University of Sussex students have declared an “indefinite rent strike”, in protest at rent prices for what they call "dilapidated and unsanitary conditions" in off-campus university accommodation.…
At the Women’s March in London it was a single child who stuck in my mind: a little boy who could have been hardly older than eight.…
A joint campaign has recently been set up by Sussex and Brighton University students to support junior doctors in their quarrel with the Government over contract changes.…
[caption id="attachment_7685" align="alignleft" width="553" caption="Students and staff rallied together in last Wednesday’s strike. (Photo: Paul Cecil)"][/caption] It shouldn't surprise me that students can be selfish people, and…
[caption id="attachment_7484" align="alignleft" width="553" caption="Riot police equipped with pepper spray, batons and attack dogs were used during the demonstration at Sussex House. (Photo: Anja Berglund)"][/caption] Those of…
Following the occupation at Sussex House, in which a few senior members of staff effectively held their own occupation within that building by refusing to leave without…
The University and College Union (UCU) at the University of Sussex announced last week following an Emergency General Meeting that they will go on strike this Thursday…
Fellow students, staff, and interested parties, We know the cuts are bad, we know they are only the beginning (a few more million next year, and after…
When you say cut-back, we say fight-back. And when we say fight-back we mean it, a mantra weightier than mere words. Words dance upon the paths of…
Refuse workers across Brighton and Hove voted almost unanimously for strike action to start this week. The 300 strong work force of binmen, streetsweepers and mechanics employed…
Talks to resolve the pensions dispute between university management and support staff have broken down. Technical staff held their third day of strike action last Thursday in…
A possible bus drivers’ strike is on the cards after a dispute over Union representation. The GMB Union, has asked its 140 members within the Brighton and…
Resistance from University likely to continue The students’ union has called on university management to start negotiating with support staff over pensions. Laura Tazzioli, USSU President, said…
Last Friday 17 October saw UNITE’s second day of strike action. UNITE members include university technical, computing and estates staff. The union have been forced out on…
[caption id="attachment_1111" align="alignleft" width="290" caption="Sussex technicians on strike over pensions. If other staff join them, disruption will be severe. (Photo: Tom Wills)"][/caption] Sussex University came a step…
[caption id="attachment_983" align="alignleft" width="290" caption="Technical staff strike over pensions. Photo: Tom Wills"][/caption] Strikes by technical staff are set to continue as university management refuse to negotiate over…
[caption id="attachment_744" align="alignleft" width="290" caption="The UNITE strike that took place on Friday"][/caption] Students and staff marched through campus last Friday in support of striking university workers. Members…
Strikers picketed the entrances to the university campus. Several delivery drivers refused to cross the picket line as a show of solidarity. (more…)
[caption id="attachment_260" align="alignleft" width="290" caption="Workers at the Thursday lunchtime rally in library square"][/caption] Students are being urged to support a strike by university staff this Friday. Up…