UCU Left

Industrial action

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10 May 2018

AoC refuses to discuss this year’s pay claim: #FEfightsback

The AoC have delivered an ultimatum to UCU: end the disputes over the 2017/18 pay claim or we will not enter negotiations over the 2018/19 …

24 Apr 2018

USS bosses try to undermine UCU agreement with employers – build the campaign and prepare to strike

The vote of UCU members in the recent e-ballot paused our industrial action campaign to facilitate the formation of the Joint Expert Panel (JEP) into the USS valuation. But the JEP is already facing resistance from USS itself. Even before the JEP has been elected, its independence, its ability to question the valuation and its authority to decide changes are being undermined by the actions of USS.

16 Apr 2018

GS emails on the USS ballot

There has been much comment on the UCU Activists List and elsewhere on the question of democracy within UCU and the role of the four …

13 Apr 2018

The vote is YES: Unite to Defend USS

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Members know they have to fight to defend their pensions. But despite the weakness of the UUK offer, the hope that the Independent …

13 Apr 2018

UCU: A Unity Statement for Democracy

The UCU e-ballot over the UUK offer that closed on Friday (13 April), the nature of the offer and the manner in which members were balloted, all expose a deep democratic deficit in our trade union.