Inaugural Agnes Flues Annual Memorial Lecture

Delivered by: Mick Lynch (RMT Secretary-General)and introduced by Jo Grady (UCU General Secretary). Date: Thursday 24 Apr 2025, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM. Venue: Lecture Theatre A1, University of Nottingham Medical School, NG7 2UH. In August 2024, Agnes Flues, University of Nottingham University and College Union (UCU) Branch President from 2020 to 2023 and a member of the UCU national executive committee from 2023 onwards, died prematurely. A principled trade unionist through and through, she was fearless in challenging management and courageous in leading industrial action at the University of Nottingham (UoN). To honour her memory, the local UCU branch at UoN have established an Annual Agnes Flues Memorial Lecture series on trade union issues, human rights and labour laws. We are pleased to announce that Mick Lynch, the General Secretary of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT), will give the first Agnes Flues Annual Memorial Lecture on 24th April 2025. Mick Lynch is well known for his outspoken advocacy for workers’ rights and social justice. He has led multiple strikes of rail workers contesting forcefully employers and the government alike. There could be no more fitting person to open this annual lecture series. He will be introduced by Jo Grady, General Secretary of UCU. This will be a ticketed event. Please follow this link to get your tickets. Donations are entirely optional. If you are asked for a code to get a ticket please contact ucu@lboro.ac.uk.