London Socialist Historians Group
Media Release
19th February
contact; Dr Keith Flett 07803 167266
Socialist historians back UCU strikes as University working conditions pose threat to historical research
The London Socialist Historians Group, which organises the socialist history seminar at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London, has given its full support to the strike action at 74 Universities by members of the UCU.
The action starts on Thursday 20th February and covers 14 days in total.:
The historians say that such is the pressure of workloads in many Universities that the time required to do sustained historical research is under serious threat. The demands on University employees time often do not allow the kind of detailed investigation over a period that brings the best history.
LSHG Convenor Dr Keith Flett said, we hope socialist historians will both be on and visit UCU picket lines in the coming days. The future of historical research is at stake,but of course the dispute goes much wider than that in terms of the fight to defend and improve the working conditions of all those in our Universities.
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