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Category Archives: Members emails

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‘Weekly 10’: advice from UCU

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 27 January 2022 by Alan Smith27 January 2022

Advice for members in IT on the ‘Weekly 10’ performance management tool being implemented in IT from Monday 31 January. This post is from an email sent to UCU members working in IT on 27 January 2022 by branch president … Read more

Posted in Capability, IT, Members emails

Health and safety in semester two

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 25 January 2022 by Alan Smith25 January 2022

This is a relatively brief update on health and safety following the government’s, and then the university’s, announcements in relation to relaxing restrictions and mitigations. We are pleased that the university continues to take a cautious approach and is not … Read more

Posted in Covid19, Featured, Health and safety, Members emails

Strike tactics working group

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 24 January 2022 by Alan Smith25 January 2022

First meeting 5-6pm Tues 25 January on ZoomWeekly meetings thereafter This post is from an email sent to UCU members on Monday 24 January 2022 by Simon Moore and Xanthe Whittaker from the branch committee. See email for Zoom link. … Read more

Posted in Dispute, Getting involved, Members emails

Senior management backs cutting pensions

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 21 January 2022 by Alan Smith26 January 2022

You might be concerned to learn that the university has refused to consult meaningfully with the local UCU branch on the matter of USS pensions. They have told us that they are content to back the UUK position and the … Read more

Posted in Dispute information, Featured, Members emails, Pensions

Your views on the university climate plan

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 15 January 2022 by Alan Smith15 January 2022

The university finally published its climate plan in December 2021, setting out the pathway for it to reach its net zero target by 2030. This will no doubt have many impacts for us as a community of workers at the … Read more

Posted in climate and ecological emergency, Featured, Getting involved, Members emails

USS ballot outcome

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 5 November 2021 by Rachel Walls5 November 2021

Good morning members Many of you will already be aware of the outcome of the ballot on the USS dispute, which arrived in our inboxes at about 7pm last night. This branch has yet again smashed the anti-union 50% legal … Read more

Posted in Dispute information, Featured, General Meetings, Members emails, Pensions, Uncategorized | Tagged Disputes, Pensions, uss

USS – Notice of statutory consultation

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 28 October 2021 by Alan Smith30 October 2021

Notice of statutory consultation by employers in relation to Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) Email to all members from branch pensions officer Mark Taylor-Batty, 28 October 2021 This morning many of you will have received the formal written notice of a … Read more

Posted in Dispute, Featured, Members emails, Pensions

Equality and the ballots

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 28 October 2021 by Alan Smith30 October 2021

One of our ‘Four Fights’ is about inequality. We are calling on Higher Education employers to address the scandal of the gender, ethnic, and disability pay gaps.   While salaries at the top of universities continue to grow, and there … Read more

Posted in Black members / BME, Dispute, Equality, Featured, Gender pay gap, Members emails, Pay

Ballots || USS, Four Fights and Casualisation

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 27 October 2021 by Alan Smith30 October 2021

An overview of how issues and experiences of casualisation resonate with the issues we are balloting over from joint branch casualisation officers Joanne Armitage and Xanthe Whittaker. If you are a casualised member and would like to talk about striking … Read more

Posted in Anticasualisation, Dispute, Featured, Members emails, Pensions

UCU Update

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 11 October 2021 by Alan Smith11 October 2021

Email from Leeds UCU Branch President to members 11th October 2021 I hope that this (somewhat exhausting) term is treating you well. In this email I wanted to briefly give you an account of what union officers have been doing … Read more

Posted in Anticasualisation, Covid19, Featured, Members emails, 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)

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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:

      Committee officers

      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

      Committee members

      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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