Delegates from branches will meet on Wednesday 29 March 2023 and be asked to respond to the questions below on behalf of their branches. This will help inform the UCU higher education committee when it meets to decide the next steps in the disputes.

At an emergency general meeting today, Tuesday 28 March 2023, member of UCU University of Leeds branch debated and voted on the questions which will be put to delegates to determine the branch’s collective position on the questions. Members have instructed the branch delegates to vote as follows:

1. Do you support moving forward in negotiations with UCEA based on the terms of reference agreed at Acas?

The collective branch position is to abstain.

2. Do you support UCU members being formally consulted over the commitments that have been agreed with UUK to restore benefits and lower pension contributions?

The collective branch position is Yes.

3. Do you support UCU members being formally consulted on the proposals that have been agreed with UCEA on pay, ending zero-hour contracts, workloads, casualisation and closing equality pay gaps?

The collective branch position is Yes.

4. If members vote for industrial action in the re-ballot, do you support beginning a Marking and Assessment Boycott over the pay and conditions dispute from w/b 17 April?

The collective branch position is Yes.

5. If members vote for industrial action in the re-ballot, do you support beginning a Marking & Assessment Boycott over the USS cuts imposed in April 2022 from w/b 17 April?

The branch collective position is No.

This page was last updated on 28 March 2023