Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @DrJoGrady
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
2,511
Earliest tweet was on
2023-02-11
Latest tweet was on
2023-02-21
Tweets covering
10 days
Average age of authors' accounts
9 years
Summarization
UCU (University and College Union), a labor union, is facing criticism from its members and reps for a decision made by leader Dr. Jo Grady without any consultation or democratic process. This is seen by many as a sign of authoritarian populism and a lack of accountability by the union. Members of the union have also raised serious questions on other decisions such as pausing the strike and asking members to prepare a full week of teaching late on Friday evening, despite the union's previously stated goals such as improving workloads. Today, union representatives are meeting with UCEA (Universities and Colleges Employers Association) to discuss pay, casualization, workload, and equality.
Topic Modeling
- Strike Negotiations and the Decision to Pause Strikes
- UCU Leadership, Democratic Process and Representation of Members
- Excessive Workload for HE Staff
- Bullying, Misogyny and Unacceptable Personal Attacks
- UCEA and the 5 HE Unions Negotiations
Emotional Analysis
The emotions expressed in these tweets are predominantly negative, with a strong sense of outrage and disappointment. Many of the tweets express frustration with the decision by @DrJoGrady and @UCU to pause the strike without consulting members or the HEC. There is also a feeling of solidarity towards @DrJoGrady, as well as a call for accountability and constructive debate. Additionally, there is some sympathy expressed for the women of color, disabled, and non-British members who were excluded from the decision making process.
Trend Analysis
- Criticism of the decision not to consult members of the decision to pause the strike
- Demonstrations of solidarity with @DrJoGrady
- Accountability and leadership within @ucu
- Workplace issues such as workload and pay
- Discrimination against women and people of color
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
536
Percentage of total tweets
21%
Number of Original tweets
156
Percentage of total tweets
6%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
2,511
Percentage of total tweets
100%
Number of tweets that were Replies
1,733
Percentage of total tweets
69%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
213
Percentage of total tweets
8%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
506
Percentage of total tweets
20%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
| Source | Count |
|---|---|
| Twitter for iPhone | 886 |
| Twitter for Android | 765 |
| Twitter Web App | 724 |
| Twitter for iPad | 108 |
| Twitter for Mac | 20 |
What devices were used to tweet
Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| ucu | UCU | University and College Union, UK trade union for academics, lecturers, trainers, researchers & academic-related staff in further and higher education. | 83,017 |
| Alonso_GD | Alonso Gurmendi | Lecturer @Politics_Oxford | Visiting Prof. @UMichLaw | Ph.D. @UCLLaws | blogs @opiniojuris | Esp/Eng | Views personal | Peru, History & Int’l Law | 77,802 |
| GreenPartyMolly | Green💚🌻Molly | Molly Scott Cato 👋 Green Party Speaker on Economy and Finance 💚 Former South West MEP 🇪🇺 Professor of Green Economics 👩🏻🎓 @Molly@Mastodonapp.uk | 60,010 |
| robfordmancs | Rob Ford | Politics Prof, author "The British General Election of 2019" and "Brexitland" Senior Fellow @UKandEU My substack - "The Swingometer" - https://t.co/I4x2VwsRoF | 44,203 |
| BenClaimant | Ben Claimant 💚 Join a Union | Activist & campaigner | Unite Community | DPAC | https://t.co/RHWGUC0nHn | e: imajsaclaimant@gmail.com | #IncreaseLegacyBenefits #CancelTheCut #20More4All | 43,185 |
