1 May Day Strike fundraiser 7pm Holbeck Working Men’s clubLeeds TUC showing of Ragged Trousered Philanthropists and buffet (suitable for children 11+) A one-man professional theatre production of The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, a book that has changed many perspectives and … Read more
International Workers’ Day commemorates the many struggles and celebrates the gains of the labour movement for workers’ rights. Join trade unionists and community groups from across Leeds on Saturday 29 April for a (fairly short) march through Leeds and to … Read more
International Workers Memorial Day commemorates those who died or were injured through work, bringing us together to remember the dead and fight for the living. There are two events in Leeds on Friday, designed so that those who are able … Read more
A reminder that the branch position, decided in a general meeting, is that we should not cooperate with the strike reporting system on ESS (Employee Self Service) whilst the university continues to threaten to deduct additional pay for refusal to … Read more
You will no doubt have seen that head office have notified a marking and assessment boycott to start tomorrow, 20th April. Please watch out for national communications on this but I expect that it will go ahead. We are planning an … Read more
Some of you may have heard about plans to close the Ziff building to students without appointments – a radical change given the building was designed with students in mind and has accessibility features not present in many other campus … Read more
Staff with (a) more than 2 years continuous service and (b) more than 6 months remaining on fixed term or fixed funded contracts should be contacted shortly (we are told this week) by HR with the offer of an ongoing … Read more
Email sent to branch members 17 April 2023 We’re writing to you as Membership Officers about new events we will be running to help to support developing interconnections and relations within the branch. We will then be running these every … Read more
As you might be aware, the University is currently going through a process of revising the contracts of staff employed for 2+ years on fixed term contracts as of end of July 2022 in light of their “Fairer Future for … Read more
The next UCU branch ordinary general meeting is Thursday 2 February, 12.45pm – 2pm. (A Zoom link will be sent with the agenda.) General meetings are for all members to attend. (I won’t be sending an Outlook invitation, because it … Read more