#ucuRISING: Analysis

This page serves as a growing list of articles discussing the next steps in our dispute. They are offered, in chronological order and with no comment and we encourage members to read without prejudice.

• A Guide For Reps: Questions Resulting From the General Secretary’s Video (Matt Perry, Newcastle UCU and NEC: personal capacity, undated)

• Defend UCU democracy; escalate to win! (Workers' Liberty, 13 Dec 2022)

• For action that can win – shut down the campuses! (UCU Left, 14 Dec 2022)

• How to build an indefinite strike (The University Worker, 14 Dec 2022)

• Reverse USS (Deepa Driver, Marion Hersh and others, blog from 14 Dec 2022)

• “Making Employers Sweat 2023” – Some Positive Ideas for Effective Escalation (UCU Commons, 16 Dec 2022)

• What the hell is going on? Next Steps in the UCU Higher Education Dispute (Socialist Alternative, 16 Dec 2022)

• How to Stop a University (Zara Dinnen, James Eastwood, 18 Dec 2022)

• Strike Action Strategy (General Secretary, 20 Dec 2022)

• How to win a campaign (Michael Abberton, 21 Dec 2022)

• Proposal for Indefinite but Discontionuous Action, 4 days per week (Sarah Joss, 21 Dec 2022)

• Where to now? Some background and thoughts on strike action proposals for spring 2023 (Nicola Pratt, Jan 2022)

• Why we need real democracy in UCU (UCU Left, 3 Jan 2023)

• Striking Options: on discontinuous indefinite action (various members, 04 Jan 2023)

• The Case for Indefinite Rolling Strike Action (Mario Prost, 4 Jan 2023)

• The HEC Rationale for All Out Action (Saira Weiner, 04 Jan 2023)

• Strategic Action Gets the Goods! The Case for Targeted Action and a Summer Marking Boycott to Maximise Our Leverage at the Bargaining Table (Katy Fox-Hodess and others, 4 Jan 2023)

• UCU dispute: Escalate university strikes to win (rs21 members in UCU, 4 Jan 2023)

• 2023: The year our side breaks through or another missed opportunity? (UCU Left, 5 Jan 2023)

• Is it time for UCU members to go on indefinite strike? (Jak Peake, Adam Ozanne, 6 Jan 2023)

• Brief Explainer for understanding HE negotiations over pay and working conditions (UCU HE Negotiators, 13 Feb 2023)

• Toward a rank-and-file caucus in UCU (Dan Davison, 16 Feb 2023)

• Let us be crystal clear: this is shit (The University Worker, 17 Feb 2023)

• UCU & Decision Making at ACAS (Sylvia de Mars, 18 Feb 2023)

• What is on the Table (Michael Carley, 19 Feb 2023)

• The Pause and UCU Decision Making (Vicky Blake, 19 Feb 2023)

• Why are we waiting? (Sarah Joss, 20 Feb 2023)

  
  

Earlier Articles

• UCU Needs a Fighting Strategy (Corona Contract, 31 May 2022)

• Effective Industrial Action: What Does It Look Like? (UCU Commons, 14 Apr 2022)

Please email ucu.comms@ed.ac.uk to suggest any additions to this list.