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Regine Pilling

@regipilling.bsky.social
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She / Her. I teach Politics at Capital City College and I'm also the UCU Branch Sec and on UCU NEC for London & East FE.

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 25/02/2026
Reform mayor of Lincolnshire has voted to slash ESOL. A clear signal of the damage Reform intends to inflict on our communities. Demanding migrants speak English then cutting the very provision that makes that possible. www.ucu.org.uk/article/1441...
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Reform cuts ESOL funding as it doesn't help "native Lincolnshire people"
Responding to a report that Reform mayor of Lincolnshire Andrea Jenkyns is pushing ahead with plans to scrap all funding for English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) from 2027, UCU attacked the ...
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
I will never get used to the disdain our country holds for brown and Black children. From Palestine to Iran to Sudan, we normalize the destruction of schools and hospitals and daycares. We reduce children to death tolls and their futures to rubble with no consequence or second thought.
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Peace & Justice Project @peaceandjustice.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
🚨 HANDS OFF IRAN Join the emergency demonstration at Downing Street at 3:30PM today and oppose the US and Israel illegal war on Iran 👇
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Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
🚨 FIFTH consecutive vote for industrial action 🚨 🔥 Two week ballot window 🔥 75% turnout 🔥 73% YES to strike action 🔥 81% YES to ASOS Our members will not tolerate victimisation and won’t be intimidated. UCU staff are not the enemy. It’s beyond time for the GS to talk to us. #HandsOffMarie
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Regine Pilling @regipilling.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Have you posted that ballot yet? Many will have them hidden on their desk under piles of marking, or somewhere in the bottom of their bag... Please vote - the leadership of UCU really matters! 🙏 If you believe branches by themselves can't solve this crisis - we need national unity. Vote left!
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Sean Wallis @seanawallis.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Please sign and circulate. NUS gets ministers to debate the student loan fiasco. Student loans were mis-sold: they were presented as a loan that students would be able to pay off, not a 9% tax. @ucu.org.uk @nus-uk.bsky.social @ucu-solidarity.bsky.social the.organise.network/campaigns/ra...
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Rachel Reeves: Stop the student debt trap!
Rachel Reeves can't ignore the student loan crisis any longer. Sign this petition now to show that we won't stop until it's fixed:
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Together Alliance @togetheralliance.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
📍START POINT ANNOUNCEMENT Park Lane, Central London. Nearest tube: Hyde Park Corner 28 March. Noon. Full route, bloc map and accessibility information coming soon.
An aerial satellite view of a city serves as the background for an announcement graphic. In the center, a cream-colored rectangular box with rounded corners displays text in two different styles.

At the top, the words "START POINT ANNOUNCED" are written in bold, black, sans-serif capital letters.

Below this, hand-written style text in orange-red reads:

Park Lane, Central London

28th March @ 12pm

At the bottom of the cream box is a black and white logo that reads "TOGETHER" in a stylized, bold font, with the words "AGAINST THE FAR RIGHT" in smaller block letters underneath.

