SecretUCU

ALT Cartoon on three panels. Figure in panel 1 has finger raised as if having an idea. Same figure in panel 2 looks perplexed. Same figure in panel 3 is walking away saying ‘nope, got nothing’.

ALT An employment business shall not introduce or supply a work-seeker to a hirer to perform – the duties normally performed by a worker who is taking part in a strike or other industrial action (“the first worker”), or the duties normally performed by any other worker employed by the hirer and who is assigned by the hirer to perform the duties normally performed by the first worker, unless in either case the employment business does not know, and has no reasonable grounds for knowing, that the first worker is taking part in a strike or other industrial action.

ALT Jo Grady from the UCU, which represents 120,000 lecturers and university staff, says it is an open secret that students who lack English skills find ways to come to the UK to study. "When we speak to members we hear about the tricks that are pulled in order to have people pass the relevant language test and get on to courses," she says.

ALT Greg Barnett, Grady’s unelected sidekick who runs UCU, claiming in a staff email that Unite’s attempts to represent staff are “political interventions”.

ALT Jo Grady, general secretary of a TRADE UNION, telling her staff she crossed their picket line.

ALT At the moment there is a real concern that people are being targeted because of their union activities and because they have spoken out about the toxic culture at UCU. Members need to have confidence that any restructure will resolve the concerns they have expressed in their dispute, and our proposal would be a good way to build those foundations.