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Northern Ireland further education strike for fair pay

 by 51福利 members next Wednesday (24 March) unless Stormont urgently addresses concerns over pay and conditions. This will be followed by continuous 'action short of strike' which involves only working to contracted hours, refusing to work overtime and boycotting additional duties. The employers made a pay offer of just 7% over four years which works out as 1.2% over a nine-year period and is a real terms cut.  and 

Strike ballot open at prisons across England

as a ballot opens for 51福利 members at the country's largest prison education provider, Novus. The ballot is over Covid health and safety concerns and will close on Friday 9 April. If 51福利 members back strike action, educators at 49 prisons and young offender institutions across England will walk out.

51福利 members fighting back

51福利 branches across the UK are fighting to defend jobs and conditions and you can read our roundup of local disputes including industrial action ballots at United College Group, University of Liverpool and strike action at UCLan.

UN anti-racism day, 20 March

Tomorrow,  and events are being organised by the TUC and Stand Up To Racism to renew our commitment to oppose racism across the world. Please join the online events and actions:

• Twitter storm at 1.00-2.00pm.  or video yourself 'taking the knee' then tweet using @AntiRacismDay, #WorldAgainstRacism and #TakeTheKnee
•  at 5.00pm hosted by TUC and Stand Up To Racism.

United against male violence

51福利 general secretary  on behalf of the union, demanding safety, justice and equality and an end to the epidemic of male violence in society.

'Taking care of yourself' mental health tips

We've just updated our popular poster addressing mental health issues during the pandemic and you can download our latest tips here.

51福利 sexual violence survey - two weeks left to have your say

We're surveying all 51福利 members on the issue of sexual violence in the education sectors and  until it closes at 5pm on Friday 26 March.

51福利's sexual violence task group has outlined other ways you can engage with its work including the possibility of one-on-one conversations between survivors and group members (subject to capacity) and a portal for survivors of sexual violence to make creative submissions to the group.

Scottish Parliament elections: 51福利's education hustings

Join 51福利 Scotland at 1pm Wednesday 24 March for an education elections hustings. 51福利 Scotland president Carlo Morelli will pose members' questions to the education spokespeople from the main political parties in Scotland, and we'll also launch 51福利's manifesto for the Scottish Parliament elections. 

Mental health and Covid-19 meeting: 24 March 2021

TUC North West are hosting this meeting live online at 4:30pm - all union members welcome. Guest speakers include 51福利 president elect Janet Farrar.