The background map shows a dense urban area with historical buildings and a large green park featuring a body of water on the left side.
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
: Half of UK universities face a deficit next year. Up to 50 could close. That is a sector in crisis. Simply blaming a tuition fee freeze and nudging fees up with inflation is not a plan. Where is the long-term strategy for higher education? #Universities #HigherEducation
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University of Nottingham UCU branch @uonucu.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
In an unprecedented move, one reflective of the deeply unprecedented times at our university, UoN branches of three different unions (@UCU.org.uk, @unisonorg.uk, and Unite) have all successfully passed motions of no confidence in the Vice Chancellor and the entire executive board.
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Regine Pilling @regipilling.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
*UCU NEC elections* Thurs = Last safe day to post! UCU Left candidates are rooted in their branches & regions. They're active- campaigning for better pay & conditions, countering casualistion, protecting & promoting equality, trans rights & anti-war. Please vote! uculeft.org/nec-elections-2026/
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christinapaine.bsky.social @christinapaine.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Join our open solidarity Rally with guests Jo Grady and Kate Bell and student and staff contributions and questions Monday 2nd 5:30 pm online *Mar 2, 2026 05:30 PM* us06web.zoom.us/j/8379504192... Meeting ID: 837 9504 1929 Passcode: 983908
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Reform UK 'tax calculator' shows plans will most benefit super-rich
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Reform UK 'tax calculator' shows lowest-paid get 'next to nothing' in tax cut plan
REFORM UK’s new “tax calculator” lays bare how the party will offer the steepest tax cuts to the wealthiest people in Scotland.
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Dundee UCU @ducuuo.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
An excellent article summarising the strength of feeling on campus against the VS scheme and its timing, at the University of Dundee. thejutejournal.com/2026/02/22/i...
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“Irreparable Damage”: University Face Backlash After Voluntary Severance Scheme Announced.
Dundee University has faced backlash after announcing a further 180 FTE staff cuts through voluntary severance. This announcement arrives in the middle of a major restructuring of the eight schools…
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Regine Pilling @regipilling.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Youth unemployment is at an 11 year high - 16.1% of 16 - 24 year olds are out of work, education or training. Here is a piece by myself and Sean Vernell, standing for UCU NEC (London & East FE) arguing why the TUs need to build a campaign to change this. www.reginepilling.com/updates/yout...
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RP4VP Update | Youth unemployment is a political choice: UCU & the trade union movement must respond
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Regine Pilling @regipilling.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Packed workshop - "Building unity: how can unions be better?" Since 2008 real term pay has dropped, yet productivity has increases. The rich are getting, richer and we're getting poorer. Reform UK can grow in these conditions. TUs need to take on these arguments @togetheralliance.bsky.social
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Regine Pilling @regipilling.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Agnes Peters, UNISON member leading campaign for Migrant Fair Visas was incredibly powerful. Trade unions need to work together to protect migrant rights - division and oppression only benefits the bosses. We must stand together - fair visas for all! @unison.org.uk @togetheralliance.bsky.social
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Regine Pilling @regipilling.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Sharon Graham, UNITE GS - on absolute 🔥 Clearly laying out how Reform UK have been able to grow - workers have been made to pay time and time again. Labour have failed to turn this around. A wealth tax needs to be introduced now. @togetheralliance.bsky.social @unitetheunion.bsky.social
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Regine Pilling @regipilling.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Workers against the far right organising conference is about to start. Incredibly important event to build the fight back against the rise of Reform UK - they are preying on those disillusioned and left behind. Trade unions need to fight for all, to counter the far right
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christinapaine.bsky.social @christinapaine.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Join us 1-2 pm Nothing Holloway road february 23rd
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Sean Wallis @seanawallis.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Zionism was a minority movement among Eastern European Jews until the Nazi Holocaust. The dominant view of my grandparents' generation (see, eg. the Bund) was to stand and resist oppression, even race riots (pogroms). Now there can be no doubt. Israel is a pure colonialist project of the USA.
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Regine Pilling @regipilling.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Absolutely horrendous - this is the threat of Reform UK (amongst others). They will do untold damage to our communities - we need a bigger and more unite campaign to stop them NOW feweek.co.uk/greater-linc...
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Greater Lincolnshire to cut ESOL from 2027, mayor confirms
Greater Lincolnshire’s mayor will press ahead with plans to scrap publicly funded ESOL courses, despite consultation responses opposing the move.
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Regine Pilling @regipilling.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Here is the intro to my VP hustings speech - solidarity to all on strike and in dispute! We need a leadership who will support all branches and ensure members have the backing of the national union. The crisis facing post-16 education is a national issue, needing a national strategy.
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UCU Essex @ucuessex.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
400+ redundancies, Southend campus closed, the foundation year department closed, other departments decimated... ...not a popular plan, it seems! Our tireless picketers have been chatting to hundreds of staff and students a day, and we've secured loads of new UCU and Unison members and supporters ✊
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QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
*AT A UNIVERSITY SPIN-OFF*??? How is that legal? He makes decisions that impact the resources (financial or otherwise) that that spin-off benefits from.
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christinapaine.bsky.social @christinapaine.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
UCU London Met Jeremy Corbyn stands with the UCU branch 120 jobs are being lost 1. A firm commitment to no compulsory redundancies. 2.Management to halt the current redundancies 3. Implementation of an enhanced voluntary severance scheme. 4. An open meeting with the Vice-Chancellor
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Strike Map @strikemap.org · 17/02/2026
Whatever the court decides, you cannot ban solidarity. Our latest donation to the @unitetheunion.bsky.social Birmingham Bin Strike has just been sent. ✊We have now raised over £4,000 for this strike. #StrikeMap #YouCannotBanSolidarity
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Together Alliance @togetheralliance.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
The enemy of working people doesn't arrive in a small boat, they arrive by private jet.
