UCU: Support the Reinstate Wojtek Campaign

Motion

Motion text: Congress notes
1. the Reinstate Wojtek campaign
2. Wojtek, a rep at Tower Hamlets, was sacked in December
3. he has worked for the College for 23 years
4. the 92% Yes vote for strike action at the branch calling for reinstatement
5. branch vote for escalating strike action
6. the employer report said that none of his actions were sackable in and of themselves
7. the UCU's support to the branch and Wojtek
8. the website in support of the campaign.
Congress believes
a. Wojtek was unfairly sacked for activities and communications related to trade union activities
b. innocuous emails Wojtek sent on a public union work email list were used as evidence of a pattern of trouble making
c. ihis is trade union victimisation and attack on free speech and of national significance.
Congress resolves
i. Support the campaign to Reinstate Wojtek.