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Strike report - day 6 (Mon 2 Dec)
3 December 2019
Day 6 Brief Report: Picketing continued across the majority of central UCL sites. Since the beginning of our action we have distributed ~30,000 leaflets to staff and students across the UCL campus, including a locally-designed leaflet to encourage student support.
Campus was extremely quiet yesterday morning. Thanks to the many members who are striking at home, some departments effectively closed. But this is also an active strike campaign. Alongside the meetings, rallies and marches, many union groups in departments continue to organise Teach-Outs that are proving popular with staff and students.
Tomorrow’s Strike Committee meeting will take place at 12:00 in the Tudor Room, Imperial Hotel, 61-66 Russell Square, London WC1B 5BB. Teach-Outs take place immediately after.
FE staff at Tower Hamlets College have sent us a message of support. They are on strike tomorrow and Wednesday over pay and insecure contracts, and will join us for the #IncludeUS rally (see below)
Day 7 Teach-Out
On the day of Donald Trump’s visit to London, come along to discuss the impact of racism on campus and opportunities to resist.
Title: “Resist Trump – Defend Migrants – End the Hostile Environment”
Venue: The Tudor Room, Imperial Hotel, London WC1B 5BB.
Speakers:
- Bell Ribeiro-Addy, Labour Candidate for Streatham.
- Malu Gatto (UCL Institute of the Americas).
- Nadia Sayed, Stand Up To Racism.
- And more...
As they become available we will be sharing details of departmental Teach-Outs on our website and on our social media channels (see below).
The Stop Trump Coalition has called a protest from 16:00 in Trafalgar Square and the UCL branch banner will be there.
Day 8 Advance Notes:
The IWGB is calling strike action this Wednesday - join UCU / IWGB rally
We will be holding a solidarity rally with the IWGB on Wednesday. Meet at UCL Main Gates on Gower St., 10:30am. Further details TBC.
The IWGB is calling strike action on Wednesday for hundreds of security, porters and cleaning staff who are employed by outsourced companies at UCL. UCL management have this time been a bit more prepared and have warned that many more buildings will close – if they have not already been closed by our strikes.
Day of action for Disability Equality in Education - rally Wednesday
Wednesday 4 December is our day of action for disability equality in education.
There will be a London Region UCU rally at Hamilton House (the HQ of the National Education Union) at 13:00.
Invited Speakers: Mike Rosen, TUC Disabled Members Committee, Alliance for Inclusive Education, NEU, UNISON, National Union of Students, Disabled People Against Cuts + UCU activists on #includeUS actions & where next for our strike.
UCL UCU Executive Committee