Thread by @LabWomenDec

This is a new low, even by @ucu standards. We call on @ucu to take action against the branch committee who clearly are unfit for office. In this message they've confirmed their opposition to academic freedom and to representing all members. #IStandWithKathleenStock

https://twitter.com/Docstockk/status/1447863827018702855

We further call on academics at @SussexUni and on @ucu members to condemn this statement. Even if you don't agree with @Docstockk's views, the next ideology that presents itself as unassailable on campus may be less to your taste. Academic freedom matters.

The statement from Sussex's @ucu branch is an authoritarian edict about what academics can and can't say in their teaching and research, dressed up in the clothes of corporate EDI. It has nothing to do with equality - it's misogynistic thought policing. #IStandWithKathleenStock

If @ucu allow the branch committee and officers at Sussex to remain in post, they're effectively saying they don't support women - at least, not uppity women who think for themselves. Their position is untenable. #IStandWithKathleenStock

Looks like we need to address the role of @ucu in our statement of support for @Docstockk which we published at the weekend. Utterly shameful to see a union which should promote academic freedom joining the witch-hunt. #ShameOnUCU #IStandWithKathleenStock labourwomensdeclaration.org.uk/news/we-stand-…

Call us naive but we're truly dismayed by how quickly our tweet thread went out of date. @UCU, the union backing campaigns of intimidation against women workers. #IStandWithKathleenStock