By now most of you will have received your ballot paper and, separately, a new leaflet and a poster. Poster in the post Please stick the poster on your door, or a campus-facing window, or somewhere else which will help … Read more
An e-poll of UCU members at the University of Leeds has shown 74% in favour of the union moving to a strike ballot and for taking strike action over the disputed proposal for a new catch-all statute for “dismissal for … Read more
The university management have told all staff that dismissal for ‘some other substantial reason’ (SOSR) is within the law and that they want to update our Statutes to reflect this. Management have no right, under our current Statute, to make … Read more
Short version: yes, but see below for advice. Longer version: Members have been asking UCU reps what the union policy is on annual academic meetings (AAMs). UCU opposed the introduction of annual academic meetings. There was already a much better and … Read more
You are likely to receive an e-poll later today or tomorrow from national UCU about the Statute dispute. This will be in indicative online poll (not the industrial action ballot, which will be by post). Please vote yes to industrial … Read more
Do you think your management should be able to sack you for any reason they like? Statutes are part of the terms and conditions of academic and academic related staff. The University wants to add a provision to dismiss people … Read more
UCU members will receive an email from national UCU with a link to a form to fill in to indicate your views on the next steps in the pay dispute. Is 1.1% (plus some talks on gender equality and casualisation) … Read more
As members of the University of Leeds community, we are concerned about the current IT reorganisation. We believe that: the loss of experienced IT staff and management focus on the reorganisation is contributing to problems with IT services research, teaching … Read more
After the two national strike days on 23rd/24th May, UCU at each university were asked to choose one further day for a local strike, and most have gone for Open Days. This means that prospective students and their parents are … Read more
Are you on a casualised contract? Do you know someone who is? These include fixed term, hourly paid, zero hours, agency contracts… If you do not have a permanent, salaried post, then you are on a casualised contract. We know … Read more