Consultation on proposed changes to UCU

Following her re-election, UCU general secretary Sally Hunt is launching a ballot on members on the future structures of the union.

All members should receive an invitation to participate in the online ballot on three changes to UCU which Sally proposed in her election manifesto. The ballot will open on 12 March 2012 and will be run by Electoral Reform Services. Members for whom we have no valid email address will receive a ballot by post over the folowing few days. If you expect to and haven't received an email invtation by 16 March a query form will be available here.

A set of questions relating to these changes is set out belo and you can read again her letter to members on the changes here.

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What are your proposals?

I am proposing three main changes.

The first is to reduce the size of UCU's National Executive Committee from 72 to a maximum of 40 and use the savings to improve services for members and branches.

The second is to give members a right to be directly consulted on a final offer from employers before the union decides whether to accept it or reject and escalate action.

The third is for members to elect lay national negotiator posts currently elected by annual conferences.

Today  marks the start of the ballot on the manifesto commitments made by the general secretary in the recent election.  Members for whom the union does not have an email address should receive a postal ballot over the next few days. Any member who has not got either an email postal ballot by Friday 16 March should use the online form here to request a new one: http://www.ucu.org.uk/changeproposals