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Working to contract

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 10 December 2021 by Alan Smith5 January 2022

You will have received emails from UCU general secretary Jo Grady in relation to working to contract – please do follow the advice and instruction in them, bearing in mind that our strategy is to build pressure and escalate action. … Read more

Posted in Dispute advice

Action short of a strike: see national advice

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 2 December 2021 by Alan Smith3 December 2021

For guidance on working to contact and action short of a strike (ASOS) see the national UCU HE frequently asked questions (See post 17 November Industrial action – answers to initial questions) Branch guidance from the last period of action … Read more

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Pickets, rallies and neurodiversity

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 29 November 2021 by Alan Smith9 February 2022

Information for students, support staff and technical staff (people not in UCU), who might need to avoid noise and crowds. (Requested by LUU Neurodivergent Society.) On the UCU strike days there will be picket lines on entrances to the university … Read more

Posted in Disability, Dispute advice

Pickets, Resources and COVID-19 guidance

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 25 November 2021 by Alan Smith30 November 2021

From all-members email 25 November 2021 Hi everyone This email is about pickets, what we are doing and how people can join in. (and then some other pre-strike stuff) We will be maintaining our usual practice of picketing as many … Read more

Posted in Covid19, Dispute advice

Information for students

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 23 November 2021 by Alan Smith23 November 2021

Who are UCU and why are you striking? UCU is a trade union of over 13,000 academics, researchers, tutors, administrators, IT staff, librarians and postgraduate research students in universities, colleges, prisons, adult education & training organisations across the UK. As … Read more

Posted in Dispute, Dispute advice, Featured, Postgraduate

Slides for students about the industrial action

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 20 November 2021 by Alan Smith9 February 2022

If you teach you may want to use these these slides to give students a quick overview of about UCU, the dispute and the industrial action. PowerPoint format Text only format Text only format A quick guide to UCU 4 … Read more

Posted in Anticasualisation, Black members / BME, Dispute, Dispute advice, Equality, Gender pay gap, Pay, Pensions, Workload

Industrial action – answers to initial questions

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 17 November 2021 by Alan Smith2 December 2021

Branch president Chloe Wallace answers some initial questions about the planned industrial action. This post is from an email sent to branch members 17 November 2021. Dear Members You will have received yesterday afternoon notification from Jo Grady that we … Read more

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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

Please update your details in case we move to a ballot

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 4 January 2021 by Alan Smith4 January 2021

Members voted in December to call a dispute if senior management won’t rule out compulsory redundancies in the Faculty of Biological Sciences and the School of Medicine. It’s important all of us in this branch check and update our membership … Read more

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The start of constructive progress on Covid-19-related issues

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 27 March 2020 by Alan Smith27 March 2020

Text of email from Ben Plumpton to members 27 March 2020 Hello everyone, Many of you will have been working at home for a week or longer. These are challenging times, and you might feel you are struggling with too … Read more

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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:

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      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

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      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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