The AGM will be held in Jeffery Hall, IoE, and a buffet lunch will be provided from 12.30pm This is an excellent opportunity to meet UCU colleagues from across UCL, discuss events over the preceding year and plan for forthcoming challenges. Please e-mail ucu@ucl.ac.uk if you would be interested in being nominated for election to a Branch Officer…
Two ways to engage with what is happening to your pension (explained below): * Have your say in the UCL consultation on how UCL should respond to the USS offer (ideally by 5pm today, Wed 15 May); * Join the Lobby of USS on Friday 17 May. Responding to the UCL consultation on USS The USS…
It is our duty to inform colleagues of serious and ongoing issues regarding governance and academic freedom at UCL. This matter concerns: We write to you now, because we believe that the Statute 18 Tribunal Panel that UCL senior management have unilaterally appointed in this case has been constructed to guarantee an outcome whereby that…
This is a calling notice for an UCL UCU General Meeting on Thursday 2 May, Christopher Ingold G21 Ramsay LT, 1-2pm, Chemistry Building. Please put this date in your diary. This meeting is open to all members. Items to discuss at the meeting: We will need to debate what UCU should do about both of these disputes. Further…
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% –…
