"Adding highway lanes to deal with traffic congestion is like loosening your belt to cure obesity." - Lewis Mumford in 1955.
We’ve known this for a long time, but we’ve put a massive amount of money, space, time & energy into pretending we don’t know it.
#InducedDemand #lawofcongestion #traffic #congestion #cities #JevonsParadox #transportation #mobility #urbanism #urbanplanning #cars
A few weeks ago, during the Age of the Bird, there was a discussion about citing articles in talk slides without specifying the journal. I suggested citing "author year keyword". I have now used this for the first time in a research talk I prepared for next week, and I'm happy to say that I could always find unique combinations with little effort. #DORA @richardsever
No striking person wants to strike, they do so because they are left with no other option but to withdraw labour from those who seek to exploit them.
With that, Equity say, a victory for
@ucu & CWU is a victory for working people everywhere.
Solidarity!
Bella is a union dog and she's not happy that our pay is down 25% since 2009. (But she is happy that kind #UCU humans gave her treats on the picket line.) #BellaDogliano #solidaridog #UCURising
Part of the huge extra work burden academics deal with is the rise in student support needs, esp post covid. Pastoral care capacity can’t cope, university support services are swamped, students are suffering. Yesterday my employer trailed that soon they’ll be exploiting more animals instead of proper resourcing for staff and students. Stop legitimising the idea that nunhumans are ours to meet emotional needs in academia. It exploits animals, underpaid staff and struggling students #ucuRising
Great to catch up with @ucuYork friends and comrades this morning!
Workers across the HE sector and country deserve better pay and pensions, and fair working conditions.
Picketing outside IT Services, IT Services staff, The University of Sheffield. We have had enough of falling pay, pension cuts and gig-economy working conditions - all whilst vice-chancellors enjoy lottery win salaries. #ucuRISING #UCU I'm second from the right looking far too cheerful in a ludicrously large coat - it's the coat, it's centrally heated.
More fantastic pickets at #OxfordUCU #ucuRISING from the science area for the second day of industrial action.
Terrific to see so many turn out for the joint UCU and EIS-ULA rally in Glasgow with all of us demanding fairer pay and conditions together. Great to have solidarity from comrades in Unison, Unite, STUC, NUS Scotland, and representatives from Scottish Greens and the SNP. The union makes us strong! ✊🏻 #UCURising
On the picket line today
#ucuRising
🐦 🔗 https://twitter.com/JennyCRegan/status/1596139559141617664
It was great to join the joint @ucu EIS rally today in Glasgow. Loved @elliebgomersall's passionate speech on why across Scotland, #StudentsSupportTheStrike! ✊
Let's work to get even more students on the @StrathclydeUCU and Unite pickets next Wednesday! #UCURising
Students are the best and know that better quality working conditions for their educators = quality education for them @ucu #ucuRISING #1u
Day 2 of @ucu strike action. Lots of solidarity from students who understand how our working conditions impact their learning conditions. Joined colleagues & friends at the LSE & QMUL today.
#ucuRISING
Standing today with Cambridge college supervisors demanding a) being paid minimum wage, b) being paid for mandatory training, c) being given workers rights.
Why does this leading university build its signature service to students on exploitation?
This is the kind of bullshit striking workers are having to deal with from universities across the UK. Disgusting.
Solidarity from the student movement ✊
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RT @DrBradBrad
We accept that salary is deducted for strike days, however something UNIMAGINABLE is happening at @QMUL 🤯🤬🥴
QMUL are threatening to dock 100% of salary INDEFINITELY until staff make up the teaching cancelled due to strike
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@qm_ucu @ucu #ucuRISING #UCUstrike h…
https://twitter.com/DrBradBrad/status/1595723025672200202
Great to have the support of the @RMTunion today at our #UCU #Aberystwyth #UCURising picket. Diolch yn fawr i chi.
And thanks guys for the chocolates ☺️ @ucu
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