Check your postbag for a pink envelope from UCU, and vote!
If you can do one thing for your union, please do the following.
- Look out for a bright pink envelope in your postal mail.
- Open it, complete the ballot paper, fold it and post it back to Civica.
Your committee is asking you to vote YES and YES in this ballot.
If you cannot find your envelope, it may have been sent to your office address. From Monday you will be able to ask for a new ballot paper from this page.
On Monday, UCU began an industrial action ballot over pay and conditions in universities across the UK. UCU is calling for:
- a pay uplift that is at least RPI + 3.5% or £2,500, whichever is the higher, on all pay points
- joint action to protect national agreements relating to terms and conditions of employment
- a national agreement to avoid redundancies, course closures, and cuts to academic disciplines across the sector.
We are not alone. UNISON, UNITE and our sister union in Scotland, the EIS, opened their ballots at the same time.
See www.ucu.org.uk/WeAreTheUniversity for further information.

