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Category Archives: Equality

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Trans issues update

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 8 October 2021 by Alan Smith15 October 2021

Members will remember the UCU branch committee supported the staff LGBTQ+ network and student LGBTQ+ society in a letter to the Vice Chancellor raising serious concerns about transphobia at the university, and asking that effective action (including on IT systems) … Read more

Posted in LGBT+

USS and Four Fights disputes (and a bit on facecoverings)

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 24 September 2021 by Alan Smith24 September 2021

UCU is balloting over strike action on USS pensions and on pay, casualisation, workloads and equality (‘four fights’). Branch president Chloe Wallace is asking members to check your account details ready for a postal ballot at home, and to prepare … Read more

Posted in Anticasualisation, Call to action, Covid19, Dispute, Dispute advice, Equality, Health and safety, Pay, Pensions

UCU backs LGBT+ staff network letter to vice chancellor

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 10 August 2021 by Alan Smith11 August 2021

The UCU committee has joined the university LGBT+ staff network in writing a joint letter to the vice chancellor asking her to rectify the current discriminatory situation for trans staff and students at the University of Leeds. The UCU committee … Read more

Posted in Equality, LGBT+

News update – lots of things

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 30 July 2021 by Alan Smith11 August 2021

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

Posted in Annual leave, Anticasualisation, Covid19, Dispute, Equality, Gender pay gap, General Meetings, Members emails, Pay, Pensions, Workload

Extraordinary General Meeting Friday 20 August – ‘Four Fights’ & USS

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 21 July 2021 by Alan Smith21 July 2021

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

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

Local update

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 29 June 2021 by Alan Smith7 July 2021

Email to branch members 28 June 2021 A quick email to update you on some local things at University of Leeds. Promotions The promotion process has been frozen for some time, and we have been pressing for it to be … Read more

Posted in Anticasualisation, Black members / BME, Covid19, Equality, Featured, Health and safety, Promotions

Motions passed at extraordinary general meeting 17 June 2021

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 17 June 2021 by Alan Smith31 March 2022

Members passed the following motions at today’s extraordinary general meeting. The meeting was called to discuss motions on Palestine and Israel, after a late motion couldn’t be heard at the annual general meeting, and to discuss donations to branches on … Read more

Posted in Antisemitism, Branch, Branch policy, General Meetings, International, Islamophobia, Solidarity

Decisions made at 22 April 2021 general meeting

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 24 May 2021 by Alan Smith31 March 2022

The full approved minutes were emailed to members and a copy is available from the honorary secretary or branch administrator. Agreed to suspend standing order to reduce speaking time to 3 minutes for movers of motions and 2 minutes for … Read more

Posted in Antisemitism, Branch, Branch policy, Campaigns, climate and ecological emergency, General Meetings, Government, International, Pensions, Redundancy

USS pensions – bite-sized

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 12 April 2021 by admin14 May 2021

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

Posted in Gender pay gap, Pay, Pensions

UCU University of Leeds Branch statement on gendered and sexual violence

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 16 March 2021 by Alan Smith22 March 2021

For too long women, transgender, gender non-binary people and children have faced the threat of male violence and have been subjected to this violence to a sickeningly disproportionate degree. The horrifying kidnap and murder of Sarah Everard and the appalling … Read more

Posted in Equality, Featured, Gender equality, Government, Sexual harassment, Wider campaigning

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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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    • 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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