Yesterday’s picket line was strong once again, with staff and students showing up to shout and wave banners, while also enjoying the occasional strike muffin. Today our picket line will be digital – but we will be out in force for the Decommodify Education Festival later today!
One of the main developments that has come over the past few days relates to future action – what happens if UCEA don’t come to an agreement with UCU by the end of this week? Well, the suggestion is a move to boycott marking, followed by potential further strike action during the summer exam and marking period. This is something that both staff and students would be eager to avoid, so let’s hope UCEA see sense and agree with our negotiators!
Some of our members were invited to speak at a rally for Rebecca Long-Bailey yesterday, and went to return the support that Bournemouth Labour have shown us over the past few weeks.
The main thing that we will be shouting about today however is our Decommodify Education Festival – our teach out which begins today! Look out for posts and tweets promoting this later today!
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