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Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · 6d

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”.

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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…

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Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · Sep 12

Another 12 more UCU branches have signed (so far) today!

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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.

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 UCU branch committees (and counting)

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Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · Sep 12

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:

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Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · Sep 4

🚨 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

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Gareth S. Brown @garethsbrown.bsky.social · Aug 4

Squirrel-eyed sticksman, @anewlinerelated.bsky.social? Bit harsh

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Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · Jul 15

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.

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Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · May 21

Unite UCU fringe at #UCU2025 Congress

When: 6.30pm, Saturday 24 May
Where: Leonardo Hotel, Liverpool

One of us, all of us: fighting for our members, our workplace, your union.

#YNWA

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Gareth S. Brown @garethsbrown.bsky.social · May 5

Carry On at Your Convenience Then When it Stops Being Convenient, Carry On For the Same Legth of Time Again

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Gareth S. Brown @garethsbrown.bsky.social · May 1

See you there, combabes

Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · May 1

🪧 STRIKE RALLY TODAY 🪧

Bring yourselves, bring your banners, bring your flags, bring your solidarity and, with the sun due to shine bright, bring your sunscreen ☀️☀️☀️ - health & safety: important to us if not to our employer!

So come and join us at noon outside UCU head office in London.

12-1pm, Thursday 1 May
UCU head office (outside)
Carlow Street
London, NW1 7LH

Join our strike rally as part of our Campaign for a Safe and Professional Workplace Culture

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Gareth S. Brown @garethsbrown.bsky.social · Apr 22

Honoured to have a track on this lovely mix @thedecliningwinter.bsky.social made for the NTS Early Bird show yesterday. Several other Hood extended universe units on there too.

The Declining Winter @thedecliningwinter.bsky.social · Apr 21

I was pleased to be a guest on the NTS early show this morning. You can hear my bit from an hour in….

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The Early Bird Show w/ Braden Wells & The Declining Winter 21st April 2025

Playing Post Rock, Folk, Ambient. Braden is joined by Richard Adams of The Declining Winter and Hood on The Early Bird Show. Tickets are available for The Declining Winter's upcoming UK shows in Leeds...

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Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · Apr 22

📣 May Day Rally 📣

We remain on strike. With our employer continuing to refuse to meet for talks, join our strike rally on Thursday 1 May, 12-1pm outside UCU head office, Carlow Street, London.

All welcome to show your support for making UCU a safe & professional workplace.

#ThriveNotSurvive

Image promoting our strike rally on 12-1pm on 1 May outside UCU head office in London.

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Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · Mar 31

Our employer is editing our members’ out-of-office replies to remove reference to our strike action. They are choosing to censor us rather than talk to us.

Unite UCU’s suggested out-of-office wording for strike days overlaid with a ‘CENSORED by our trade union employer ’ stamp.

“What out-of-office message should we use on strike days?
We suggest all members use the following wording on strike days:
I am not currently at work due to taking part in escalating strike action called by Unite, the trade union for UCU staff, over our Campaign for a Safe and Professional Workplace Culture.”

ON STRIKE
Thursday 28 - Friday 29 March
Monday 31 March - Wednesday 2 April
Monday 7 - Thursday 10 April
Monday 14 - Wednesday 16 April
Wednesday 23 - Friday 25 April
Monday 28 - Friday 2 May

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Leigh Wright @wyrddaze.bsky.social · Mar 30

The Apollo Suite: Be Overcome by Justice - a mix for @taktentradio.bsky.social. Includes strange wonders by @garethsbrown.bsky.social @frequencydomain.bsky.social @bricolageg5.bsky.social @fragilex13.bsky.social @fieldswefound.bsky.social wyrddaze.wordpress.com/2025/03/30/z...

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Tak Tent Radio @taktentradio.bsky.social · Mar 22

A continuation of last month’s Apollo Suite, mixed by the by The Ephemeral Man @wyrddaze.bsky.social

Featuring @sulkrooms.bsky.social @subexotic.bsky.social @fragilex13.bsky.social @bricolageg5.bsky.social @hothamsound.bsky.social @davidajaycock.bsky.social

🔗https://taktentradio.com/?p=4401

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Gareth S. Brown @garethsbrown.bsky.social · Mar 18

rep6-ydhw. Thanks 🖤

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betreutesproggen.bsky.social @betreutesproggen.bsky.social · Mar 13

#review #DeathStatic @garethsbrown.bsky.social – Time Is Ignorance (10.02.25)
"... gerät zu einer Messe, in der die Zeit einfach ignoriert wird beziehungsweise keine Rolle spielt", 9/15
Via #SoundInSilence
www.betreutesproggen.de/2025/03/deat...
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Death-Static - Time Is Ignorance - BetreutesProggen.de

CA 9/15: „Ambient vor allem für Zeitgenossen, die die Ruhe weghaben und sich eher von einem entspannten Sofasurfing animieren lassen.”

www.betreutesproggen.de

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Gareth S. Brown @garethsbrown.bsky.social · Mar 12

What's this from Seth?

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Gareth S. Brown @garethsbrown.bsky.social · Mar 7

It's #bandcampfriday today, when, if you buy anything from Bandcamp, all the money goes to artists/labels with the site waiving its cut. So, it's good day to get this, if you feel so inclined. soundinsilencerecords.bandcamp.com/album/time-i...

Time Is Ignorance, by Death-Static

6 track album

soundinsilencerecords.bandcamp.com

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Norman Records @normanrecords.com · Feb 24

PRE-ORDER: Death-Static’s & ‘Time Is Ignorance’Julien Demoulin’s ‘A Trial Of Distances’

A couple of limited-edition handmade CDs are incoming through Sound In Silence.

www.normanrecords.com/label/3355-s...

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The Declining Winter @thedecliningwinter.bsky.social · Feb 22

Tickets for our Leeds gig with @pefkin.bsky.social and @andy-abbott.bsky.social are now also available at the splendid Jumbo records

www.jumborecords.co.uk/tickets-sing...

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Gareth S. Brown @garethsbrown.bsky.social · Feb 17

I've been listening to this over and over again, Julien. It's beautiful.

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David Harvie @davidharvie.bsky.social · Feb 11

Wednesday 5 March – 12noon–1.30pm – online
@ronaldhartz.bsky.social, Simon Lilley and I will be discussing our book and exploring the possibilities for resisting mediocrity and remaking the university.

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The Declining Winter @thedecliningwinter.bsky.social · Feb 10

Our luxuriously bearded keyboard whizz Gareth S. Brown has the first album under his Death-Static moniker released today. Truly gorgeous ambience.

Gareth S. Brown @garethsbrown.bsky.social · Feb 10

My new miserable ambient album (the first under the name Death-Static and first solo release since 2020) has been released today by sound in silence. You can buy download or hard copies here: soundinsilencerecords.bandcamp.com/album/time-i...

Time Is Ignorance, by Death-Static

6 track album

soundinsilencerecords.bandcamp.com

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The Declining Winter @thedecliningwinter.bsky.social · Feb 8

Slight.. (ok quite big) amendment to upcoming Leeds show. It’s now at a different place. All previously bought tickets valid. Also we are pleased to add @andy-abbott.bsky.social to the bill

Tix: wegottickets.com/event/648395

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Gareth S. Brown @garethsbrown.bsky.social · Feb 10

My new miserable ambient album (the first under the name Death-Static and first solo release since 2020) has been released today by sound in silence. You can buy download or hard copies here: soundinsilencerecords.bandcamp.com/album/time-i...

Time Is Ignorance, by Death-Static

6 track album

soundinsilencerecords.bandcamp.com

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