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Thursday’s all-members meeting will decide next strike

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 11 September 2017 by Alan Smith27 September 2017

UCU members at the emergency general meeting this Thursday will vote on a motion proposing a further three days of strike action, and another asking UCU to begin its academic boycott, in the dispute over the changes to the university … Read more

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Emergency General Meeting

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 31 August 2017 by Alan Smith27 September 2017

The President of the local association has convened an Emergency General Meeting to discuss the next steps in the Statutes dispute.  Here are some suggestions: Assessment boycott Strikes – one day/several days/indefinite Other action – what do you suggest?   … Read more

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Can you adopt a poster?

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 25 July 2017 by Alan Smith22 August 2017

Leeds UCU committee is concerned that university management have taken down many posters about our statutes dispute from all over the campus – even from individual office doors and official union noticeboards. It’s important that members and non-members continue to … Read more

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Why are Leeds University academic and related staff taking industrial action?

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 13 July 2017 by Alan Smith5 October 2017

UCU members at the University of Leeds are taking industrial action as part of a dispute with senior management about changes to the university statutes, in effect an imposed change to their contracts. We took strike action on 22 June … Read more

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Simple link for writing to your MP about the statutes dispute

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 12 July 2017 by Alan Smith1 August 2017

UCU has produced an online email-your-MP page for the University of Leeds statutes dispute, to make it easier to write to your MP. It’s at: ucu.org.uk/contactyourLeedsMP You can customise the letter to highlight your own concerns. If you could visit … Read more

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Please contact your MP about the statutes dispute

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 7 July 2017 by Alan Smith1 August 2017

We’re suggesting members contact their Members of Parliament, either by email, letter or by going along to a one of the MP’s surgeries (which will be advertised on their websites). It can be daunting to start from scratch with such … Read more

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Photos from our strike about statutes 22 June 2017

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 26 June 2017 by Alan Smith1 August 2017

We were delighted by the support from members (we picketed all 17 university entrances) and from the prospective students and parents attending the Open Day. It would have been hard for any visitor to the Open Day not to notice … Read more

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Media coverage of our strike about statutes

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 26 June 2017 by Alan Smith1 August 2017

Some good coverage of our strike on 22 June: BBC news: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-40366011 Yorkshire Post: http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/university-of-leeds-staff-walk-out-over-employment-rules-row-1-8611326 Yorkshire evening post: http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/education/university-of-leeds-staff-to-strike-over-changes-to-employment-rules-1-8606614 Do sign our petition if you haven’t already: http://speakout.web.ucu.org.uk/university-of-leeds-statutes-no-sackers-charter/ This page was last updated on 1 August 2017

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Did you find an elephant in a room on the strike day?

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 23 June 2017 by Alan Smith1 August 2017

Whenever the security of academic jobs is at stake the elephant in the room is academic freedom. For the 22 June strike day we hid elephants in rooms across the campus, with a chocolate prize for anyone who found one … Read more

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Strike day, Thursday 22 June

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 22 June 2017 by Alan Smith1 August 2017

Today we are on strike in dispute with the University of Leeds management over changes to the university statute on dismissing academic and academic-related (professional and managerial) staff. We call on all members to respect the democratic decision of the … Read more

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