A reminder that in this new weekly bulletin you will find
links to all the publications we have produced this week for branch officers
and activists. If there are officers in your branch who should be receiving
this but are not on our current distribution list, please email jstephens@ucu.org.uk
We hope you find it useful.
IN THIS WEEK'S ROUNDUP:
Vote YES! LAST CHANCE to vote on
Public sector pensions:
A final reminder to please urge your members to vote in the consultative ballots. The NEC urges you to encourage members to vote YES to rejecting the government’s final offer and YES to further strike action. Click here for all the arguments:
http://tps.web.ucu.org.uk/
For more on STSS, click here:
http://www.ucu.org.uk/stss
A final reminder to please urge your members to vote in the consultative ballots. The NEC urges you to encourage members to vote YES to rejecting the government’s final offer and YES to further strike action. Click here for all the arguments:
http://tps.web.ucu.org.uk/
For more on STSS, click here:
http://www.ucu.org.uk/stss
UCU supports NUS 'Come Clean'
campaign:
UCU supports NUS’s campaign. Week of action - NEXT WEEK, including a mass walkout on Wednesday (March 14). UCU encourages all branches who have not already done so, to make contact with their local Students’ Union and are asked to request that members treat students who attend NUS activities during the week of action and the walk out sympathetically:
http://www.ucu.org.uk/comeclean
For further queries please contact: jstephens@ucu.org.uk
UCU supports NUS’s campaign. Week of action - NEXT WEEK, including a mass walkout on Wednesday (March 14). UCU encourages all branches who have not already done so, to make contact with their local Students’ Union and are asked to request that members treat students who attend NUS activities during the week of action and the walk out sympathetically:
http://www.ucu.org.uk/comeclean
For further queries please contact: jstephens@ucu.org.uk
Also this week:
UCU/415 Results of UCU
Trustee, General Secretary, Officer and NEC elections 2012:
The results have been declared and a list of all candidates
elected is set out in this circular. The scrutineer’s reports are
available on-line at
General Secretary sets out reform
plans:
General Secretary Sally Hunt wrote to all members this week setting out her plans for reform of UCU, following her re-election last Friday:
http://www.ucu.org.uk/5Mar12
General Secretary Sally Hunt wrote to all members this week setting out her plans for reform of UCU, following her re-election last Friday:
http://www.ucu.org.uk/5Mar12
IFL reminder:
A reminder to all FE branches that members in England should
continue to NOT pay their IfL registration fee:
International Women’s Day Wall
Chart:
To mark International Women's Day, UCU has updated its
popular wall chart. http://www.ucu.org.uk/media/pdf/5/q/womens_poster_final_2012.pdf
Workers’ Memorial Day 28th April:
TUC calls day of action on health and safety:
Commemorating those killed at work and campaigning for safer
workplaces on 28th April. The TUC is calling all trade union members to make
28th April in UK a day of action. Planned events here: http://www.tuc.org.uk/workplace/tuc-20489-f0.cfm
Health and Safety News:
The March issue of Health and Safety News is now out and
available to download at the following link:
Climate Week – 12-19 March:
The campaign for a low carbon economy is directly tied in
with our fight for jobs inside and outside the sector so as part of Climate
Week, UCU branches are urged to get endorsement from their institution for the
Green Skills Manifesto that was launched last week:
http://www.ucu.org.uk/index.cfm?articleid=5986
http://www.ucu.org.uk/index.cfm?articleid=5986
UCU/414 Congress minutes 2011:
The formal minutes of UCU’s 2011 Congress meeting, including
all resolutions passed.
UCU/413 NEC annual report to
Congress 2012:
An annual report of the union’s activities, reported in
sections corresponding to the NEC’s sub-committees.
UCU/412 Annual TUC Disability
Equality Conference:
Details of arrangements for the 2012 TUC Disability
Conference to be held in central London, 30-31 May. Nominations should be
sent to James Taylor (jtaylor@ucu.org.uk)
by 12 noon, Monday 26 March 2012.
UCU/411 Academic-Related Annual
Meeting – Agenda, Motions & Nominations:
Please see the agenda, motions and committee nominations
submitted to the Annual Meeting for Academic Related Staff to be held at UCU HQ
on 21 March. Please note that the deadline for any amendments to motions is 5pm
on Monday 19 March.
UCU/410 HE Negotiating Pack
Briefings:
Details of the HE Negotiating Pack Briefings in April and
May; why the packs have been developed, how the packs can help local
negotiations, where the briefings will take place, what briefing your branch
can register for and how to register.
UCUHE/136: Grade Drift:
Ways in which roles and the ‘rate for the job’ can be
undermined by grade drift and actions for branches/LAs to challenge this
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