This motion was carried at an ordinary general meeting of members of this branch on 12 October 2023.

This branch notes that:

• The General Secretary (GS) published a strategy “2023 Winning the dispute”, involving discontinuous strike days and a summer MAB
• HEC voted for escalating action in January, but the pattern of industrial action 22/23 followed the GS’s strategy
• The GS was censured at Congress 2023, but this has not been communicated to members
• The GS & leadership* have failed to carry through multiple Congress 2023 motions, including a long summer ballot and raising the Fighting Fund cap
• The failure to re-ballot over the summer undermined the MAB & autumn strikes & has left a gap in our mandate
• The GS & leadership has had over four years to ‘build the union’

This branch believes that:

• Members involved in the MAB were not sufficiently supported by the GS & leadership
• The decision to make PGR organisers redundant is not consistent with a commitment to building the union
• Re-ballot delays caused by the GS & leadership are a strategic error and barrier to building member engagement
• The credibility of UCU has been compromised by these damaging actions

This branch resolves:

• That it has no confidence in the GS & leadership, for the way the dispute has been conducted

*The “General Secretary & leadership” refers to GS, senior paid officials acting under the direction of the GS and supporters of the GS from at least two factions, who have an HEC majority.

(The minutes of the meeting will be approved at a subsequent general meeting, and this text is subject to that approval. This is a copy of the motion and there may be formatting variations from the original motion in the minutes.)

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