| PhilipProudfoot | Philip Proudfoot | Anthropologist of politics, development, and humanitarianism in Britain, Yemen, Syria, Lebanon and elsewhere | Tweets in personal capacity | RT/Like≠Endorsement | 39,912 |
| LalehKhalili | Laleh Khalili | Ports. Politics. Poetry.... Professor of International Politics. Potty-mouth! "Free typo/dropped word in every tweet". She/her. | 38,019 |
| LuckyHeronSay | The Lucky Heron 🌍 | Eco-socialism or late stage capitalism's barbarism. You choose. Support the strikers against this corrupt gov 💙 | 35,825 |
| tony_westcliff | Tony Westcliff | Famous rock star. Intellectual giant of the manosphere. Freelance sex therapist. | 33,991 |
| TheProleStar | The Prole Star | Independent media counteracting mainstream media bias. Watch this space - and our FB page https://t.co/BmJfYKfeJg | 25,148 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| BenClaimant | Ben Claimant 💚 Join a Union | Activist & campaigner | Unite Community | DPAC | https://t.co/RHWGUC0nHn | e: imajsaclaimant@gmail.com | #IncreaseLegacyBenefits #CancelTheCut #20More4All | 16,359 |
| SheronWilkie | Sheron Wilkie 💙 #FBPE #StopTheCoup | Personal account , opinions are my own . Retweets and likes are not endorsement . | 13,780 |
| suziegeewizz | Red 'til I'm Dead | Socialist Spice ****** Russia, Iran and China states-affiliated media | 13,546 |
| Pingachoo | RecognisingTheConGame & Woke🍊🍊 | Solidarity to almost everyone✊️✊️’Non Wokes’ are blocked👊I love #CatsOfTwitter & am grateful to @coldwarsteve for the header & the laughs. #abolishthemonarchy | 12,511 |
| march4progress | GENERAL STRIKE 🔥 NOW! 🦺 March for Progress!🌹 | It's time the people took over the means of production. #GeneralStrikeNow! 💪 | 11,244 |
| LuckyHeronSay | The Lucky Heron 🌍 | Eco-socialism or late stage capitalism's barbarism. You choose. Support the strikers against this corrupt gov 💙 | 11,194 |
| JennyAThatcher | Dr Jenny Thatcher | Sociologist. Ethnographer. Lecturer. Events Manager. Research Interests: Inequality, Social Class, Hospitality. Pubs Raised in Poverty. Views All My Own. | 10,767 |
| unionlib | Mark Hebden💙 | Ginger Library Trade Union Viking | 10,666 |
| EUMarauder | Kraut 🇩🇪🇪🇺🇬🇧 3,5% 🕷🕊🩸#FBPE🚩 | Brexit can kiss my ass* Member of the Wokerati* Longsuffering Anglophile* Lecturer* Pacifist* Crone* Solvitur ambulando* 🐘Mastodon: @Kraut@norden.social | 10,488 |
| jrb_tweets | Dr Jessica Budds | Professor of development geography @GIUB_Research. Political ecology, water security, climate, privatisation. Co-editor @JLatAmGeog. Brexmigrant. Polyglot. | 10,267 |
Most active users
| Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
|---|---|---|
| MarianMayer20 | UCU. Views all mine. Anti fash, trans ally. Not representing my employer here. Ready to rise up. Yma O Hyd. #ucuRISING. She/they. 💙🏉Gin 🏴🏳⚧ | 55 |
| ScrtLecturer | We're here to expose corruption, bullying and victimisation by HE/FE Vice Chancellor's, CEOs, Principals and Middle Management. #Education #Exploitation | 31 |
| coffeespoonman | - | 28 |
| OU_Williams | Historian at (not representing) the OU, He/him. Policing, Criminal justice, Bureaucracy, Control rooms. "Keen on re-imagining the university" - R. Murdoch | 26 |
| RedSazzler | Socialist, anti racist, lecturer and researcher. Branch Secretary of a UCU branch in the North West, and UCU NEC NW rep. Tweeting in a personal capacity. | 23 |
| ucu | University and College Union, UK trade union for academics, lecturers, trainers, researchers & academic-related staff in further and higher education. | 22 |
| orcherbgarden | Oxford’s Old Road Campus Herb Garden. 🌱🐝🌱🐝🌱Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme 🌱🐝🌱🐝🌱 Twitterings are my own. | 18 |
