Ross Gibson
Social work and trade union stuff.
Personal account which certainly does not reflect the views of my employer.
- Also appaling.
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- This is appalling.
- 🚨🧵The 2024 UCU General Secretary was so corrupt that @vickyblake.bsky.social + I are fighting a Certification Officer case to re-run it, 10 Feb. Grady won by 182 votes from 114,310 members, turnout 15%. In secret, Grady ordered UCU managers to "Re-elect GS" +said she'd "destroy" her opponents...
- Day 1 of UCU election period and the red baiting has begun already.
- Reposted by Ross GibsonColleagues were interviewed on BBC Radio 4 about @qmul.bsky.social's sudden escalation in taking down posters & threatening disciplinary action. It is a great explanation of what's happening & its dangers. Listen from 22min in: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... or clipped: youtu.be/SJGnCrDaCf0?...
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- Have heard Regi speak a few times at Congress and fringe events. She would be an excellent VP and I’m certain would allow members to decide where our union goes. Vote for her!
- Reposted by Ross Gibson📣 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
- Reposted by Ross GibsonWe are also hosting a rally outside of the Holyrood building in Edinburgh tomorrow from 12:30-1:30pm. If you’re in Edinburgh, come and join us, in better weather ☀️ The rally will focus on our and other campus unions fight against job cuts in the Scottish HE sector.
- Reposted by Ross Gibson400 jobs at risk. A campus set to close. This film explains what’s happening at the University of Essex and why staff, students and the local community are organising to stop it. 📍 Southend rally | 5 February
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- Univeristy management claim that there is no money to keep people in jobs, yet look at their expenses…
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- Reposted by Ross GibsonUK Universities cut 13,300 jobs, paid £300m+ in redundancy. Economic contribution of the HE sector, £265bn. Systematically destroyed by govts - foreign students not welcome, cut real-term grants, fees, students burdened with debts, low staff pay/morale. Govt want skilled labour. archive.ph/favYt
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- Reposted by Ross GibsonWhen Trump uses ancient law against people in Minnesota, we remember a great woman's quote: “What presents itself to us as bourgeois legality is nothing but the violence of the ruling class, a violence raised to an obligatory norm from the outset.” ― Rosa Luxemburg (murdered Berlin 15 January 1919)
- Reposted by Ross GibsonBallots across Scotland from Heriot-Watt, Strathclyde, Stirling & Aberdeen are going in the post Vote now Save jobs Post your ballot (with or without a dog) (don't post the dog they're not covered by the prepaid stamp) @ucuscotland.bsky.social #UCU #Scholar #GTVO #Heriot-Watt #dogsPostingBallots 🐕
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- Reposted by Ross GibsonYes, it's almost certain 2026 will be worse than 2025. This isn't a reason to panic: it's a reason to step up your work on resistance, connect with others, lend a hand or share practical skills. As someone wise once said, you don't rise to the occasion: you fall to the level of your training.
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- Reposted by Ross Gibson🔴 NEW: The University of Edinburgh has quietly paid more than £750,000 to a controversial consulting firm amid job cuts - staff say bosses ignored "repeated" questions about its role. Read more about 'Nousferatu' 👉 www.theferret.scot/p...
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- Reposted by Ross GibsonI wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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- Reposted by Ross Gibson🚨MEMBERSHIP NOW OPEN!🚨 This is Your Party - it's time to take it into your hands. Join as a member now ⬇️⬇️
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- Reposted by Ross GibsonVery strong turnout this morning on the first of our five days strike. On Friday, in a meeting with the interim Principal, he confirmed his ideology is to cut as many jobs as possible. Support our action to save jobs and save the University! #SaveHE #SaveDundeeUni #WeAreTheUniversity
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- I am shocked that a university Principal would lie through his teeth.
- Reposted by Ross GibsonA great videos with excellent contributions from across the UK. Vote now. Show your solidarity for the national ballot to save our universities. #SaveHE #WeAreTheUniversity
- 📽️Video from #UniteTheFights Rally now available Speakers ⭐ @rorfitelli.bsky.social HE ⭐ @regipilling.bsky.social FE ⭐ @newcastleucu.bsky.social Matt Perry ⭐ @leicesterucu.bsky.social Joseph Choonara #WeAreTheUniversity #ANewDealForFE @ucu.org.uk @ducuuo.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo_9...
- I am really worried about my colleagues within HR who are so overworked that they send emails re: job losses on a Friday evening.
