Q: Do I have to tell my employer I am going on strike? A: No. You do not have to tell your employer whether you plan to take industrial action in advance of the date when action begins as this will enable them to minimise any disruption the action is aimed to cause. UCU has…
The UCU recognises that asking members to take fourteen days of strike action is without precedent. Your union is taking this action to defend your pension from the most serious attack that is has faced. The strike action has to be concentrated in this way because there is very little time left, up until June,…
We can now confirm that the UCU has notified UCL of the following dates when members will be taking strike action (fourteen days in total): Week 1: Thu and Fri 22 – 23 Feb Week 2: Mon – Weds 26 – 28 Feb Week 3: Mon – Thurs 5 – 8 Mar Week 4: Mon…
The results of the ballot have been published and nationally the turnout was 58% with 88% of members who voted, voting YES for strike action. UCL saw 90% voting for strike action and 95% for action short of a strike on a 57% turnout. This is the most solid vote for industrial action in a…
UCL UCU Executive Committee were concerned to discover that UCL HR Director, Fiona Ryland, had circulated an email relating to proposed USS changes to an undisclosed subset of staff on 8th January, inviting them to a town hall meeting on Wednesday 24th January – which is the day after joint negotiations on the future of USS are set to end….
As your local Branch Officers met on Tuesday this week with UCL senior management to discuss UCL’s position on the proposed changes to the USS we learn that the UCL Provost has claimed that there will be “not a penny more” for the USS. The meeting heard from the Directors of Finance and HR and…
We wrote recently to members to warn of “a new and devastating attack on our USS pensions”. We promised further updates. The shadow Education Secretary has recently expressed support for us: https://www.ucu.org.uk/rayner-uss-solidarity The National Union of Students too has now thrown its support behind UCU: https://www.ucu.org.uk/article/9104/National-Union-of-Students-calls-for-negotiations-in-USS-pensions-dispute Have you voted yet? If your ballot paper hasn’t yet arrived, please…
UCU’s higher education committee has agreed to launch an industrial action ballot in the dispute over the future of USS.They have said serious and sustained industrial action is required in the face of damaging proposals from the employers which would effectively destroy the pension scheme. Currently, USS pension benefits are guaranteed for all your salary…
Please find below a report on Thurs 18 May’s momentous Academic Board (AB) Special Meeting. This report has been distributed by email to UCL UCU members. The meeting was called by 22 signatories of a letter in response to a Survey of Board members on the current state of the university and its Management. The…
This message is especially directed at our members on Academic Board, but it is important that the wider membership is aware of what is happening too. A new Governance Committee has been set up by academic board after an unprecedented Special Meeting on which we recently reported. This committee is charged with scrutinizing decisions and…
