Extraordinary general meeting: Palestine + branch strike donations

We have an extraordinary general meeting on Thursday 17 June, 1pm – 2pm, to discuss two items.

An emergency motion was submitted to the annual general meeting about the situation in Palestine that week. The motion wasn’t taken because of there not being enough time to give the motion the necessary time for full debate and instead the president said the committee would arrange an extraordinary general meeting on the subject of the situation in Palestine.

In calling the meeting the committee has also indicated they would like to discuss making donations to UCU branches who are striking.

The deadline for motions on these subjects for this meeting is 1pm Monday 14 June. Motions should be emailed to ucu@leeds.ac.uk.

General meeting 5 July

Our next ordinary general meeting is Monday 5 July, 12pm – 1pm. If you would like to propose the branch takes a collective view and agrees a plan on an issue, you can submit a motion to ucu@leeds.ac.uk by the deadline of 12pm on Tuesday 22 June.

If you’ve never written a motion before here is some simple advice on writing motions, and you can also ask your UCU department rep or a committee member.