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Leeds UCU summer newsletter

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 16 August 2018 by Alan Smith16 August 2018

Our latest branch newsletter is out now.  Printed copies should appear in your school or department, or you can download it in PDF format here. Read about  The pay and equality claim/dispute Progress on pensions The anti-casualisation roadshow (coming to … Read more

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Anti-casualisation update

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 5 April 2018 by Alan Smith5 April 2018

PGR open meeting Monday 9 April, 9–11am, 28 University Rd, LT G.23 This meeting is for all postgraduates (members and non-members) and is an important step in building the campaign for fair pay, terms and conditions for all postgraduates who … Read more

Posted in Anticasualisation, Support, Uncategorized

2 Reports from HEC + Branch Delegates Meeting 28 March 2018 (Vicky + Lesley)

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 29 March 2018 by admin429 March 2018

Report from Vicky Blake: Adapted (to make it readable as prose) from a Twitter-thread – please note that original thread is subject to further updates and that Vicky is responding to questions sent in response to it, which you can … Read more

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March USS News: ACAS talks, International Women’s Day, double docking pay, and more

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 8 March 2018 by Alan Smith9 March 2018

The USS enewsletter is brought to you by the Leeds UCU Communications team. If you have any concerns about USS issues raised in it, please contact vice-chancellor@leeds.ac.uk ACAS talks continuing The strike action has been extremely effective in bringing Universities … Read more

Posted in Pensions, Uncategorized

International Women’s Day: UCU women on strike!

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 6 March 2018 by Alan Smith6 March 2018

In memory of the mass strike of 1908 by women garment workers in Manhattan, on the 8th of March women across the world celebrate International Women’s Day. As our research fellow and UCU activist wrote recently, such anniversary reminds us … Read more

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Leeds USS strike in the media

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 25 February 2018 by Alan Smith2 March 2018

The first two days of the USS strike at Leeds have been magnificent.  We’ve had more pickets than ever before, people picketing who’ve never taken strike action before, very senior colleagues out with us. We’ve given out thousands of leaflets, … Read more

Posted in Pensions, Uncategorized

UCU Leeds newsletter February 2018

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 15 February 2018 by Alan Smith15 February 2018

The latest newsletter for members of UCU University of Leeds branch is available now. Download a PDF version here Contents include: Pensions- what’s going on? Questions about striking Pensions – how can you help? ‘Striking Insights’ strikes again! Gender pay … Read more

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Alternative Christmas carols

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 8 December 2017 by Alan Smith8 December 2017

The ‘UCU choir’ has been carolling on campus this week.  We have some alternative lyrics, written by the talented poets among our members (ahem), see some examples below.  Our performance by the Wavy Lines sculpture (“Sign for Art”) was greeted … Read more

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Members’ meeting 14 November – Academic Censure & Boycott

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 10 November 2017 by Alan Smith13 November 2017

This meeting is a chance for all members to come together to discuss the implementation of the Academic Censure and Boycott procedure, which we voted to invoke in our dispute over changes to Statutes, and which was agreed by UCU … Read more

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Action Group meeting 7 November

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 3 November 2017 by Alan Smith30 November 2017

All members are welcome to the next Action Group meeting on Tuesday 7 November from 1-2 pm (see email for venue).  Please come along to work on the next steps in the Statutes campaign, including discussing future action and to … Read more

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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)

Post: UCU, Room 7.51, EC Stoner Building, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT. (The office is currently closed – if you need to physically post something please contact us by email or phone to discuss.)

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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

      Committee members

      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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