| nchadborn | Researcher in public health of dementia & older people; care homes, dementia-friendly community &digital https://t.co/aBH910gSMB | 18 |
| EmmaUCU | Standing for Vice President of UCU - please VOTE Historian, sociologist & trade unionist EmmaJoyUCU@gmail @UCU and PROUD https://t.co/gVXmYX6Ihx #Emma4VP | 16 |
| lythell_nic | (she/her) RN, BSc, PGDip HE, FHEA. Passionate about excellence/QI in nursing and nursing education. Professional account, views my own, RTs not endorsement. | 16 |
Tweets per day
Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
| ID | Text | Retweet count |
|---|---|---|
| 1626643622513848320 | Absolutely disgraceful that @ucu @DrJoGrady has called the strikes off without any consultation of members or the HEC. Everyone on the picket lines deserves a say in their dispute. Undemocratic, and unconscionable #NOCapitulation | 114 |
| 1626648976136015895 | Regardless as to the detail of any progress in negotiations, unilateral decisions by @DrJoGrady and small numbers of officers about the action collectively organised by members and reps is not acceptable. What democratic process was followed by @ucu in making this decision? | 111 |
| 1625767839884840960 | TODAY AT 10AM! Take your phones down to the pickets and tune into a special online address from our general secretary @DrJoGrady Let's make this the biggest online picket meeting our union has ever delivered LINK: https://t.co/wOSgq0536s #ucuRISING https://t.co/7CmgG8cZcC | 37 |
| 1625850725791068160 | I can't afford a dog so I brought my house plant to the picket instead. @ucu @ULivUCU2 @DrJoGrady #ucustrike #ucuRSING #dogsonpickets #plantsonpickets https://t.co/vl9OQ1eipc | 36 |
| 1625788571394138118 | Morning everyone! It’s been 15 DAYS since @KayBurley agreed to host a live TV debate with @DrJoGrady and university bosses We strike, they hide Come out and face the music #ucuRISING https://t.co/1g6eCg02RR | 32 |
| 1625598546878640128 | 🚨TOMORROW🚨 We need you all on the picket lines and tuning into this address from our Gen Sec @DrJoGrady Bring your phones to the picket line and let's connect each and every one of our pickets 🤝🪧 📺 YouTube: https://t.co/VUsz2yKAsk #ucuRISING https://t.co/2nMEb2w2C0 | 31 |
| 1627718476818153477 | As chair of @UCUequality, it's incumbent on me to call out bullying, especially when there's a side helping of misogyny. Solidarity with @DrJoGrady - and let's have constructive debate #ucuRISING https://t.co/j4gdIsNV2m | 26 |
| 1625543465374302213 | TOMORROW! Our general secretary @DrJoGrady will deliver an online address to every picket line in the UK We need as many members joining as possible and backing their union Take your phones and tune in at 10am YouTube: https://t.co/VUsz2yKAsk #ucuRISING https://t.co/SZSaxxwEKm | 25 |
| 1627776259857043469 | A retrospective survey on a decision that cannot be reversed? This is #sham #Democracy in order to silence the democratic processes in the @ucu #EnoughIsEnough. Lobby the HEC on Friday 10am Carlow Street, #VoteNo #DemocraticProcess @ucu_solidarity @UcuLeft @DrJoGrady | 23 |
| 1626876319278440451 | Thought it was a #BadDream? Sadly not. The #workloads the #paycuts #causalisation #paygaps are ours. We should be deciding when to pause not @DrJoGrady @ucu #NoCapitulation @ucu_solidarity @UcuLeft @LJMUCU https://t.co/b1lRzUuhXe | 21 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
| ID | Text | Like count |
|---|---|---|
| 1626648976136015895 | Regardless as to the detail of any progress in negotiations, unilateral decisions by @DrJoGrady and small numbers of officers about the action collectively organised by members and reps is not acceptable. What democratic process was followed by @ucu in making this decision? | 606 |
