Today, 20 February, marks the first day of the strike action called by UCU in the second phase of strikes over our two national disputes. There are strikes at Imperial College London, SOAS, University of the Arts London, City University of London, Queen Mary University of London, Goldsmiths College, Roehampton University, The Courtauld Institute and…
This is a reminder that we have called an Extraordinary General Meeting this Thursday 16 January in Cruciform Lecture Theatre 2, Cruciform Building, Gower Street (Cruciform Lecture Theatre 2 is an accessible venue) All union members are welcome to attend and vote. This meeting is the first opportunity to discuss the national USS and ‘Four Fights’…
Seasonal greetings from your Executive Committee! The national strike action over pensions, pay, casualisation, workload and pay inequality dominated the term. Following the announcement of the vote, over 120 members attended a general meeting to organise for the strike. We saw hundreds more on picket lines, at meetings, teach-outs and demonstrations throughout the eight strike…
Campus was once again very quiet until picketing concluded at 10:30 in time for a protest at the main entrance to UCL. We were joined by striking cleaners, porters and security staff organised by the IWGB. A joint protest march of over 500 staff took us to the HQ of UCEA and UUK (Woburn Place)…
Day 6 Brief Report: Picketing continued across the majority of central UCL sites. Since the beginning of our action we have distributed ~30,000 leaflets to staff and students across the UCL campus, including a locally-designed leaflet to encourage student support. Campus was extremely quiet yesterday morning. Thanks to the many members who are striking at…
Dear UCL-UCU colleague Day 3: brief report Despite forecasts of heavy rain, day 3 of the national HE strike saw solid pickets around UCL on many entrances. The Gower St site was extremely quiet. Students are increasingly staying away realising that there are no lectures taking place. Elsewhere, there were large pickets at Malet Place….
Brief report of UCL UCU strike action – Day 1 At UCL there were over 200 staff out on pickets. An impromptu protest saw around 100 staff march around the Gower St site at 12 before heading for the strike committee meeting. These are at least the same numbers as in 2018 – in some locations…
UCL UCU members voted overwhelmingly (80% and higher) in favour of strike action and action short of strike. Thanks to the wonderful hard work by many members, we are pleased to report that more than 50% of members balloted voted in the pay and pension ballots. UCL UCU members voted overwhelmingly (80% and higher) in favour of…
USS Background Briefing – September 2019 USS has demanded increased contributions from both employers and employees, citing a ‘deficit’ that is highly disputed. Last year the Board of USS Ltd triggered a ‘cost sharing’ rule that compels active employee members of the pension scheme (employees who pay into the scheme, not pensioners or deferred members) to…
