iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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

43727

Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Sending massive solidarity to Ryan and everyone at @uniteitf.bsky.social and elsewhere whose employers are undermining their own core values.

054

Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

With our current mandate ending, today sees the end of our current strike action. Our new ballot over TU victimisation closes on Wednesday. Our Safety Officer remains under threat and our employer has made no real effort to find a resolution. We don’t want to have to strike again. #HandsOffMarie

096

Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Over 100 attendees at our rally last night and another solid picket at the @ucu.org.uk North West Regional Office today ✊🪧 #HandsOffMarie #UniteAgainstVictimisation

Picket line outside UCU’s Manchester office.

Protesting outside UCU’s Manchester office.

#HandsOffMarie
#UniteAgainstVictimisation

0197

Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

One of the sacked reps from @uniteitf.bsky.social spoke at our victimisation strike rally yesterday. What’s happening to them is another stark example of the union movement’s ‘leadership’ losing its way. Please join us in sending full solidarity & give them a follow. #UniteAgainstVictimisation

023

Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

📣 TONIGHT: Unite UCU TU Victimisation Strike Rally ⏰ Weds 18 February @ 7pm 📍 In-person: Mechanics’ Institute, Manchester 💻 Register now to join online: unitetheunion-org.zoom.us/j/9198478678... Everyone welcome ✊✊✊

Photo of Marie with text ‘Hands off Marie! Stop trade union victimisation’

022

Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

📣 Unite UCU TU Victimisation Strike Rally ⏰ Weds 18 February @ 7pm 📍 In-person: Mechanics’ Institute, Manchester 💻 Online access: unitetheunion-org.zoom.us/j/9198478678... Everyone welcome ✊✊✊

089

Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

This is what it looks like when you refuse to tolerate trade union victimisation: voting YES and YES to defend a colleague. #HandsOffMarie #UniteAgainstVictimisation

Ballot paper with an X in both ‘Yes’ boxes to vote for strike action and ASOS.

Our branch chair posting his ballot paper

1137

Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Not only are we on strike to demand @ucu.org.uk stop its year-long campaign of trade union victimisation, but we also vote again to make clear we are taking a stand. The TU movement is united on one matter: you do not act unlawfully to one of our own. #HandsOffMarie #UniteAgainstVictimisation

0114

Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Our Wales colleagues showing what solidarity looks like. #HandsOffMarie #UniteAgainstVictimisation

Illustration of placards with the Welsh ‘Ar Streic Heddiw’

0124

Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Say “NO” to Victimisation in @ucu.org.uk 🚨 Strike rally ⏰ Thurs 12 Feb @ noon 📍 UCU HQ, Carlow Street, London Including guest speaker for the Workplace Day of Action for Palestine 🇵🇸 Everyone welcome! Bring your branch banner & your solidarity to say #HandsOffMarie

076

Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Unite against TU Victimisation @Unitetheunion.bsky.social doesn't tolerate the victimisation of its reps by employers. Today our members in the North West are showing what solidarity looks like. It's time UCU ended the victimisation of Marie, our Health & Safety Officer. #Strike #HandsOffMarie

Unite members in the north west on a picket line while taking strike action to defend Marie, their H&S rep, who is being subject to trade union victimisation by our employer.

23421

Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

📣 Hands off Marie! Tell @drjogrady.bsky.social and @ucu.org.uk to stop victimising Unite UCU's safety rep. ✍️ jgrady@ucu.org.uk #HandsOffMarie #UniteTheUnion @unitetheunion.bsky.social

Photo of Marie, Unite UCU's health and safety rep, who is being victimised by her trade union employer

22120

Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Regrettably our members will be commencing strike action from 9 February over the victimisation of our Health and Safety Officer. uniteucu.wordpress.com/2026/01/28/u...

Headline: 'Unite staff to strike over union victimisation' with the quote 'Across the trade union movement there is one thing we are all united on: that we do not act unlawfully towards our own. This issue will now bring together all voices across our movement. The victimisation of our Health and Safety rep and the threat to their job and livelihood must end immediately."

22121

Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Solidarity to @uniteneu.bsky.social and TSSA staff belonging to @gmblondonregion.bsky.social - both striking today over bullying and intimidation in their workplace. Too many of today’s union leaders are displaying a level of hypocrisy which is doing severe damage to the entire movement.

050

Reposted by Unite UCU

GMB London Region @gmblondonregion.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Out on the picket line with our striking TSSA Union members this morning. We appreciate the solidarity from TSSA members and activists.✊ Bullying and intimidation have no place in any workplace. It’s time for TSSA’s executive leadership to clean up its act.

061

Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Following a report on @drjogrady.bsky.social's NEC update, we want to clarify that all dispute issues remain unresolved: ❌ trade union victimisation ❌ failure to negotiate a hybrid working policy ❌ failure to adequately deal with safety issues ❌ breach of recognition agreement & other policies.

