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Responding to the USS pension 2020 valuation employer consultation
Your pension is at risk. We are writing now to explain the situation before you consider responding to the employer’s ‘consultation’ on USS, which closes on Sunday 16 May.
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USS under threat again – Extraordinary General Meeting, 1-2pm, Thu 11 Mar
This is a calling notice for an Extraordinary General Meeting on Thursday 11 March, 1-2pm, to discuss the emerging crisis around the USS This is to discuss the very real and present danger of USS Ltd undermining our pensions with an even more aggressive attack on member benefits and contributions than in 2017, by pricing…
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Reminder for General Meeting, Thu 1 October 3-4pm, USS update and motions for debate
This is a reminder message for our Extraordinary General Meeting called for Thursday 1 October, from 3 to 4pm.
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Four Fights | News | USS
Consultation meeting on USS and Four Fights disputes, Friday, 2-3pm on Zoom
Today at 2pm we meet to discuss the current position with the two national disputes: USS and Four Fights (pay, casualisation, equality and workload). Colleagues will note that we won two industrial action ballots, with a vote of 80% for strike action and 90% for ASOS in both disputes, in a ballot that closed at…
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Calling notice – discussion meeting, Fri 22 May, 2-3pm: ‘Four Fights’ & USS disputes – update
Please join us via zoom for an update and to discuss the next steps in both disputes: ‘Four Fights’ and USS This is a formal calling notice for a discussion meeting of UCL UCU which will be held tomorrow, Friday 22 May from 2-3pm, (facilitated using Zoom conferencing – details to follow). Note that we will…
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Letter to the Provost + Petition
Please help us to end this dispute by supporting the reasonable demands of UCU Our strike action continues this week. Please continue to circulate the Petition to the Provost in support of our letter to him. Our message to the UCL community (including our outsourced colleagues) is simple: please help us to end this dispute by supporting the reasonable…
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Four Fights | Strike | USS
Strike report – day 8 (Mon 9 Mar)
We encourage members to join us out on the picket lines this week for what is a vital period in this dispute. Talks continue. The employers are under pressure but there is no deal on the table. As UCU national negotiator (and branch president) Sean Wallis said at our general meeting on Friday, despite rumours…
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Four Fights | News | Strike | USS
Strike report – day 7 (Thu 5 Mar) + Petition to the Provost + Next week
Please sign our petition to the Provost Letter to the Provost + Petition On Monday, the UCL UCU branch executive wrote to the Provost Michael Arthur to ask him to use his offices to help resolve the dispute. As we have had no response, and time is short, we have launched a Petition to the Provost which we encourage…
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Union letter to the Provost
The letter below was sent from UCL UCU to the Provost on Monday 2nd March. We are awaiting a response.