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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Leeds UCU are in dispute with university management over proposed changes to Statutes – we are concerned these will make it easier to sack staff and that they pose a serious risk to academic freedom. Please read this article for … Read more
Fantastic cartoon sent in by a creative UCU member! Could anything like this happen in the future, if our statutes are changed? Read about examples of SOSR happening at other universities: This page was last updated on 5 November 2017
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