We have reproduced the text from 2 emails sent to members on the evening of Tuesday 13/3/18 (below) and you can read the statement from Leeds UCU branch regarding the UUK-UCU statement following ACAS talks here: members_statement_re_12_march_agreement Local Update from Tim … Read more
At a members meeting today, so packed that people were leaning in through the windows to vote, members of UCU University of Leeds branch voted to reject the offer that came out of the ACAS-facilitated talks between UCU and Universities … Read more
Advice on refusing to reschedule lectures and classes during industrial action short of a strike (ASOS), from branch president Vicky Blake’s email 9 March 2018 Do not reschedule your teaching, do not provide any replacement materials! While back at work, … Read more
The University of Leeds looks increasingly isolated as management still [insist they will dock 25% of pay] if striking staff don’t rearrange lectures missed during strike action. This is on top of (expected) strike deductions so it is essentially docking twice for the same work. As … Read more
The USS enewsletter is brought to you by the Leeds UCU Communications team. If you have any concerns about USS issues raised in it, please contact vice-chancellor@leeds.ac.uk ACAS talks continuing The strike action has been extremely effective in bringing Universities … Read more
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Read moreThis post reproduces the email sent to all members Friday 2 March by branch president Vicky Blake. Dear Members, Strike Up Your Life going VIRAL! Before you do anything else, watch our branch’s (increasingly viral!) music video for “Strike Up Your … Read more
University of Leeds management looks increasingly isolated in making its threat to dock 25% pay for every day staff refuse to reschedule classes lost to strike action, having already docked those days’ pay. It has been widely noted that in the … Read more
The British Dental Association sent a message of support to UCU over the pension strikes. Staff in the School of Dentistry have joint membership arrangement with UCU and the BDA. (See The BDA statement says: The British Dental Association (BDA) … Read more
The Engineering Professors Council has issued a statement on the USS pensions dispute, saying: “Universities should try to maintain the conditions of employment under which academics were originally employed. That includes pensions.” The full statement is below: As the EPC … Read more