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Workers

News relating to workers’ rights and trade union action at UCL

Cruciform cleaners win pay parity after hard fight

Workers / 13 October 2024

UCL v. Security Staff: Echoes of Exploitation Ignored by Student Apathy

Workers / 11 January 2024

Exploitation and Inequality: The Plight of UCL’s Outsourced Security Staff

Workers / 18 January 2023

Cost of Greed Crisis: UCU’s Persisting Strike Actionucl

Workers / 18 January 2023

The Past, Present and Future of Strike Action

Workers / 16 November 2021
furlough

Workers demand furlough after being compelled to work in non-essential buildings at UCL

Workers / 19 January 2021
IWGB workers

Victory for University of London workers after years of protests

Workers / 11 November 2020

UCU Academics Strike Explained

Workers / 26 November 2019
outsourcing

Strikes to end outsourcing of UCL cleaners, porters, and security workers

Workers / 31 October 2019

UCL shifts blame for unpaid security staff

Workers / 4 February 2019
Student activists stand outside Senate House, holding a banner which says 'Clean Up Outsourcing!'

Low-paid Senate House workers hung out to dry

Workers / 30 October 2018

Keeping it casual: UCL outsource temporary staff to Unitemps

Workers / 29 September 2018
1886 engraving of a riot by members of the Chartist movement

We Talked To Striking Lecturers Standing In The Cold

Workers / 22 February 2018

Zero hours, agency workers and rodents: investigation reveals Sodexo staff concerns

Workers / 10 February 2017

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We tried our best!

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Reviews

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Fellow Travellers review – A political tale of forbidden love and betrayal

18 April 2025
Antigone review – Classic Greek tragedy leaves audience wanting more 

Antigone review – Classic Greek tragedy leaves audience wanting more 

25 March 2025
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Falling from Heaven review – A great display of wit and existential crisis

10 March 2025
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