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
Extraordinary General Meeting1pm – 2pm, Friday 20 August 2021Video meeting on Zoom Minutes Noted that chat will not be open during meeting, except that members can use the chat to message the meeting hosts if they prefer to use text … Read more
Email to members Friday 30 July 2021 This is your final email from me as Leeds UCU President. Chloe Wallace will be your brilliant new President from 1st August! I wanted to update you on a number of things. Health … Read more
This is advance notice of an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) of the branch to consider a single issue – our disputes over Four Fights (“pay and related matters” i.e. pay, casualisation, workload and equality) and USS pensions – and in … Read more
The University has undertaken a series of ‘town hall’ meetings on the matter of the pension, and the VC is currently going around Schools to discuss the matter in smaller groups. We offer here some bite-sized notes, from questions that … Read more
This blog post is not intended and cannot be taken as financial advice. An individual should seek independent financial advice based on their own circumstances and objectives. One of the concerns that faces the USS pension is the number of … Read more
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
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
In the event of difference between the web version and the minutes agreed at the branch general meeting 14 May, the latter is the correct version. (Formatting is the most likely difference.) General meeting Tuesday 28 April 2020, 1pm – … Read more
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