164

Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

ASOS which is "work in the same way you’ve done for years" is not irresponsible. It's protecting our members until a fair & equitable hybrid policy is agreed. UCU SMT then deducting 100% of daily pay from staff taking ASOS & undermining its own policy? Now that’s irresponsible.

Photo showing an article from the latest Private Eye on the Unite dispute which exposes UCU management's hypocrisy, in particular highlighting a quote from an SMT member that strongly suggests our action short of a strike (ie, continue doing your job but office attendance remains voluntary as it has done over the last five years) is somehow irresponsible.

01715

Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Being disabled shouldn’t mean you’re on a lower wage, or that you’re afraid to ask for support at work because it could hit you financially. Having a reasonable adjustment should never lead to a pay cut. But this is what’s happening to some UCU staff right now. Short 🧵

21313

Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

We wondered last week whether @drjogrady.bsky.social would listen to @ucu.org.uk members, agree to unconditional talks & withdraw the threat of deductions for taking ASOS. So we asked her. She didn’t reply herself, but SMT’s response, regrettably, was “no”. uniteucu.wordpress.com/2025/10/10/b...

uniteucu.wordpress.com

Branch update

Fifty UCU branches join calls for unconditional talks After over 50 UCU branches signed up to a statement calling on SMT and the General Secretary to meet with Unite for unconditional talks, branch…

01110

Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Fifty branches, representing over 36% of UCU members, have now called for @drjogrady.bsky.social to enter unconditional negotiations & remove the threat of punitive deductions against staff. Unite's repeated requests for such talks have had no response. Will she now listen to @ucu.org.uk members?

We call on Jo Grady and UCU SMT to:
• Enter negotiations with Unite UCU without preconditions.
• Stop the threat of punitive deductions for ASOS - this breaches UCU and TUC policy and only serves to undermine all of us, not least those UCU members currently involved in legal test cases against punitive deductions after taking lawful industrial action.

Signed, 25, no 37, no 46, no 50 UCU branch committees (and still counting)

11111

Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Do you want to know how UCU senior management has responded to UCU branches calling on them to remove their threat of deductions? This is how. How would you react? uniteucu.wordpress.com/2025/09/12/u...

Screenshot of email from UCU management which reads: ASOS Attendance Form - New Weekly Survey
Starting Monday 22 September, all staff will receive an email with a link to the new ASOS attendance form. This short weekly survey is mandatory for all staff, whether you were on ASOS or not. Please make sure to complete it each week, failure to do so may result in pay deductions. The cut off each week will be Friday at 5pm.

21216

Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

With another 9 @ucu.org.uk branches now calling on UCU to do the right thing we wonder if @drjogrady.bsky.social is listening to her members.

11914

Reposted by Unite UCU

ITF Staff Union @uniteitf.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

The first-ever strike by staff of the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) has been covered by TradeWinds, ShippingWatch, and The Maritime Executive.

131

Reposted by Unite UCU

ITF Staff Union @uniteitf.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

ITF Staff Strike Day 4: Finishing strong on our fourth consecutive day of industrial action! Massive thank you to everyone who committed to respect our global picket line, who visited us in person, or sent in a message of solidarity.

152

Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Another 12 more UCU branches have signed (so far) today! uniteucu.wordpress.com/2025/09/12/u... We'd like to send special solidarity back to @ucukent.bsky.social and @ucugreenwich.bsky.social for their support following their own worrying news from this week.

12313

Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Sometimes solutions are easy @drjogrady.bsky.social & @ucu.org.uk Let’s sit down and talk without conditions or threats that damage everyone. It’s time to resolve this dispute. Our statement, with support from the following branch committees:

14225

Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

UCU policy: “To work with the TUC and other TUs to campaign for a change to the law to prevent such deductions, including lobbying government and opposition parties” Maybe while @drjogrady.bsky.social is at @tuc.org.uk in Brighton she can work on thi… oh! policy.web.ucu.org.uk/motion-infor...

policy.web.ucu.org.uk

UCU: Fighting punitive ASOS deductions

Motion from UCU Congress 2022-2023: Fighting punitive ASOS deductions

01719

Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

🚨 Third consecutive vote for industrial action 🚨 ✅ strike action: 76% ✅ action short of a strike (ASOS): 80% ✅ turnout: 77% ASOS begins today with @ucu.org.uk threatening staff: "We'll deduct your wages." Double standards and vindictive attacks undermine us all. #ReclaimUCU

Jo Grady calling Queen Mary management "vindictive" for making deductions from UCU members taking action short of a strike: Jo Grady, UCU's general secretary, said Queen Mary's senior management had "launched a vindictive attack" on its members, "punishing them for taking part in lawful industrial action" and "cementing its reputation as the worst university employer in the UK" She said: "It is wrong to do this at any time and all the more deplorable as staff struggle to make ends meet in a cost of living crisis."

