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What's the truth about the @ucu and @DrJoGrady? Here's my take:
We are in the middle of a very difficult and important dispute with the employers. There's been some progress, but it's not going brilliantly and there have been several missteps by the leadership...
We are in the middle of a very difficult and important dispute with the employers. There's been some progress, but it's not going brilliantly and there have been several missteps by the leadership...
... and @DrJoGrady in particular - misjudging the mood and misrepresenting a proposed settlement.
Nevertheless, the union provides an indispensable insurance policy for members in day to day conflicts with management. Many union people know this and are excellent
Nevertheless, the union provides an indispensable insurance policy for members in day to day conflicts with management. Many union people know this and are excellent
...case workers, who understand the sector, the law, and basic employment rights, and work hard for members. There are good arguments for staying in, and for getting stuck into the dispute over pay pensions, and against casualisation and discrimination...
... But @DrJoGrady knows that she is losing the confidence of the membership in that industrial struggle. She has a political obsession with 'trans rights' and is turning on people in the sector, inside and outside the union, in an attempt to deflect from her poor leadership...
... the successful libel case brought by @PaulEmbery is monumentally embarrassing for her, aside from widespread concerns about the leadership of the dispute...
... and the deflection from that is also obvious: "look, I'm vilified for defending trans rights, not for behaving like an idiot on Twitter"
In all this, Grady is taking members for a ride. The truth is that, whilst the mechanisms of some UCU branches are captured, there is ...
In all this, Grady is taking members for a ride. The truth is that, whilst the mechanisms of some UCU branches are captured, there is ...
... very widespread disquiet in the sector *and amongst union members* about the treatment of (eg) @Docstockk and many others.
Grady can't articulate her position on trans rights and academic freedom properly, and may not be around for much longer. These are difficult...
Grady can't articulate her position on trans rights and academic freedom properly, and may not be around for much longer. These are difficult...
... times to be a @ucu member who thinks carefully about sex and gender, and it is more than annoying to have a failing GS who doesn't understand the job. But I think these time will pass, and also that we need desperately need a union that fights *seriously* ...
... for the collective interests of academic and academic-related staff in the sector.
One day we will get it back.
One day we will get it back.
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