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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

Posted in Dispute advice, Featured

Universities UK misinformation about pension cuts?

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 17 November 2021 by Alan Smith17 November 2021

There are serious questions to ask about whether university senior management has misrepresented the planned cuts to our pensions. This post was an email sent to members on 16 November 2021 on behalf of the committee by the committee’s lead … Read more

Posted in Dispute, Featured, Pensions

Industrial action: December strike days announced

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 16 November 2021 by Alan Smith16 November 2021

Following members’ vote for industrial action, three strike days have been called for December 2021: Wednesday 1 December Thursday 2 December Friday 3 December More on the UCU national website at https://www.ucu.org.uk/article/11872/Universities-to-be-hit-with-three-days-of-strikes-in-December More details to follow. This page was last … Read more

Posted in Anticasualisation, Black members / BME, Call to action, Dispute, Dispute information, Equality, Featured, Gender pay gap, Pay, Pensions, Postgraduate, Workload

Policy decision: motion 1, 9th November 2021

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 10 November 2021 by Alan Smith31 March 2022

The motion was agreed at the general meeting Tuesday 9 November 2021 A. Leeds Uni UCU notes The excellent votes for action in ballots. The new strategy proposed by the General Secretary in her address and email on Friday 5 … Read more

Posted in Black members / BME, Branch policy, Dispute policy, Gender pay gap, General Meetings, Pay, Pensions, Workload

USS ballot outcome

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 5 November 2021 by Rachel Walls5 November 2021

Good morning members Many of you will already be aware of the outcome of the ballot on the USS dispute, which arrived in our inboxes at about 7pm last night. This branch has yet again smashed the anti-union 50% legal … Read more

Posted in Dispute information, Featured, General Meetings, Members emails, Pensions, Uncategorized | Tagged Disputes, Pensions, uss

Your pay; did you know…

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 29 October 2021 by Alan Smith30 October 2021

Three reasons to vote YES, YES in the UCU ballots: ● Twelve years of below inflation pay offers have given us a 20% pay cut ● This year’s pay offer is just 1.5%, but inflation is at 4.5% ● You … Read more

Posted in Dispute, Featured, Pay, Pensions

USS – Notice of statutory consultation

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 28 October 2021 by Alan Smith30 October 2021

Notice of statutory consultation by employers in relation to Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) Email to all members from branch pensions officer Mark Taylor-Batty, 28 October 2021 This morning many of you will have received the formal written notice of a … Read more

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Equality and the ballots

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 28 October 2021 by Alan Smith30 October 2021

One of our ‘Four Fights’ is about inequality. We are calling on Higher Education employers to address the scandal of the gender, ethnic, and disability pay gaps.   While salaries at the top of universities continue to grow, and there … Read more

Posted in Black members / BME, Dispute, Equality, Featured, Gender pay gap, Members emails, Pay

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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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Emails will be received by the branch administrator/organiser and some of the elected branch officers.

Phone 35904 (external: 0113 343 5904) (please use email if possible while the office is closed)

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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:

      Committee officers

      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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