There is a Youth Climate Strike taking place in Leeds this Friday (14 February). Whilst we have not organised a formal march this time, the branch continues to support the climate strikes and members are encouraged to support them. Many … Read more
Leeds UCU at our General Meeting on 22nd January agreed to work with the Equality Trust to develop and run a survey of Leeds UCU members, to provide evidence supporting our negotiations with the university on pay gaps. See https://www.leedsucu.org.uk/members-make-dispute-decisions-at-extraordinary-general-meeting/ … Read more
You’ll have seen from your email on Monday from the UCU general secretary Jo Grady that UCU have announced 14 more days strike action during February and March. Our negotiating team and elected Higher Education Committee think that, despite some … Read more
Members of UCU University of Leeds Branch met today (22 January 2020) to discuss and make decisions about the current disputes. Members agreed on the following motions: USS pensions dispute and ‘Four fights’ dispute Motion 1 This branch acknowledges the … Read more
The branch committee has called an extraordinary general meeting to discuss a number of urgent issues which won’t wait until the next scheduled general meeting. The meeting will be: 12pm – 1pm on Wednesday 22 January Roger Stevens lecture theatre … Read more
Text from branch president Ben Plumpton’s email to members 27th November Negotiations The most important thing to tell you is that our UCU negotiators on pay and conditions met with UCEA, the employers organization, on Tuesday. See UCU’s statement about that meeting. … Read more
Amazing picketing on the first two days of our strikes – more pickets than we’ve ever had, brilliant support from students, and much determination despite the wet weather. Thank you everyone! Here’s a small selection of photos. This page was … Read more
Text from branch president Ben Plumpton’s email to members 25th November It was great to see so many of you picketing today, thank you! I think it was the most pickets we’ve had round our campus, and special thanks to … Read more
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 moreText from branch president Ben Plumpton’s email to members 22nd November Dear members, First, apologies if you have sent a query to me or to ucu@leeds.ac.uk and you haven’t received a personal reply yet. We’ve had a LOT of messages. I hope … Read more