UCU’s annual congress is its supreme policy making body and it met this year over the May Bank Holiday in Harrogate. This report is an attempt to summarise three very full days of intense and important debates on the various … Read more
Members of UCU University of Leeds branch passed the following emergency motion at our AGM on 16 May 2019: This branch notes that: The 2018 USS dispute was suspended with an agreement that Defined Benefit pensions should not be scrapped … Read more
Video of open meeting 9 April with branch pensions rep Mark Taylor-Batty and Sam Marsh from the UCU national USS negotiating team This page was last updated on 3 May 2019
Read moreTuesday 9 April 1-2pm: USS Pensions Open Meeting: with UCU Pensions Rep Mark Taylor-Batty and UCU national USS negotiator Sam Marsh Mechanical Engineering LT B (2.37) (Open to members + non-members – bring colleagues!) Our pensions rep Mark Taylor-Batty and … Read more
Members will have seen in last week’s all-staff communication the reminder that our USS pension contributions will be going up from 8% of Salary to 8.8% of salary, as from your pay slip at the end of April. We will … Read more
This post follows on from the email we received from UCU HQ yesterday, and seeks to explain that as part of a plain language summary of where we are. As we approach the end of an incredible year for the … Read more
Members meeting on 10 December passed 8 motions deciding branch strategy, policy and decisions: Motion 3: USS pensions Motion 4: Motion of no confidence in University of Leeds Council USS decisions Motion 5: Supporting Vicky Blake’s Candidacy for UCU Vice … Read more
You will have received an email recently from Jill Nimmo, forwarding a USS communication in which they offer a brief summary of the cost-sharing consultation with members that took place over the summer, and which was in effect eclipsed by … Read more
Some members have received a letter from USS saying that because of a ‘technical glitch’ they won’t get an automatic pension statement. This seems to be members with more complicated pension calculations. In a statement, USS says this affects around … Read more
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