Picket Line Singout

This is a formal calling notice for an Extraordinary General Meeting of UCL UCU which will be held on Wednesday 13 October from 1-2pm, facilitated using Zoom conferencing.

Last week, over 600 attendees heard Jo Grady, branch representatives and activists address a joint mass rally against planned cuts by Imperial College, Liverpool University, Roehampton University and SOAS. A day later, Reading University announced redundancies amounting to 500 FTE, to be implemented by sacking all its staff and rehiring on inferior contracts. This is…

An employment tribunal unanimously determined that UCL had breached laws on victimisation of trade unionists In 2017, UCL UCU Branch Secretary Tony Brown was subject to a disciplinary sanction by UCL for setting up an email list on behalf of union reps in ISD, in his capacity as a union rep. Despite local representations and…

The mismanagement of the USS pension scheme led to the largest strike in the history of Higher Education in 2018 Please sign and forward this petition calling for the Chief Executive of USS, Mr Bill Galvin, to resign. USS has been consulting on USS proposals to increase contributions from employers and employees by approximately 40% –…

This is a reminder that we have scheduled a UCL UCU Extraordinary General Meeting which will take place tomorrow, Friday 6 March, 1-2pm in the Archaeology LT, Gordon Square. The Archaeology LT is an accessible venue. We have received two further motions for debate: an additional rule change motion (for UCU Congress) and a motion concerning our…