UCU vice president Vicky Blake at end-of-picket rally 25 November 2019
Vicky Blake’s rousing speech on why this strike is so important for us all. This page was last updated on 2 December 2019
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Text from branch president Ben Plumpton’s email to members 22nd November Dear members, First, apologies if you have sent a query to me or to ucu@leeds.ac.uk and you haven’t received a personal reply yet. We’ve had a LOT of messages. I hope … Read more
Joint unions meeting on pay 15th October
The pay, casualisation, equality and workloads dispute is a joint one with the other Higher Education trade unions. At the University of Leeds, we have two sister unions, Unison and Unite, who represent support staff, and all three unions are … Read more
Two ballots – vote now!
Your ballot papers should have arrived – look out for a white A4 envelope with the UCU logo. If you can’t find it, request a new one at www.ucu.org.uk/ballotrequest (deadline Wednesday 23 October 12 noon). For queries about the ballot process … Read more
2019/20 pay offer to be implemented in September
Text from branch president Ben Plumpton’s email to members You’ll have seen today’s email to [Allstaff] about the pay offer. In case the mention of 3.65% rises had you feeling hopeful, note that this was only for scale points 2 … Read more
Report on UCU Congress 2019
UCU’s annual congress is its supreme policy making body and it met this year over the May Bank Holiday in Harrogate. This report is an attempt to summarise three very full days of intense and important debates on the various … Read more
Why UCU needs a migrant members equality strand
UCU University of Leeds UCU is one of several branches with motions calling for a migrant members equality strand in UCU. We urge branches and delegates to UCU Congress to support our motions. Why is it so important? Three in … Read more
Our motions to UCU Congress 2019
These are the motions proposed by members of UCU University of Leeds branch and agreed by all members at our general meetings which are on the agenda to be debated by all branches at UCU Congress 2019. Composite motions are … Read more
Minutes of general meeting 2 May 2019
Thursday 2 May 2019, 1pm – 2pm Roger Stevens lecture theatre 4 (8.04) Minutes Agreed Amendments to motions on the UCU congress agenda Amendment to EQ17 Gender Identity after the 2018 Gender Recognition Act (GRA) consultation Line 3: At the … Read more
Update on gender pay gap talks
UCU submitted our gender pay claim in August 2018. For background information see leedsucu.org.uk/genderpaygap In the gender pay claim we asked the university senior management to share with us the detailed information behind the headline figures, to provide us with … Read more