Your ballot papers should have arrived – look out for a white A4 envelope with the UCU logo. If you can’t find it, request a new one at www.ucu.org.uk/ballotrequest (deadline Wednesday 23 October 12 noon). For queries about the ballot process … Read more
Text from branch president Ben Plumpton’s email to members If you pay into a USS pension you will have received an email today from the university’s pensions manager, informing you that your pension contribution will increase to 9.6% of your … Read more
From email to members from branch president Ben Plumpton Employers have voted (22 August) to increase our USS pension contributions from 8.8% of salary now (8% until recently) to 9.6% in October and 11% next October. They have rejected the … Read more
If you are a member of the USS pension scheme, whether you are a UCU member or not, you need to know what’s going on with the renewed dispute over USS. Here we want to challenge some of the employers’ … Read more
For the latest news on the national pensions negotiations see UCU’s national website: ucu.org.uk/strikeforuss You can find more personal comments and assessments on Twitter @leedsucu This page was last updated on 18 July 2019
Read moreUSS caught misrepresenting the views of the pensions regulator + the pensions regulator itself is being investigated by a Parliamentary committee for its handling of whistleblowing from a USS trustee Our pension scheme is under unnecessary threat. The 2018 pension strikes … Read more
Text from all-members email sent 3 July 2019 Casework drop-in Weds 2 July, 12.30 – 2:30, 7.52 EC Stoner If there’s something you think you might need UCU support for, but aren’t sure, drop in for a chat with a … Read more
University of Leeds University & College Union USS Pensions There seems to be no comfortable end in sight for the USS dispute. USS have proposed three options as solutions to the ongoing valuation, all of which mean members and employers … Read more
All members of UCU University of Leeds Branch are invited to attend an Extraordinary General Meeting: Wednesday 10 July 12 noon – 1pmMichael Sadler seminar room LG.15 The meeting will discuss a number of issues that the branch needs to … Read more
UCU’s higher education committee (HEC) today voted to officially censure Trinity College, Cambridge and will call on staff worldwide to boycott the institution unless it reverses its decision to pull out of the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS). At a meeting of the college’s Fellows … Read more