Screen shot of the article from The Guardian about Queen Mary ASOS deductions in which Jo Grady is quoted

54029

Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Sweep doing his bit for GTVO by supporting another yes & yes vote. #ReclaimUCU

170

Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Happy staff don’t vote for action. More yes & yes votes hit the postbox. #ReclaimUCU

Postal pooch! Another ballot being posted while walking the dog.

180

Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

🎵 ‘Solidarity forever, for the union makes us strong. Yes and yes’.

060

Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

More members voting YES & YES for a Safe & Professional Workplace.

Another yes/yes ballot paper being posted

And another yes/yes ballot paper being posted

061

Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Yes and Yes votes in our campaign for a Safe & Professional Workplace hitting the postbox already. Vote yes, vote early. 🚀

Ballot envelope containing yes and yes votes being posted

030

Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

😡 Targeting our reps 😡 Refusing to talk 😡 Imposing an office return with no equality assessment or hybrid agreement 😡 Breaching agreed procedures 😡 Unsafe levels of work-related stress Just 5 reasons our ballot opens today for a Safe & Professional Workplace. uniteucu.wordpress.com/2025/08/01/b...

uniteucu.wordpress.com

Ballot opens today

Vote early, vote YES and YES The ballot over our Campaign for a Safe and Professional Workplace Culture opens today. Defend your contracts! Defend your reps! Stand up for Equality! Stand up for tra…

4124

Reposted by Unite UCU

ITF Staff Union @uniteitf.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Huge thanks to @cupe3903.bsky.social for their solidarity! At York University, CUPE 3903 members are no strangers to the harmful effects that restructuring and unfair bargaining practices can have on workers.

141

Reposted by Unite UCU

ITF Staff Union @uniteitf.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

As a result of unprecedented compounding pressure from our industrial action mandate, affiliate engagement and public scrutiny – ITF management are finally moving at the bargaining table.

131

Reposted by Unite UCU

ITF Staff Union @uniteitf.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Lovely message from Unite staff who are members of @gmb.org.uk: "We wanted to extend our heartfelt solidarity with you and your dispute with management."

132

Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

We’ve been relatively quiet recently. Unfortunately this isn’t because we’re finally making progress in our long-running dispute over our demand for a safe and professional workplace. Nor is it because industrial relations are improving and our employer is now engaging meaningfully. Long 🧵

1138

Reposted by Unite UCU

Unite at the NEU @uniteneu.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Day two on the picket outside NEU offices — a 🧵 So many messages of solidarity have poured in from NEU and multiple union districts and branches across the UK. Thank you so much…

2128

Reposted by Unite UCU

Unite at the NEU @uniteneu.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

NEU staff are on strike today and tomorrow. We can’t beleive it’s come to this. Striking as a trade union worker requires an absurd amount of things to go wrong — because you spend everyday making the union you love the kind of organisation people want to join - you only ever want to see it win.

23616

Reposted by Unite UCU

ITF Staff Union @uniteitf.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

42 days into a 55-day “meaningful consultation” and we still have no actual job descriptions. Our employer created 9 generic base “profiles” for over 65 highly specialised roles. We’re still waiting for actual job descriptions.

121

Reposted by Unite UCU

ITF Staff Union @uniteitf.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

*ACTION ALERT* 100% of union representatives in scope of the restructure put at risk of redundancy by @itfglobalunion.bsky.social management. Are we all incredibly unlucky or is this a potential case of union-busting by a union?

244

Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

It’s not just us! We’re sending massive solidarity today to Unite @ NEU, on strike for two days over a restructure being carried out without meaningful consultation. And also to @uniteitf.bsky.social who are facing major job cuts as well as dealing with yet another union-busting union employer.

275

Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Our branch has declared no confidence in UCU’s SMT to protect the well-being of staff, nor in its commitment to improving industrial relations. With the increasing victimisation of our reps, and SMT now repeatedly imposing changes in working conditions and policies, our dispute continues.

2179

Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

😡 Imposition, not negotiated agreement 😡 Victimisation of reps 😡 Refusal to engage with the recognised union ☣️ All signs of a toxic organisational culture & not what we should see from a union employer. Shame on @ucu.org.uk whose staff deserve so much better uniteucu.wordpress.com/2025/06/12/1...

uniteucu.wordpress.com

Safe & Professional Workplace Culture Dispute – Branch Update

A week ago today, SMT announced that they were walking away from ACAS talks. This came as a surprise to us given that it was our view, and the view of the ACAS conciliator, that we were progressing…

41514

Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Thank you to all the UCU members who came to our fringe last night - and sorry we ended up with standing room only (again!). Our members absolutely appreciate your ongoing support, especially the unusually small handful required to work at #UCU2025 in somewhat trying circumstances. #Solidarity

1238