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
Read moreCategory Archives: Open meetings and events
UCU’s new general secretary is coming to visit
UCU general secretary Jo Grady is coming to University of Leeds on Wednesday 2 October. An open meeting is scheduled for 1pm-2pm, Mechanical Engineering Lecture Theatre B, and she will also meet with our anti-casualisation working group*. Please put this … Read more
USS pensions dispute update
Video of open meeting 9 April with branch pensions rep Mark Taylor-Batty and Sam Marsh from the UCU national USS negotiating team This page was last updated on 3 May 2019
Read moreMeetings for members coming up
General meeting, Thursday 2 May 1pm – 2pm, Roger Stevens lecture theatre 4 (8.04). The deadline for motions or agenda items for this meeting is 12pm Tuesday 16 April. If you want our branch to propose an amendment to a … Read more
9 April: USS pensions open meeting
Tuesday 9 April 1-2pm: USS Pensions Open Meeting: with UCU Pensions Rep Mark Taylor-Batty and UCU national USS negotiator Sam Marsh Mechanical Engineering LT B (2.37) (Open to members + non-members – bring colleagues!) Our pensions rep Mark Taylor-Batty and … Read more
Event: “Tackling Inequality: The Role of Trade Unions”
Members may be interested in this event (our branch is an affiliate of Leeds Trades Union Council, which is co-sponsoring the event with the Leeds Social Sciences Institute). Public meeting: Thursday 6th December, 6.30 – 8.00 pm, East Room, Leeds … Read more
Trump: why Donald is so dangerous
DATE: Thursday, July 5 TIME: 7:00 – 9:00 pm VENUE: Leeds University Business School, Maurice Keyworth lecture theatre, G.02 In anticipation of Donald Trump’s visit to London on July 13, Leeds UCU, Leeds Coalition Against War and Leeds Stand Up to Trump are … Read more
Pensions strike march and rally, 22 February
To mark the first day of our massive strike in defence of our pensions we’re having a big march and rally on 22 February. We’ll be assembling from 11.30 on the Parkinson Building steps, setting off at 12pm, and marching … Read more
Organising a teach-out
On 11-13 October, Leeds UCU went on strike in a local dispute. It had been a while since we’d had a three-day strike and we wanted to do more with the event than picket, so we organised a TEACH-OUT (a … Read more
Open meeting: casualisation and gender pay gap
Wednesday 8 November, 1pm – 2pm Baines wing 1.13 As part of our work putting together a claim on the gender pay gap at the University of Leeds and tackling the casualisation of jobs at the University of Leeds we’d … Read more