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Category Archives: Anticasualisation

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Leeds UCU response to the ‘fairer future for all’ pledge on reducing short-term contracts and boosting job security

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 31 March 2022 by Alan Smith20 April 2022

We welcome the Vice Chancellor’s announcement which commits to addressing the issue of job insecurity at the University of Leeds. Acknowledging the damage insecure contracts do to the functioning of the university but, more importantly, to the people who hold … Read more

Posted in Anticasualisation, Dispute, Featured

Policy decision: motion 1, 8 March 2022

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 9 March 2022 by Alan Smith31 March 2022

This motion was agreed by the branch at a general meeting 8 March 2022 This branch notes: That the University’s Fairer Future for All campaign was launched a week before our industrial action ballot opened in October 2021; That the … Read more

Posted in Anticasualisation, Black members / BME, Branch policy, Gender pay gap, Pay, Workload

A UCU conversation with the vice chancellor

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 18 February 2022 by Alan Smith18 February 2022

Full transcript Vice Chancellor Simone Buitendijk: We’re going into 10 days of strike action and yeah I must say I’m a bit sad about it. Leeds UCU: Of course, nobody is happy to have to participate in industrial action. Colleagues … Read more

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

Policy decision: motion for sustained and sustainable industrial action

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 15 January 2022 by Alan Smith31 March 2022

This motion was agreed by the branch at an extra-ordinary general meeting 14 January 2022 This branch notes that: Our branch has a strong mandate for industrial action relating to the USS dispute and the ‘Four Fights’ we had an … Read more

Posted in Anticasualisation, Branch policy, Dispute policy, Gender pay gap, Pay, Pensions, Workload

Extraordinary general meeting 14 January 1pm

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 10 December 2021 by Alan Smith5 January 2022

You will have seen in an email from UCU general secretary Jo Grady this week that further decisions as to the progression and escalation of our industrial action will be taken in a meeting of UCU’s higher education committee (HEC) … Read more

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

Slides for students about the industrial action

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 20 November 2021 by Alan Smith9 February 2022

If you teach you may want to use these these slides to give students a quick overview of about UCU, the dispute and the industrial action. PowerPoint format Text only format Text only format A quick guide to UCU 4 … Read more

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

Industrial action: December strike days announced

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 16 November 2021 by Alan Smith16 November 2021

Following members’ vote for industrial action, three strike days have been called for December 2021: Wednesday 1 December Thursday 2 December Friday 3 December More on the UCU national website at https://www.ucu.org.uk/article/11872/Universities-to-be-hit-with-three-days-of-strikes-in-December More details to follow. This page was last … Read more

Posted in Anticasualisation, Black members / BME, Call to action, Dispute, Dispute information, Equality, Featured, Gender pay gap, Pay, Pensions, Postgraduate, Workload

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

Dispute meeting 22 October

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 21 October 2021 by Alan Smith22 October 2021

– a chance to ask national negotiators Want to know the latest on our two disputes (Four Fights and USS)? Want to ask the UCU negotiators something? Not sure what we want to achieve by taking action? Come along to … Read more

Posted in Anticasualisation, Dispute, Dispute information, Equality, Featured, General Meetings, Pay, Pensions, Workload

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

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