Email for UCU branch president Vicky Blake sent to members 15 February Dear Members, The single most effective thing our Vice Chancellor and senior managers could have done to bring the current dispute over USS to a close (and to avoid … Read more
Would you like to know what’s going on with our pension scheme? Why the plans to attack it are totally unnecessary and actually damaging to the future of the scheme? If you missed the open meeting on 6 February with … Read more
UCU members will want to explain to their students why they are striking. Here are some resources you might like to use. Feel free to adapt these to suit your needs and your students. A slideshow for use in lectures … Read more
(updated 05/03/2018) We were very grateful for the support at our march and rally on Thursday 22nd February. Every day of the strike we are having a short rally at 11 am on the steps of the Parkinson Building, and … Read more
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Actions you can take before the strike Let your students know about the strike and the reasons for it. See what to say to students. Write to your MP Write to the Vice Chancellor (vice-chancellor@leeds.ac.uk and copy to ucu@leeds.ac.uk) You … Read more
The national website has good summary of the dispute over the attach on our pensions: ucu.org.uk/uss-dispute-questions We’d also recommend: What about USS? The Great Pensions Scandal. Video of the open meeting we held with Sam Marsh, 5 February. 10 reasons why … Read more
Strike dates announcement Questions about striking We hope most of your questions will be answered in response to these Frequently Asked Questions (national UCU) These are being updated regularly to answer questions asked by University of Leeds branch members (and others). … Read more
Lecturers and other staff at the university will be on strike over pensions on the following dates (unless the university employers come back to meaningful negotiations): Thursday 22nd – Friday 23rd February; Monday 26th – Wednesday 28th February; Monday 5th … Read more