A photo featuring Nigel Farage standing in the doorway of a white and maroon private CitationJet on an airfield. He is wearing a blue suit, patterned tie, and sunglasses, gesturing with one hand while holding a bag in the other. A man in a high-visibility yellow vest stands behind him. The bottom left corner credits "The National Newspaper."
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Sean Wallis @seanawallis.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Speakers: ⭐️ Sharon Graham Unite general secretary ⭐️ Andrea Egan Unison general secretary ⭐️ Daniel Kebede NEU general secretary ⭐️ Steve Wright FBU general secretary ⭐️ Fran Heathcote PCS general secretary ⭐️ Matt Wrack NASUWT general secretary ⭐️ Sarah Woolley BFAWU general secretary
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Workers Against the Far Right SUTR & TUC Organising Conference
Stand Up To Racism & TUC annual trade union organising conference: Workers Against The Far Right Sat 21 Feb, London
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Sean Wallis @seanawallis.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Proscription of Palestine ruled unlawful: Tell police and CPS stop investigations & drop all charges NOW Despite 3 High Court judges ruling the government ban on Palestine Action unlawful, the Home Sec wants to waste more time and resources attacking our civil liberties by appealing the judgement.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
A court has ruled that the government's authoritarian ban on Palestine Action was unlawful. Time to stop criminalising the people protesting a genocide - and start ending the UK's complicity.
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Sean Wallis @seanawallis.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Outside the High Court on the Strand, Central London, Friday 13 February 2026. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Outside the High Court on the Strand after the High Court rules that the proscription of Palestine Action is unlawful.
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Chris Pritchard @chrispritchard.co.uk · 13/02/2026
What is happening within UCU is disgraceful - solidarity with @uniteucu.bsky.social
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Regine Pilling @regipilling.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Sean & I wrote this. Reform UK are topping the polls & they hope to repilcate Trump's policies here. Reform are a threat to migrants & all marginalised people. They are a threat to education, trade unions & democracy. We must mobilise to stop them. @seanawallis.bsky.social #Together
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Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
#HandsOffMarie www.unitetheunion.org/news-events/...
Unite national officer Andy Murray said: "Our members will not tolerate this approach from UCU management and with no resolution in sight feel they have no choice but to show their anger on the picket line. We urge UCU to come back to the negotiating table and make the concessions necessary to end this dispute."
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UCU Scotland @ucuscotland.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Refugees are welcome here - proud the UCU UHI branch is a signatory to this welcome letter @uhiucu.bsky.social #RefugeesWelcome www.inverness-courier.co.uk/news/you-are...
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‘You are welcome. You are not alone’ - Inverness church leaders and politicians sign open letter to asylum seekers
Church leaders and politicians have signed an open letter of welcome to asylum seekers who could arrive in Inverness.
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Regine Pilling @regipilling.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Solidarity - amazing pickets 👏 Important fights @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social & by UCU Southampton Solent. If management are successful at taking these workers out of TPS, management will try it elsewhere. UCU needs to do it all it can to back up these beanches. Please show your solidarity!
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Northumbria UCU Branch @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Says it all @northumbriauni.bsky.social right now.
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Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Heading to the strike rally at noon outside @ucu.org.uk head office. #HandsOffMarie #UniteAgainstVictimisation
Photo of Marie, Unite H&S officer, with the words ‘on strike against victimisation’
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christinapaine.bsky.social @christinapaine.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Show Education some Love 🎉 Londonmet staff and students fight for Justice against cruel cuts ❤️
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Regine Pilling @regipilling.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Solidarity @ducuuo.bsky.social Your level of consistently pushing back, and winning, is an inspiration to the rest of UCU Solidarity in this latest phase!
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Regine Pilling @regipilling.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Wow! Congratulations to the Birmingham Bin strikers - that's demonstrating collective power. Very pleased we invited one of your strikers to UCU Congress last year. Hopefully, at this year's Congress, we will be talking about your victory 👍 Solidarity!
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Regine Pilling @regipilling.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Solidarity to Unite UCU members - shameful behaviour, particularly the victimisation of a H&S officer. UCU SMT need to stop this now. #HandsOffMarie
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Sean Wallis @seanawallis.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Speakers at today's 1000+ North London Unity demonstration against racism and fascism. From left to right: Jeremy Corbyn, a speaker from Day-Mer Kurdish community group, and Liz Wheatley from Camden Unison
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Regine Pilling @regipilling.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Good community demonstration today, opposing the far right. 49 years ago - the 'Battle of Wood Green' saw anti-fascists beat back the National Front. We need to stop the rise of racism and fascism again. Next stop - 28th March Together Alliance demo!
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Regine Pilling @regipilling.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
We need leaders who consistently pushback. During negotiations, negotiators may have sharpest arguments but if there isn't an active branch behind them - those arguments will be disregarded. The only way you have an active branch is by reps listening to members. www.reginepilling.com/updates/from...
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RP4VP Update | Members voices & developing collective power - winning in our branch
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Regine Pilling @regipilling.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Great to have endorsements from my branch - Alyson & Carly have taught me so much, as the previous branch sec's at my college. A branch sec is nothing without an active membership - management will never listen to your wise words in negotiations, without knowing you have members behind you.
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Regine Pilling @regipilling.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
UCU CCC members are prepped for the Together demo on the 28th. Reform UK and their fascist mates are a threat to our communities, to education, and to everything we hold dear. They must be stopped. We can and need a bigger anti-racist movement. Love, hope and unity ❤️ #TogetherAlliance #UCU
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
In the aftermath of the acquittal of six of the Filton 24, their families have spoken about what the verdict could mean www.thecanary.co/opinion/2026...
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Supporters respond as first six Filton 24 prisoners walk free
In the aftermath of the acquittal of six of the Filton 24, their families have spoken about what the verdict could mean
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