those killed at work, and demand better health and safety
Source: yahoo.com
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Oust Grady, vote for democracy
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 not of her design (despite implementation being her actual job).
Source: workersliberty.org
University of Sheffield International College staff mount first strike at a UK private higher education provider
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.”
Source: wsws.org