Campaign Against Climate Change Trade Union Group post

The TUC passed, unanimously, the composite motion calling for a 30-minute workday campaign action to coincide with the …

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 …

HEC members were presented with a report from a national official that accepted that we had received the best ballot result in a pay dispute …

This evolving European framework for pension provision has been a significant factor in the reinforcing of the drive towards the replacement of Defined Benefit pensions with Defined Contribution pensions. The DC pension market is a market where high commissions and profits can be created, at the expense of the individual seeking a secure future pension.

The HEC of UCU is the body, made up of elected representatives of HE members, charged with carrying out work related to the HE sector. This report was compiled by Carlo Morelli, Christina Paine, Marion Hersh and Sean Wallis.

This sector conference was called after at least 28 branches passed motions requisitioning a special meeting (20 branches’ motions were officially accepted). This is nearly …

Summary of report:
         General Secretary’s report
         Subscription rates
         Prioritisation of motions for Congress
         Changes to standing orders for how Congress/sector conferences were run.
General Secretary’s report
The NEC met for the …

UCU’s Higher Education Committee (HEC) met in the midst of the most significant battle the union has ever fought.
The employers have been dragged kicking and …

University of Manchester UCU held a thoroughly successful strike over compulsory redundancies on the 23rd and 24th of October. The strike saw the biggest picket …

Defending Pay and Pensions – Report from HEC, 13 October
UCU Higher Education Committee met on 13th October. Two key issues occupied the main discussion: pay and …