Our Union, our Disputes, our Sector in Danger
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Solidarity is the way to rebuild
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Build the reballot
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We need to debate the action we need to win
Our Higher Education strikes this week are essential for the future of our …
Keep up the strikes!
HEC report 14 August 23 – Two steps forward, one step back
HEC agrees to call strike action before the end of the ballot period and launch reballot as soon as possible.
But HEC was also told that this reballot would take five weeks to prepare, which was a shock to those …
No more ‘pauses’ – no suspension of action! Strike to win!
Tuesday’s #UCURising reps briefing has caused a huge amount of confusion ahead of our six days of strike action.
No new information about progress in the talks materialised.
All we learned was that there ‘may’ be some progress on USS, …
HEC report 1 July 2022
HEC unites around a programme to rebuild the disputes
The Higher Education Committee met on Friday to discuss the state of the industrial action campaigns over Four Fights and USS. It was the first opportunity for HEC to meet since …
Now not Never! HEC report (12/5/22)
HEC met at a crucial time in the HE disputes with a marking and assessment boycott due to start in just over a week. To avoid undermining the dispute by revealing sensitive information to the employers, we cannot divulge details …
Democracy Now! How can members control our disputes?
The issue of union democracy has again become important in the context of UCU’s higher education disputes.
Many members are wondering how the Higher Education Committee (HEC) could blatantly ignore the views expressed at the previous Branch Delegate Meeting (BDM) …
UCU Left report from Wednesday’s HEC meeting
HEC must listen to members –
Start the fight now on USS and Four Fights
- No decoupling of the disputes
- Escalating action now
The Higher Education Committee (HEC) met on Wednesday 18 January to take decisions about further action in …
HEC snubs the membership and delays the fights
Report of Higher Education Committee of Friday 2nd July
Meeting for the first time since annual Congress and Sector Conferences, UCU’s Higher Education Committee decided on Friday to delay a Special HE Sector Conference (SHESC) until after the summer.
This …
HEC REPORT 30TH April 2021
HEC discussion focused on negotiations on pay campaigns and pensions. Whilst confidentiality prevents much discussion, it is possible to say the following.
Pay
On pay the 0% non-offer in 2020-21 has been repeatedly rejected by UCU members in electronic ballots …
Report of Meeting of Higher Education Committee, 27 May 2020
Members of the UCU’s Higher Education Committee (HEC) met online for a half-day meeting to discuss the union’s position towards the two disputes, including the Four Fights offer.
HEC voted:
- To support the Day of Action on 1 June called