Category Archives: Administration

How to contact UCU reps

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The UCU office in EC Stoner building is closed, but your UCU reps are still working hard to support everyone. You can contact your local department rep by email for issues affecting members where you work Email ucu@leeds.ac.uk if you need individual support. (We will only support other UCU members; please encourage all your colleagues to join UCU and don’t leave it too late to get support.) Alternative number to contact the branch administrator while the office is closed because of Covid-19, for working hours only: 07748186958 (This phone will not be answered outside of office hours; please don’t use this number for text (SMS) messages, please email ucu@leeds.ac.uk)

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Call for motions for general meeting and UCU Congress

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Do you want to propose a union policy or strategy? UCU is a democratic union, we make our policies together through branch-level general meetings and then nationally at the annual Congress. Our next general meeting on 13 March will be where we decide which motions our branch will propose to the 2019 UCU Congress. Please submit all motions by 12pm Tuesday 5 March Please send motions to ucu@leeds.ac.uk Any member can write a motion. If you want help in phrasing it, it can be good to talk to a union rep, or to have a look at motions from a previous Congress (PDF). The general meeting is Wednesday 13 March, 12pm – 1pm, Roger Stevens lecture theatre 11 (10.11). Directions and room information

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Members agree new policies at general meeting

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Members meeting on 10 December passed 8 motions deciding branch strategy, policy and decisions: Motion 3: USS pensions Motion 4: Motion of no confidence in University of Leeds Council USS decisions Motion 5: Supporting Vicky Blake’s Candidacy for UCU Vice President Motion 6: Continuing consequences of the IT reorganisation Motion 7: Responding to the Proposed Centralisation of Timetabling Motion 8: Anti-casualisation claim Motion 1: Re-affiliation and resubscription to Labour Research Department Motion 2: Re-affiliation to Leeds Trades Unions Council Motion 3: USS pensions Leeds University UCU notes that individual employer responses to USS consultations are now in the public domain. We are disappointed that the University of Leeds management has consistently positioned itself amongst the ‘hawks’ in this respect. We are embarrassed that our employer continues to maintain this untenable approach, notably on the critical issue of ‘risk’, in the face of contrary findings published by the Joint Expert Panel (JEP). Motion of no confidence in University of Leeds Council USS decisions University of Leeds UCU branch notes That as the governing body of the University, the Council has a responsibility to act openly, transparently and in the best interests of staff and students and other stakeholders. The University of … continue reading

UCU committee postgraduate rep vacancy

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We still need a postgraduate rep on the UCU committee for this academic year. Could it be you, or a colleague? The UCU University of Leeds branch committee makes decisions on behalf of the branch in between the general meetings (where all members get to make the decisions directly). The committee meets every two weeks on a Tuesday, 1pm – 2pm to decide on union campaigns and discuss proposals from the university. Committee members will usually get involved in other aspects of union work, but this isn’t a role that involves either doing casework or negotiating with management. We have two postgrads on the committee but they’re doing the anti-casualisation officer and equality officer roles so committee still wants a postgraduate rep. If you’re interested in getting involved please contact us.

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