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Consultations

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 15 February 2021 by Alan Smith22 February 2021

Senior management are currently consulting the campus unions and staff networks about changes to the university’s disability equality framework and trans equality policy. The UCU negotiating team has strenuously expressed the concerns raised by members about detrimental proposed changes to … Read more

Posted in Call to action, Equality, LGBT+, Working abroad, Workload

Supporting schoolteachers by reducing university workloads

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 12 January 2021 by Alan Smith25 January 2021

The UCU branch committee sends our thanks and support to schoolteachers in the National Education Union whose refusal to work in dangerous conditions forced the government to move more quickly in moving most school teaching online. Their action has made … Read more

Posted in Covid19, Solidarity, Workload

Branch votes to reject latest ‘four fights’ offer

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 22 May 2020 by Alan Smith5 July 2021

An emergency meeting of the branch was help today to establish the branch’s position on the employers’ offer on casualisation, equal pay, workloads and pay (the ‘four fights’ dispute) and on the latest developments in the USS pensions dispute. The … Read more

Posted in Anticasualisation, Black members / BME, Branch policy, Campaigns, Dispute, Equality, Gender equality, Gender pay gap, General Meetings, Pay, Pensions, Workload

Your feedback on next steps in the ‘Four Fights’ and USS disputes

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 20 May 2020 by Alan Smith20 May 2020

Email sent to branch members 20 May 2020 I’m writing with some further information about the two disputes – the reports from the UCU negotiating teams.  Please read these if you possibly can before our emergency general meeting 1pm Friday … Read more

Posted in Anticasualisation, Black members / BME, Gender equality, Gender pay gap, Pay, Pensions, Workload

Thank you strikers, + coronavirus and more

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 14 March 2020 by Alan Smith14 March 2020

Strikes and next steps in the disputes First of all, huge thanks for your strike action over the past four weeks. We have shown university managements across the UK that staff are not prepared to put up with precarious contracts, … Read more

Posted in Anticasualisation, Black members / BME, Campaigns, Dispute, Dispute advice, Equality, Gender equality, Gender pay gap, Health and safety, Members emails, Pay, Pensions, UCU democracy, Workload

Leeds Members of Parliament have written to the vice chancellor

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 13 March 2020 by Alan Smith13 March 2020

Leeds MPs have written to the vice chancellors of University of Leeds and Leeds Trinity University expressing their full support for the demands of UCU members and asking for universities to act positively to resolve the dispute. Professor Margaret A … Read more

Posted in Anticasualisation, Black members / BME, Dispute, Equality, Gender equality, Gender pay gap, Pay, Pensions, Workload

Grow the Action, Build the Strike, Win the Dispute

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 24 February 2020 by Alan Smith24 February 2020

Negotiations are at a crucial stage. We need pickets out in great numbers. Thank you so much for all the strength you have put into the action over the last few days. The weather has been shocking, public transport a … Read more

Posted in Anticasualisation, Dispute, Dispute advice, Equality, Gender pay gap, Pay, Pensions, Workload

To our students, from Leeds University UCU

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 10 February 2020 by Alan Smith15 February 2020

We want to start by saying how grateful we are for all the support we have received from University of Leeds students. Every supportive email or kind word to striking staff; every signature on open letters or email to the … Read more

Posted in Anticasualisation, Equality, Pay, Pensions, Workload

Further strikes announced

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 5 February 2020 by Alan Smith6 February 2020

You’ll have seen from your email on Monday from the UCU general secretary Jo Grady that UCU have announced 14 more days strike action during February and March. Our negotiating team and elected Higher Education Committee think that, despite some … Read more

Posted in Anticasualisation, Black members / BME, Campaigns, Dispute, Dispute advice, Equality, Gender equality, Gender pay gap, General Meetings, Pay, Pensions, Workload

Extraordinary general meeting 22 January: disputes + organisational change policy

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 7 January 2020 by Alan Smith8 January 2020

The branch committee has called an extraordinary general meeting to discuss a number of urgent issues which won’t wait until the next scheduled general meeting. The meeting will be: 12pm – 1pm on Wednesday 22 January Roger Stevens lecture theatre … Read more

Posted in Anticasualisation, Consultations and negotiations, Dispute, Equality, General Meetings, Pay, Pensions, Workload

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The branch office is currently closed because of the covid-19 pandemic. Please use email if possible.

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Emails will be received by the branch administrator/organiser and some of the elected branch officers.

Phone 35904 (external: 0113 343 5904) (please use email if possible while the office is closed)

Post: UCU, Room 7.51, EC Stoner Building, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT. (The office is currently closed – if you need to physically post something please contact us by email or phone to discuss.)

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    • Joining the unionJoining Leeds UCU All academic and academic-related staff of the University of Leeds, permanent or fixed-term, are eligible to join Leeds UCU. This includes students studying to teach in further education who are eligible for free membership. For further information contact the Leeds UCU Office. The quickest, easiest and safest way of joining is online via the UCU website http://joinonline.ucu.org.uk/. Subscriptions The subscription is payable monthly, quarterly or annually by direct debit, and is made up of anational subscription and local subscription, both on a sliding scale. This table shows the main national and local rates:   Employment income: Current monthly subscription for full UCU members National Leeds TOTAL Code £40,000 and over £17.99 £2.40 £20.39 F1 £30,000 – £39,999 £16.36 £2.40 £18.76 F2 £20,000 – £29,999 £15.43 £2.40 £17.83 F3 £10,000 – £19,999 £9.41 £1.20 £10.61 F4 £5,000 – £9,999 £4.26 £0.60 £4.86 F5 Below £5,000 £2.43 £0.60 £3.03 F6 Tax relief Members are entitled to tax releif on 67% of their National Subscription. See further details by following this link Further Information For further information please contact the UCU Office.
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    • Committee members 2021-2022UCU members at the University of Leeds elect a committee to run union affairs in between the all-member general meetings. (General meetings of all members are the primary decision making mechanism locally, committee meetings are the secondary one.) Election is for one year from 1 August. The committee can appoint up to four additional committee members. Committee members elected for the academic year 1 August 2018 to 31 July 2019 are:

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      President: Vicky Blake Vice-president: Tim Goodall Treasurer: Nigel Bubb Honorary secretary: Jonathan Saha Membership officer: Ben Plumpton Equality officer: Dima Barakat Chami Campaigns officer: Lesley McGorrigan Health and safety officer: Neil Maughan Anti-casualisation officer: Cat Oakley

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      Gabriella Alberti George Ellison Alaric Hall Hugh Hubbard Laura Loyola-Hernandez Lata Narayanaswamy Brendan Nicholls Malcolm Povey Alan Roe Andi Rylands Paul Steenson Mark Taylor-Batty Peter Tennant Mark Walkley Chloe Wallace Rachel Walls Andy West Kelli Zezulka
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