UCU: Enabling anti-authoritarian protest in the workplace and beyond

Motion

Motion title: Enabling anti-authoritarian protest in the workplace and beyond

Motion text: Congress notes that:
1. Across the four nations, UCU members and our students are being affected by far-right authoritarian attacks on equalities issues and the right to protest, including on campuses.
2. Black and migrant members are particularly vulnerable to police and other institutional violences as a result of intersectional oppressions.
Believes:
a. UCU should robustly defend and support members’ right to protest inequality in the workplace and beyond.
Resolves to:
i. Build our mobilisations and visible presence in campus and street equality protests.
ii. Provide ‘bustcards’ with safety and legal advice for members attending protests and picket lines supported by UCU, and make clear how to access legal support in case of arrest during protests.
iii. Offer members opportunities to undertake active witness training
iv. Work with campaign groups and established organisations such as Liberty to resist attacks on worker and personal freedoms (including management teams inviting police onto campuses)