This is a formal calling notice for an Extraordinary General Meeting of UCL UCU which will be held on Tuesday 17 November from 13:00-14:00, facilitated using Zoom conferencing – RSVP.
The meeting will be an opportunity to discuss concerns about managing Covid-19 risk, supporting our students, and staying safe on campus, plus other local and national matters.
Further details to follow
As part of ongoing negotiations with UCL, we have some good news to report and some advice to give.
We are writing with basic advice to keep you safe if you are working from home. None of the changes imposed on us, by force majeure (extrinsic necessity), are changes that have been negotiated with UCL’s recognised trade unions.
To debate workload and prep for teaching online (lecture recording)
Please be advised that in light of the developing emergency around COVID-19, this afternoon the Executive Committee of UCL UCU agreed to request cancellation of the strike action planned for today, Thursday 19 March and Friday 20 March. This was a difficult decision to take.
Please take a few minutes to respond to our short anonymous survey on home working and physical health, which explores members’ home working situations, including use of Display Screen Equipment (DSE) during the “lockdown”. This survey covers physical health only, and does not address emotional or mental health, nor workload and / or stress. We…
Today the UCU starts an electronic consultation on the employers offer to settle our ‘Four Fights’ dispute (from ‘CES’, email subject: ‘UCU – University College Union – Consultative ballot’).
