UCU Bury College

Eid Mubarak to all of our friends and comrades who are celebrating today. Best wishes for a joyful and peaceful Eid al Fitr.

Ramadan Mubarak to all our Muslim friends and comrades. May this holy month be a time of peace, health and happiness.

📣Unite UCU TU Victimisation Strike Rally ⏰ Weds 18 Feb @ 7pm 📍Mechanics’ Institute, Manchester 💻 Register for online access: unitetheunion-org.zoom.us/j/91984786788?… 🗣️Please share ☺️Everyone welcome ✊✊✊ #HandsOffMarie #UniteAgainstVictimisation

Read our round-up of union activity in the UK and from around the world, including anti-union lawfare in Birmingham, further education strikes, and another general strike in India. Read all about it: pcs.org.uk/news-events/ne… #PCS

The vicitimisation of trade union activists affects us all. Even more so when it's done *by our own union* 🤯 Sending much solidarity to @UniteUCU & asking everyone to write to the GS to put an end to this. (and @The_TUC, please have a word...) #HandsOffMarie

400 jobs at risk. A campus set to close. This film explains what’s happening at the University of Essex and why staff, students and the local community are organising to stop it. 📍 Southend rally | 5 February | The Forum | Elmer Square | Southend on Sea | 12 PM

📣 Make some noise for our members in Diligenta, striking for fair pay in Reading, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool & Stirling. Please like, comment or share @TCS_UKI

Solidarity with healthcare assistants on strike for the pay they are owed ✊ The trust has accepted they were not on the right grade but have refused to pay a fair deal for the work staff have already done. london.unison.org.uk/2026/01/19/hea… #PayFairForPatientCare

Solidarity with all branches striking this week for better pay, workload and conditions ✊️

You don’t fix the skills crisis while underpaying FE staff. @HelenHayesMP challenged the PM on pay parity asking how colleges can attract industry experts without proper pay.

At 8.04am on 22 December 2020 we launched #StrikeMap. Below is our first ever post 👇 5 years, putting struggle on the map 5 years, supporting striking workers 5 years, building solidarity Grab a copy of our 'story so far' photobook here: bit.ly/SM5yearhardback

Please share this video showing how to turn off alerts on a hidden phone. It takes just a minute - but it could save someone’s life. Android phone - m.youtube.com/watch?v=fIuzUU… iPhone - m.youtube.com/watch?v=ch2ifa…

On 07/09/25 at 3pm, the gov't will send an emergency alert to every mobile phone in the UK. Many women living with an abuser keep a hidden second phone. If that phone makes a sound, it could be discovered. The consequences could be devastating.

Unity Is Strength @RMTunion members supporting the #BirminghamBinStrike today at the #Megapicket

"We stand in full solidarity with the resident doctors of England taking strike action from 25 to 30 July. Their fight is not only about pay but about respect, dignity, and the future of our public services" Full statement from @DrJoGrady on the @TheBMA industrial action here ⬇️ ucu.org.uk/article/14121/…

For ALL Women and Girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment. #InternationalWomensDay #IWD25 #IWD2025

So instead of focusing on helping catch up on the backlog, they suggest withdrawing the support of Access to Work altogether. Absolutely senseless. disabilitynewsservice.com/minister-sugge…

Breaking: The government has confirmed it will axe English and maths functional skills exit requirements for adult apprentices with immediate effect Ministers also reveal the apprenticeship minimum duration will be reduced from 12 to 8 months #NAW2025 buff.ly/4jTvPYr