Category: Industrial Action
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Wednesday was noisy, let’s make Thursday massive
Tuesday’s focus was on the Cavendish Building which the University has recently spent more than £70 million on. Staff and students on the picket line were asking whether this was money wisely spent in a period in which the University was about to enter a financial crisis. The slogan has emerged that the University is prioritising ‘bricks…
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Tuesday was awesome, Wednesday is Cavendish day!
Next picket at The Cavendish Building at 9.30am Wednesday 3rd December. Tuesday’s strike was an enormous success. We had over 100 picketers out, spread across four campuses (with the now infamous running picket moving between all of the Derby campuses). We also received some great news coverage (e.g. in the Derby Telegraph) and lots of…
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It’s strikemas eve!
Tomorrow we strike! So, make sure that you come down to the pickets! This is where we will be… 2-4 Dec All out on pickets for strike action: TUESDAY 2 DECEMBER, 08.30- 12.00 – STRIKE DAY Kedleston, Markeaton + Brit Mill, Friar Gate + Cavendish, Chesterfield WEDNESDAY 3 DECEMBER, 09.30 – 12.00 – STRIKE DAY…
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Strike action and hardship fund
In case of genuine financial hardship, UCU Derby invites applications to its local hardship fund for partial compensation for strike-related pay deductions covering the first two strike days. Eligibility criteria have to be met. Paid-up UCU members can also apply to the National UCU Fighting Fund for reimbursement for strike-related pay deductions, from the third…
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Join the picket line
We will be striking Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday this week to challenge the University’s redundancies and course closures. Please come along and support us by joining the picket and participating in the activities that are planned. Tuesday 2nd December. 8.30am-12noon. Pickets at Kedleston Road, Markeaton Street / Britainnia Mill, Cavendish / OFGS and Chesterfield. We…
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Strike programme
Next week, our planned strike action will take place on Tues 2, Wed 3 and Thurs 4th December. We need members to turn out in numbers on the picket line for maximum impact, so please come along for as much as you feel able, while making time to rest. The picket line will be a very…
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Explainer: What do I have to do if I’m striking?
UCU Derby has formally notified the university of our intention as a branch to take strike action, following a mandate from the membership. This is in response to the exec’s failure to guarantee no compulsory redundancies or course closures during the 2025/26 academic year and their decision to move to make 260 people redundant. The…
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University of Derby strike days
UCU Derby has announced its intention to take strike action on Tuesday 2nd, Wednesday 3rd, and Thursday 4th December 2025. We are calling on the University’s management to enter negotiations with us in advance of these days to try and stop the strike. Recent decisions by the University of Nottingham and Lancaster University to agree to…
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Derby votes for industrial action
DERBY VOTES FOR STRIKE ACTION 82.21% DERBY VOTES FOR ASOS 93.25% UCU Derby has just announced that there was overwhelming support for the branch to take industrial action in the face of the University’s plan for redundancies. We received an unprecedented turnout of 66.4% in the ballot and the vote was won by a huge majority…
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Last chance to vote
The UCU Derby ballot on strike and actions short of strike closes on the 11th of November (ballots have to have reached by the date at noon). Please post your ballot as soon as possible. If you have not received your ballot yet, you have time till Tuesday 4th November (12 noon) to ask for a…
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