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David Whyte is on #UCUstrike Profile picture
David Whyte is on #UCUstrike
@d_whyte100
Teacher & writer. Bylines- @guardianopinon @Independent @RedPepperMag @BellaCaledonia. Author- Ecocide: Kill the Corporation Before it Kills Us (@ManchesterUP).
Jan 21, 2022 • 11 tweets • 6 min read
And so the @LivUni Vice Chancellor, Dame Janet Beer, is preparing to leave.

So what will her legacy be?

(Spoiler: I have been a local UCU trade union officer for 3 years & this might affect what I’m about to say, but don't worry I’ll stick to the objective facts).

1/11 As President of #UUK, she led the employers side into the biggest national industrial action in the history of the union (the 2018 pensions strike).

This same dispute has provoked strikes to secure our pensions every since year since 2018. Watch this space...

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