By Mark Taylor-Batty (Our pension investments are ‘de-risked’, due to a crazy excessive ‘prudence’) There are 500 races between a tortoise and a hare. The hare wins 499 of them, but falls asleep on the 500th and doesn’t cross the … Read more
(From UCU’s national website, ucu.org.uk) Strikes will begin on Thursday 22 February UCU has written to the 61 universities* to inform them of an escalating wave of strikes over a four-week period that will begin with a five-day walkout … Read more
The UCU higher education committee has announced a plan of strike action proportionate to the need to stop the terrible attacks planned on our old age. If talks fail, UCU members in 61 universities including ours will start incremental strike … Read more
UCU members at the University of Leeds, and across the country, have voted to strike over the outrageous attacks to our pensions which would see the ending of the defined-benefit scheme. The UCU national executive committee and the local committee … Read more
On 11-13 October, Leeds UCU went on strike in a local dispute. It had been a while since we’d had a three-day strike and we wanted to do more with the event than picket, so we organised a TEACH-OUT (a … Read more
On 12 December the European Commission published a memo with questions and answers based on the common understanding of the rights for citizens following the recent negotiations. We’re linking to this here not as legal advice but because we know … Read more
The ‘UCU choir’ has been carolling on campus this week. We have some alternative lyrics, written by the talented poets among our members (ahem), see some examples below. Our performance by the Wavy Lines sculpture (“Sign for Art”) was greeted … Read more
UCU has received a statement of support Angela Rayner, the shadow Secretary of State for Education, pledging full solidarity with ‘our brilliant university staff’. She also calls for negotiations for ‘as long as it takes’ to find a solution. “I … Read more
This post reproduces the details from an email sent to all members on 16 October about how to apply to the UCU fighting fund. Please read carefully and if after applying you have any additional questions or need further help … Read more
The latest newsletter for members of UCU University of Leeds branch is available now. Download a PDF version here Contents include: Statutes dispute USS pensions Welcome to all our new members University of the Aire EU staff rights and … Read more