Stop fire-and-rehire of security at UCL!
Security staff at UCL are facing up to 40 redundancies as the security subcontractor Bidvest Noonan decides to fire and rehire on reduced contracts. Find out how to support them here.
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UCL UCU: AGM – Thurs. 22nd June w/ Sandwiches & Online Access
The UCL UCU Annual General Meeting is taking place on Thursday 22nd June from 1pm both online via zoom and in person.
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UCL UCU: Requested EGM To discuss confirming and reinforcing the message of solidarity with Ukraine
Dear Colleague This is to give you notice of a requested EGM on the above topic. We have received a request by 29 members of the branch to hold an EGM on this topic (the requisitioners are listed in Appendix 1 below). The branch rules allow for the requisition of a meeting on a ‘topic’ (rule 14)…
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MAB: Academic Board votes to oppose dangerous mitigations!
Last Friday, a packed meeting of UCL’s Academic Board voted to oppose plans for an industrial-scale mitigation strategy.
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ACTION REQUIRED: Declaring participation in the MAB on Friday
UCL have set a deadline, to declare whether or not you have participated in the MAB – of this Friday, June 9! Read our advice to members here.
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MAB organising meeting Tues & Academic Board motion
Next week will be a very important one for the current Marking and Assessment Boycott (MAB) industrial action at UCL. Please come to an Extraordinary MAB Organising Meeting (MABers welcome Tuesday 6 June at 1pm. Please register to receive a zoom link for this meeting (link via email). The agenda will include: The meeting is open to…
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Sign our Letter to the Guardian and share the #SettleTheDispute letter with your students
Dear colleague, Our employers have spent months refusing to negotiate with us, but the cracks are beginning to show. Cambridge and Queens University Belfast are the latest institutions to publicly call for a return to negotiations. Meanwhile SOAS and Dundee UCU branches are on strike over 100% deductions. Here at UCL, we have a vital meeting…
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Motions and Amendments passed to amend the Branch rules
The branch rule changes approved at the General Meeting on 31st May 2023 have now been updated on the website. Details of each rule change can be found below.
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Academic Board vote result & UCL’s response to the MAB
We have received a lot of questions in the last few days about how UCL is responding to the MAB, and what UCU is doing nationally to reopen negotiations. We have included an update on both of these issues below (Appendices 2 and 3).
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Academic Board meeting tomorrow to discuss the Boycott, plus regular Solidari-Tea meetings
“As a student, I support the boycott completely. Our professors are what makes university great, and it’s a disgrace that UCL management are maintaining such exploitative working conditions.” – 3rd Year Sociology Student