| 1625850725791068160 | I can't afford a dog so I brought my house plant to the picket instead. @ucu @ULivUCU2 @DrJoGrady #ucustrike #ucuRSING #dogsonpickets #plantsonpickets https://t.co/vl9OQ1eipc | 491 |
| 1626643622513848320 | Absolutely disgraceful that @ucu @DrJoGrady has called the strikes off without any consultation of members or the HEC. Everyone on the picket lines deserves a say in their dispute. Undemocratic, and unconscionable #NOCapitulation | 444 |
| 1626661928033476613 | @ucu We also have an urgent question from our members just coming in. Please let us know, @DrJoGrady "email 5:53pm. So now we are to prepare a full week's worth of teaching at 6pm on a Friday when we have been preparing 3 days of strikes?" #ucuRISING | 195 |
| 1627718476818153477 | As chair of @UCUequality, it's incumbent on me to call out bullying, especially when there's a side helping of misogyny. Solidarity with @DrJoGrady - and let's have constructive debate #ucuRISING https://t.co/j4gdIsNV2m | 143 |
| 1627726892336877593 | New level of UCU mis-leadership: asking members what they think about pausing action *after* @DrJoGrady @justinemercer11 & others made this decision without consulting members, the elected executive or all HE officers. That's accountability in the era of authoritarian populism! https://t.co/ZSEa0jddDA | 96 |
| 1626652144731361282 | @DrJoGrady Why didn’t you consult members before making this decision? | 83 |
| 1626661779387318272 | Some of the comments from UCU HEC members are little disingenuous, you trust those unions in the room negotiating, if you don't we may as well give up as you're never going to happy because you've already predetermined something is afoot. Get behind @ucu and @DrJoGrady | 82 |
| 1627242816186220544 | I'm very grateful that my timeline is quite clean and I don't get much of the nasty darkness that sometimes spreads across twitter. But it leads to a sealed echo chamber, and I am glad that some of you inserted the nasty-ness that is directed at @ucu and especially @DrJoGrady. 🧵 | 79 |
| 1625045011023757321 | Today all the HE staff unions enter ACAS conciliation with UCEA. UCU will be represented by @drjogrady @justinemercer11 & @JonHegerty in today’s talks. I wish everyone on the TU side the very best of luck in securing the deal we deserve & for which we have fought so hard 3/5 | 78 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets
Top 10 Hashtags used
| Hashtag | Count |
|---|---|
| #ucurising | 377 |
| #nocapitulation | 37 |
| #ucustrike | 29 |
| #solidarity | 19 |
| #ucu | 18 |
| #ucursing | 16 |
| #ucustrikes | 12 |
| #enoughisenough | 9 |
| #democracy | 7 |
| #fourfights | 6 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets
Top 10 mentions
| Mention | Count |
|---|---|
| @drjogrady | 2548 |
| @ucu | 708 |
| @redsazzler | 108 |
| @scrtlecturer | 54 |
| @marianmayer20 | 51 |
| @ucubu | 40 |
| @beehughes_ | 38 |
| @ou_williams | 38 |
| @justinemercer11 | 33 |
| @coffeespoonman | 26 |
Top 10 mentions
Wordcloud of Tweets
Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
24
Emojis used in tweets
| Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
|---|---|---|
| ✊ | 88 | raised_fist |
| 🚨 | 37 | police_car_light |
| 💪 | 25 | flexed_biceps |
| ✊🏼 | 23 | raised_fist_medium-light_skin_tone |
| 👇 | 19 | backhand_index_pointing_down |
| ❤️ | 17 | red_heart |
| 👏 | 16 | clapping_hands |
| 😂 | 16 | face_with_tears_of_joy |
| 🔥 | 14 | fire |
| 🤔 | 14 | thinking_face |
Emojis groups
| Emoji Group | Count |
|---|---|
| People & Body | 265 |
| Smileys & Emotion | 159 |
| Objects | 59 |
| Travel & Places | 59 |
| Flags | 19 |
| Symbols | 13 |
| Activities | 12 |
| Animals & Nature | 12 |
| Food & Drink | 9 |