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Category Archives: Dispute

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Ballots || USS, Four Fights and Casualisation

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 27 October 2021 by Alan Smith30 October 2021

An overview of how issues and experiences of casualisation resonate with the issues we are balloting over from joint branch casualisation officers Joanne Armitage and Xanthe Whittaker. If you are a casualised member and would like to talk about striking … Read more

Posted in Anticasualisation, Dispute, Featured, Members emails, Pensions

Ballots graphics to download

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 22 October 2021 by Alan Smith22 October 2021

Leeds UCU have made some graphics for members to use during the ballot period: Click on each link to see the graphic full size and download it if you want (right-click and ‘Save Image As). To use an image as … Read more

Posted in Dispute

Dispute meeting 22 October

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 21 October 2021 by Alan Smith22 October 2021

– a chance to ask national negotiators Want to know the latest on our two disputes (Four Fights and USS)? Want to ask the UCU negotiators something? Not sure what we want to achieve by taking action? Come along to … Read more

Posted in Anticasualisation, Dispute, Dispute information, Equality, Featured, General Meetings, Pay, Pensions, Workload

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

News update – lots of things

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 30 July 2021 by Alan Smith11 August 2021

Email to members Friday 30 July 2021 This is your final email from me as Leeds UCU President.  Chloe Wallace will be your brilliant new President from 1st August! I wanted to update you on a number of things. Health … Read more

Posted in Annual leave, Anticasualisation, Covid19, Dispute, Equality, Gender pay gap, General Meetings, Members emails, Pay, Pensions, Workload

Extraordinary General Meeting Friday 20 August – ‘Four Fights’ & USS

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 21 July 2021 by Alan Smith21 July 2021

This is advance notice of an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) of the branch to consider a single issue – our disputes over Four Fights (“pay and related matters” i.e. pay, casualisation, workload and equality) and USS pensions – and in … Read more

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

UKRI/ODA Funding Cuts

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 16 April 2021 by Alan Smith20 April 2021

From email sent to members 16 April 2021 You’ll have seen from the General Meeting agenda circulated yesterday that we’ll be discussing a motion about the UK Research and Innovation Official Development Assistance funding cuts at our branch meeting next … Read more

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Voluntary redundancies in Biological Sciences and Medicine

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 15 February 2021 by Alan Smith22 February 2021

The Voluntary Leavers Scheme (VLS) in FBS/SoM has concluded. 64 staff in total across the two areas applied, and 33 will be leaving the university under this scheme. The campus unions have still not been provided with either full financial … Read more

Posted in Call to action, Dispute, Redundancy

Formal dispute lodged over Medicine and Biological Sciences potential redundancies

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 18 January 2021 by Alan Smith25 January 2021

UCU has formally lodged a dispute with University of Leeds over potential redundancies in the Faculty of Biological Sciences and the School of Medicine. This page was last updated on 25 January 2021

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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

Posted in Dispute, Dispute advice, Redundancy

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