The Joint Expert Panel: Could try harder?
The long awaited second Joint Expert Panel (JEP) report on USS was released on Friday 13th December.
The Joint Expert Panel was the outcome of the 2018 industrial action by UCU in …
Can we resolve the Gender Pay Gap (and the race, disability and LGBT+ Pay Gaps)?
Can we resolve the Gender Pay Gap (and the race, disability and LGBT+ Pay Gaps)?
The UCU website notes that ‘although equal pay legislation has been in place for over 40 years, the gender pay gap in Britain remains …
Fighting two disputes together has united our sector
At UCU Congress in 2019 we proposed running the ballots for our two disputes together and combining our strike action for both disputes as a means to maximise the unity of our union. However, there is still disquiet in some …
Mandy Brown Thank You
UCU Left Steering Committee would like to notify supporters and members that Mandy Brown (Lambeth College) has stepped down from Secretary of UCU Left following her movement back into higher education as a …
Higher Education Committee Report 28th June 2019
HEC report 28th June 2019: One small step for HEC: One giant step for UCU.
Jo McNeil and Mark Abel were elected as Vice Chairs of the HEC for pre and post 92 sectors respectively. The overwhelming support they …
NEC report: The General Secretary Must Be Accountable To Members
Emergency National Executive Report 1 March 2019
The General Secretary Must Be Accountable To Members
UCU National Executive Committee (NEC) met on Friday 1 March as an extra-ordinary meeting due to the resignation of the General Secretary, Sally Hunt, on …
National Industrial Action: Developing a Strategy to Win
National Industrial Action: Developing a Strategy to Win
The result of UCU’s equalities and pay ballot is a contradictory and complex outcome. It is both disappointing when framed within the anti-trade union legislation and, if we didn’t have to jump …
HEC report 15th February
UCU HEC 15th February 2019
Equality and respect
HEC on 15th February has met a new low. And it has had some real lows at times. UCU Left members walked out following patronising sexist behaviour towards an NEC member, …
UCU Left, USS and the importance of elected rank and file leadership
Success has a thousand parents, failure is an orphan. That the 2018 USS dispute transformed UCU everyone in the union accepts. Similarly, it was the members – their enthusiasm and determination, and their knowledge that USS was a touchstone …
NEC and HEC report November 2018
The UCU NEC met last week on the run up to important pay strikes in six English FE colleges taking place this week, a successful Love FE demonstration at parliament, a major victory over pay in a merged London FE …