With regard to the draconian cuts at the University of West Virginia, society in general and many institutions of higher learning in particular have lost sight of the fact that higher education is not vocational, it’s not just about students’ careers. It’s about their citizenship too, and their souls.
#UVW #academia #academicchatter #academicmastodon @academicchatter

Goh, het #UVW is een staatje binnen de staat. De leiding moet de gevangenis is. Willens en wetens de wet overtreden. Maar ons #OnbekwameMinisterie weet daar vast wel een oplossing voor, per slot hadden ze de beste bedoelingen en daar gaat t toch om? https://nos.nl/l/2485246

Doet het kabinet nog wel wat goed? Zorgaanbieders, zeker voor #PGB, niet screenen? Ideetje van de #VVD? Zij zijn echt koploper in het niet controleren, denk maar aan de #Belastingdienst, de #NVWA, het #UVW, het #RIVM, de #Arbeidsinspectie, de #Omgevingsdiensten, de #Ombudsman, het #ILT, enz. https://www.rtlnieuws.nl/onderzoek/artikel/5380612/bijna-6000-aanbieders-pgb-zorg-met-strafblad

https://www.uvwunion.org.uk/en/news/2023/03/gosh-cleaners-confront-hospital-in-groundbreaking-court-case-over-institutional-racism/

#UVW #unions #NHS #racism

Great Ormond Street Hospital cleaners confront hospital in ground-breaking court case over years of “institutional racism”
Yesterday brought a momentous ten-day tribunal hearing where Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) faces a first of a kind group cl
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2023/03/02/great-ormond-street-hospital-cleaners-confront-hospital-in-ground-breaking-court-case-over-years-of-institutional-racism/
#AgendaforChange #GOSH #GreatOrmondStreetHospital #institutionalracism #UVW

Save ASIRT: Asylum seeker legal support charity threatened with closure
A charity who provides free legal advice to asylum seekers in Birmingham and the West Midlands is closing down, despite being financially healthy. Trustees of the charity have re
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2022/11/10/save-asirt-asylum-seeker-legal-support-charity-threatened-with-closure/
#Activism #ASIRT #asylumseekerlegalsupportcharity #Asylumseekers #Birmingham #Legalsupport #Solidarity #UnitedVoicesoftheWorld #UVW

London: Met police apologises and pays compensation for arrest of UVW official
The Met issued a written apology and paid £3,000 in compensation to Franck Magennis, a barrister at Garden Court chambers and former head of UVW’s legal department, for arresting him while on a picket line outside the St George’s Univers
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2022/07/26/london-met-police-apologises-and-pays-compensation-for-arrest-of-uvw-official/
#MetPolice #Policemisconduct #Repression #TradeUnions #UVW

London: Met police apologies and pays compensation for arrest of UVW official
The Met issued a written apology and paid £3,000 in compensation to Franck Magennis, a barrister at Garden Court chambers and former head of UVW’s legal department, for arresting him while on a picket line outside the St George’s Universit
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2022/07/26/london-met-police-apologies-and-pays-compensation-for-arrest-of-uvw-official/
#MetPolice #Policemisconduct #Repression #TradeUnions #UVW

Brighton pub workers defy violent union-busting by issuing fresh strike dates
Workers at the Saint James Tavern (SJT) in Brighton will be on strike for 20 days in July and August, including the weekend of Brighton Pride and the August bank holiday weekend, as part of their fight for better terms and conditions, an
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2022/07/13/brighton-pub-workers-defy-violent-union-busting-by-issuing-fresh-strike-dates/
#Brighton #strike #unionbusting #unions #UVW #workersrights

Brighton: Striking pub worker assaulted by union-busting boss
A strike by pub workers in Brighton has turned violent with the aggressive union-busting landlord, Zakaria Abedi, physically assaulting one of the striking workers on Saturday night The assault took place in the street outside the closed St James Tavern (SJT) Stonegate-leased
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2022/06/28/brighton-striking-pub-worker-assaulted-by-union-busting-boss/
#Brighton #strike #union-busting #UVW #workersrights

Bitter dispute at St James Tavern
Bar staff at the well-known Brighton watering hole are balloting to down glasses on zero-hours low pay contracts — and potentially sue bosses over alleged harassment, sexism and transphobia.

The workers, who are organised with UVW, say they have been subjected to mistreatment for a long time, alongside poor working conditions. Th
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2022/05/12/bitter-dispute-at-st-james-tavern/
#Brighton #LGBTQ+ #Sexism #strike #UVW #zero-hours

Colombian migrant worker sacked by Daily Mail cleaning contractor wins compensation 
A Black migrant cleaner from Colombia, who was sacked from his job cleaning the Daily Mail offices over three years ago, has won £38,000 in compensation from his employer.

Javier Sánchez Ortiz took his bosses from Mi
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2022/01/28/colombian-migrant-worker-sacked-by-daily-mail-cleaning-contractor-wins-compensation/
#DailyMail #London #TradeUnions #unionbusting #UVW #workersrights