Teaches sociology at the University of Essex.
Made in Sheffield
Joined March 2009
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If you live locally and can spare a couple of hours, please join #EssexUCU members for a 3 day strike action, Weds 1 Dec-Fri 3 Dec, pickets 8.30-10.30 @ EBS entrance, Sports Centre car park or the Wivenhoe House entrance, Colchester campus. Look for the banners and placards!
And please ask your union braches if they can forward messages of support and make a donation to the strike fund. Name of account: UCU Essex LA020 Strike Fund | Account number: 20393700 | Bank sort code: 608301 | Many thanks! #solidarity #EssexUCU #workingconditions #pensions
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Michael Bailey retweeted
🚨UCU has obtained evidence that @UniversitiesUK has been misleading vice chancellors over pension cuts which it claimed would amount to 10%-18%
The true figure, now confirmed by USS, could be as high as 41%
This is incredibly serious
#OneOfUsAllOfUs
ucu.org.uk/article/11911/Vic…
Michael Bailey retweeted
Can't wait to see loads of supportive and friendly faces on the picket lines tomorrow morning! Don't forget our incredible line-up of teach-outs (+ free lunch!) in Wivenhoe from 11:30am too. Bring your friends!
Michael Bailey retweeted
Listen to Prof @NatalieFenton1 of the Media Reform Coalition (@MediaReformUK) on why you should support us.
Please help us transform the UK media. Become a member of DCUK - bit.ly/3hOcUQs
Michael Bailey retweeted
100 cleaners at @sheffielduni have signed pledges to take collective action over pay, terms, and conditions.
They are demanding £10 an hour, @LivingWageUK accreditation, and opportunities for pay progression.
Sign here to support the campaign: megaphone.org.uk/petitions/d…
Michael Bailey retweeted
Solidarity to @UniteUoS. They shouldn’t have to even ask for this. Living wage should be a given. We should not have to force our employers to adopt baseline standards, but we do, and we will.
SUCU is with you all the way. Members: Please sign to support the campaign 👇
100 cleaners at @sheffielduni have signed pledges to take collective action over pay, terms, and conditions.
They are demanding £10 an hour, @LivingWageUK accreditation, and opportunities for pay progression.
Sign here to support the campaign: megaphone.org.uk/petitions/d…
Please support this important campaign: megaphone.org.uk/petitions/d… via @megaphoneuk
Michael Bailey retweeted
Craig Murray’s jailing is the national security state’s latest assault on independent journalism
@Jonathan_K_Cook on how the UK national security is making an example of Murray for exposing its deceptions and hypocrisy
thegrayzone.com/2021/07/31/c…
Michael Bailey retweeted
In the Eye:
@huddersfielduni's requirement of making staff get PHDs has worked out well
The uni has since dropped 100+ places for overall satisfaction in the national student survey
It is now ignoring an order to reinstate our member, wrongly sacked under this absurd policy
Michael Bailey retweeted
Having exposed the secrets of the Afghan war, Julian Assange is being pursued for a 175 year prison sentence for publishing evidence of war crimes and abuses in #Afghanistan and beyond #FreePress
Link: theguardian.com/world/2010/j…
Michael Bailey retweeted
Julian Assange speaking in 2011: "The goal is to use Afghanistan to wash money out of the tax bases of the US and Europe through Afghanistan and back into the hands of a transnational security elite. The goal is an endless war, not a successful war" #Afghanistan
Michael Bailey retweeted
The current scandal @HuddersfieldUni has found its way into #PrivateEye @HuddsUniLabour @huducu @HuddersfieldSU
Michael Bailey retweeted
Fantastically comprehensive interview with @deepa_driver by @phaisie on the urgent need to defend the pension scheme for many staff in HE. Employers "want to get USS liabilities off their balance sheets so that they can engage in more foolhardy schemes" counterfire.org/interview/22….
Terrific @counterfireorg interview between @phaisie and @deepa_driver about university pensions counterfire.org/interview/22…
Michael Bailey retweeted
Day 2 of our #SaveGoldsmiths virtual picket! On day 1 we reached 500,000 users, inc these wonderful people. Keep spreading the word about resistance to @FCorner 's plan to sack >120 staff, centralise control and destroy @GoldsmithsUoL 's radical culture! tinyurl.com/zthaucha
Michael Bailey retweeted
This @GoldsmithsUCU rally is going to be fantastic. Not just the speakers (@MichaelRosenYes @johnmcdonnellMP @Gargi_at_home @zenscara @SaraBafo1) but the simple act of highlighting resistance to cuts & restructures presided over by banks & auditors eventbrite.co.uk/e/save-gold…
Michael Bailey retweeted
#SaveGoldsmiths solidarity rally, Fri March 5, 5pm. This dispute is crucial: if @GoldsmithsUoL management can make huge job cuts during a pandemic other institutions are at risk. Join @johnmcdonnellMP, @Gargi_at_home, @zenscara, @MichaelRosenYes @SaraBafo1
eventbrite.co.uk/e/save-gold…
