Message sent to Leeds UCU members 30th November 2021 This coming week, for the first time in the history of our University, one of us is going to be dismissed on the basis of not doing enough research. Read that … Read more
Wednesday 1 December Thursday 2 December No teach out on Friday 3 December This page was last updated on 30 November 2021
Read moreThis emergency motion was agreed by the branch at a general meeting 25 November 2021 Leeds University UCU notes that: UCU branches which passed the threshold have a mandate for all the elements of ASOS listed on the ballot paper. … Read more
This motion was agreed by the branch at a general meeting 25 November 2021 This branch notes: The excellent turnout from Leeds members in the ballots on the USS and Four Fights disputes That members supported strike action and action … Read more
This motion was agreed by the branch at a general meeting on Thursday 25 November This branch notes: That Goldsmiths UCU is in dispute over 20 FTE planned redundancies as part of SMT’s Academic Portfolio Review (APR) aimed at reducing … Read more
From all-members email 25 November 2021 Hi everyone This email is about pickets, what we are doing and how people can join in. (and then some other pre-strike stuff) We will be maintaining our usual practice of picketing as many … Read more
The three trade unions at the University of Leeds – UCU, Unite and Unison – have joined forces to raise concerns about the University’s response to the climate crisis. A new briefing note, written for members of the University’s Council, … Read more
Who are UCU and why are you striking? UCU is a trade union of over 13,000 academics, researchers, tutors, administrators, IT staff, librarians and postgraduate research students in universities, colleges, prisons, adult education & training organisations across the UK. As … Read more
If you teach you may want to use these these slides to give students a quick overview of about UCU, the dispute and the industrial action. PowerPoint format Text only format Text only format A quick guide to UCU 4 … Read more
Branch president Chloe Wallace answers some initial questions about the planned industrial action. This post is from an email sent to branch members 17 November 2021. Dear Members You will have received yesterday afternoon notification from Jo Grady that we … Read more
