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.
Guidance on claiming from the UCL UCU local hardship fund for the first phase of industrial action – 25 November to 3 December 2019
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.
Representatives from campus trade unions met with senior HR staff today to discuss UCL’s response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The most important step that we need to take without delay is to enforce social distancing. UCL’s decision to suspend face-to-face teaching is a positive move, and should be welcomed as should the university’s advice…
Our strike action and Action Short of a Strike (ASOS) continues and strike updates for days 10 and 11 will follow soon.
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…
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…
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…
Day 6: Brief report – Wednesday 4 March was day 6 of our second phase of strikes at UCL. The strike is solid. Credit is due to Malet Place strikers who produced their own ‘We are the University’ banner on the picket line. Students are increasingly spending time talking to strikers, offering support, wearing stickers…
The IOE Picket line has laid down the gauntlet in the picket line sing out challenge in UCL. Who can do better?
