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🎵On the 14th day of striking, my union gave to me
14 bunnies on a #virtualpicket...🎵

@ucu #UCUstrike #UCUstrikesback #wewillbeinventingnumberstofitthesong
🎵On the 13th day of striking, my union gave to me
13 hardship fund donations...🎵

@UCU #UCUstrike #UCUstrikesback
🎵On the 12th day of striking, my union gave to me
12 sunny picket lines... 🎵

@UCU #UCUstrike #UCUstrikesback
🎵 On the 11th day of striking, my union gave to me
11 rooms full of zine-makers... 🎵
🎵On the 11th day of striking, my union gave to me
11 running pickets... 🎵

(we know, we know, but sometimes you get two presents on the same day!)

@ucu #UCUstrike #UCUstrikesback
🎵 On the 10th day of striking, my union gave to me
10 #feministpicket s... 🎵

@ucu #UCUstrike #UCUstrikesback

🎵 On the 9th day of striking, my union gave to me
9 adapted sing-alongs... 🎵

@ucu #UCUstrike #UCUstrikesback
🎵 On the 8th day of striking, my union gave to me
8 acts of solidarity... 🎵

@ucu #UCUstrike #UCUstrikesback

🎵 On the 7th day of striking, my union gave to me
7 archaeology teachouts... 🎵
🎵 On the 6th day of striking, my union gave to me
6 sharky goose masks... 🎵 @SolidarityShark

@ucu #UCUstrike #UCUstrikesback

🎵 On the 5th day of striking, my union gave to me
5 solidarity socials... 🎵

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🎵 On the 4th day of striking, my union gave to me
4 rounds of chanting NO 3, JUST 3, EXACTLY 3... 🎵

🎵 On the 3rd day of striking, my union gave to me
3 crafting workshops... 🎵

@ucu #UCUstrike #UCUstrikesback
🎵 On the 2nd day of striking, my union gave to me
2, no actually way more than 2, homemade placards... 🎵

@ucu #UCUstrike #UCUstrikesback

🎵 On the 1st day of striking, my union gave to me
A speech that sums up why we strike 🎵

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Kay Paterson-Bassett
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Before working in Higher Education I used to be in Resource and Planning for a large charity

Basically workload planning and modelling

So here is some basic information of things you should include in a workload model for it to work (1/?)
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1) First step how many hours are there that people are scheduled to work within the timeframe.

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UniTemps is a spin-off company born at the University of Warwick that claims to have paid almost £42 million in wages last year, with most of its activity concentrated through franchise branches in the UK (e.g. in Manchester, Nottingham, and London).

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“I passed my viva 7 years ago. Since then I have had over ten fixed term contracts of varying lengths and pay. The best (and worst) contracts were ones where I was paid a decent wage for a decent amount of time (3 contracts over 5 years at the same uni). 1/13 #UCUstrike
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Claire Support-the-UCU-Strike Smith
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THREAD: There will be a whole pack of resources released from the NUS next week on the UCU strikes that are taking place across UK universities 25th November to 4th December, but in the meantime, here’s my thoughts on why and how we support the strike! #UCUstrike #UCUstrikesback
We support the strike because we care about the lives of people who work in our unis and colleges: we take their welfare seriously and believe that it’s unacceptable that they have to work beyond their contracted hours while their jobs become less secure.
Staff shoulder the burden of successive cuts to our education. Strike action makes the importance of staff labour visible by removing it. We take for granted the way that staff continue to work under poor conditions.
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