This is formal notice of the ordinary general meetings for UCU members scheduled for this year, including the annual general meeting. There are likely to be additional emergency/extraordinary general meetings called by members/committee/officers. Friday 19 October, 12pm – 1pm The … Read more
UCU has submitted a claim to end the gender pay gap at the university of Leeds. Full text of the gender pay claim as PDF or below: Date 15th August 2018 Dear Vice Chancellor, Submitting a Gender Pay Claim at … Read more
Yesterday, the long-awaited report from the Joint Expert Panel was released. You can read the executive summary here , and the full report here. The report very much validates many of the arguments that UCU and activists have been rehearsing … Read more
The USS joint expert panel has published its report this afternoon. The joint expert panel was set up by UCU and Universities UK to try to establish a common understanding about the health of the USS pension scheme because UCU … Read more
Members will have received communications recently from the University and from UCU about the USS’s consultation over proposed changes to our pension. The consultation is a requirement upon USS, and was originally deferred as a result of the outcome of … Read more
The strike ballot opened 30 August and will close Friday 19 October. The union’s national and local committees are both urging members to vote YES for both strike action and action short of a strike up to and including a … Read more
UCU is consulting members in a formal ballot about whether UCU should support there being a referendum on the Brexit deal. The UCU website has some guest posts with arguments on different aspects of the arguments for and against at … Read more