An employment tribunal unanimously determined that UCL had breached laws on victimisation of trade unionists In 2017, UCL UCU Branch Secretary Tony Brown was subject to a disciplinary sanction by UCL for setting up an email list on behalf of union reps in ISD, in his capacity as a union rep. Despite local representations and…
Our next General Meeting will take place Thursday 14 March, 1-2pm, in the Christopher Ingold Ramsay LT (Chemistry Building, Gordon St). This meeting is timetabled to enable members to raise motions and stand as delegates for the national annual UCU Congress. Agenda UCU Congress Congress reviews the UCU’s campaigning work over the preceding year and debates campaigning priorities and policy…
Are you concerned about the way Teaching Fellows are treated at UCL? Are there rights that are denied to you? Is casualisation causing anxiety and stress to you and your colleagues? Calling all Teaching Fellows:Special Town Hall Meeting on Teaching Fellows’ Rights: Are you concerned about the way Teaching Fellows are treated at UCL? Are…
UCU’s National Ballot over Pay, Equality, Casualisation and Workload is open UCU has launched its National Ballot over Pay, Equality, Casualisation and Workload. You should have received a ballot envelope through your door or at work. Please vote YES to strike and YES to action short of a strike. But don’t just vote yourself: ask your colleagues to vote. Join…
UCU Election Debate – Candidates for Vice President of the Union: 1-2pm, Thu 17 Jan, G12 1-19 Torrington Place We have organised a debate about the future of UCU for Thursday 17 January. Two of the candidates for UCU Vice President, Jo McNeill (Liverpool) and Vicky Blake (Leeds) [1], will set out their aims for UCU and…
The mismanagement of the USS pension scheme led to the largest strike in the history of Higher Education in 2018 Please sign and forward this petition calling for the Chief Executive of USS, Mr Bill Galvin, to resign. USS has been consulting on USS proposals to increase contributions from employers and employees by approximately 40% –…
Advice regarding the “Uniforum Service Effectiveness Survey” [sic] sent out by Cubane Consulting on behalf of Rex Knight (VP Operations) Yesterday, staff received an invitation to participate in the “Uniforum Service Effectiveness Survey” [sic] sent out by Cubane Consulting on behalf of Rex Knight (VP Operations). (There is a unique link in the email so…
We are becoming increasingly concerned about overcrowding on the Bloomsbury campus particularly by reports of over crowding in Lecture theatres and teaching rooms. In centrally bookable rooms the maximum occupancy number of the room is the safe number for room occupancy. This is in large part determined by the egress capacity of the room as well as neighbouring…
A reminder that there will be an Extraordinary General Meeting of UCL UCU this Weds 31 October, 13.00-14.00 in 25 Gordon Street Maths 500 LT. The meeting will discuss the results of the recent ballot on our pay and equality campaign in anticipation of the forthcoming Special Higher Education Sector Conference (SHESC – see appendix 2) which will…
USS is currently consulting its members over proposed changes to your pension scheme. These are potentially very serious detrimental changes for every member. The deadline for the employee consultation is 2 November. In this email we review three scenarios that are now in front of us. At the end, we indicate how colleagues might wish to respond to the…
