Strike Up Your Life! 14 days, hold tight!
UCU University of Leeds branch all sorts of picketing awesomeness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvQsx-hPDe0 This page was last updated on 1 March 2018
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UCU calls on university senior management to drop ASOS 25% deduction plan
UCU has called on the University of Leeds senior management to drop their punitive, divisive and escalatory plan to deduct 25% from wages for refusing to reschedule lectures or classes, or to cover the work of absent colleagues as industrial … Read more
Strike bulletin 1
Here’s the strike news on 25th February – please read and share! This page was last updated on 1 March 2018
Read moreLeeds USS strike in the media
The first two days of the USS strike at Leeds have been magnificent. We’ve had more pickets than ever before, people picketing who’ve never taken strike action before, very senior colleagues out with us. We’ve given out thousands of leaflets, … Read more
‘Striking Insights’ teach out, 23 February – 16 March
Although much normal teaching will be cancelled on the USS strike days, Leeds UCU are once again delighted to offer a range of brilliant educational opportunities, which will be critical, engaging, and FUN. Staff will be offering sessions on a … Read more
Pensions strike march and rally, 22 February
To mark the first day of our massive strike in defence of our pensions we’re having a big march and rally on 22 February. We’ll be assembling from 11.30 on the Parkinson Building steps, setting off at 12pm, and marching … Read more
Management emails and our mandate
Email for UCU branch president Vicky Blake sent to members 15 February Dear Members, The single most effective thing our Vice Chancellor and senior managers could have done to bring the current dispute over USS to a close (and to avoid … Read more
UCU Leeds newsletter February 2018
The latest newsletter for members of UCU University of Leeds branch is available now. Download a PDF version here Contents include: Pensions- what’s going on? Questions about striking Pensions – how can you help? ‘Striking Insights’ strikes again! Gender pay … Read more
What about USS? The great pension scandal – video
Would you like to know what’s going on with our pension scheme? Why the plans to attack it are totally unnecessary and actually damaging to the future of the scheme? If you missed the open meeting on 6 February with … Read more
USS strike – what to say to students
UCU members will want to explain to their students why they are striking. Here are some resources you might like to use. Feel free to adapt these to suit your needs and your students. A slideshow for use in lectures … Read more