Last Wednesday our elected Leeds delegates had a double dose of special Higher Education Sector Conferences (HESCs) which had been called to decide the next steps for UCU in two higher education disputes: Quick summary 1. The Pay and Equality … Read more
There may be formatting errors in online versions of minutes because of complex embedded list formatting Friday 19 October 2018, 12pm – 1pmMichael Sadler building LG15 Minutes of EGM 12 June 2018 Item not taken (out of time) 2. Pay … Read more
Email from branch president Vicky Blake to branch members 24 October 2018 Dear Members, The situation with our USS pension has moved rapidly since our open meeting with Mark Taylor-Batty and Sam Marsh (a member of the USS Joint negotiating committee) two weeks ago. It … Read more
Text of email from Branch President Vicky Blake Dear Members, Thank you to everyone who voted in the Pay and Equality Ballot, and all who helped us to get the vote out. As you will see from Matt Waddup’s email … Read more
A personal post from new UCU committee member Chloe Wallace When I look back over our strike action in February and March, I have a lot of good memories: standing with friends old and new; the support of my colleagues … Read more
UCU has submitted a claim to end the gender pay gap at the university of Leeds. Full text of the gender pay claim as PDF or below: Date 15th August 2018 Dear Vice Chancellor, Submitting a Gender Pay Claim at … Read more
Yesterday, the long-awaited report from the Joint Expert Panel was released. You can read the executive summary here , and the full report here. The report very much validates many of the arguments that UCU and activists have been rehearsing … Read more
The USS joint expert panel has published its report this afternoon. The joint expert panel was set up by UCU and Universities UK to try to establish a common understanding about the health of the USS pension scheme because UCU … Read more
The strike ballot opened 30 August and will close Friday 19 October. The union’s national and local committees are both urging members to vote YES for both strike action and action short of a strike up to and including a … Read more
Update sent by branch vice president Tim Goodall to all members by email on Friday 3 August Dear UCU members, You will have seen that the USS pension scheme has announced it will implement a ‘cost-sharing’ package, meaning that both … Read more