Bristol UCU1) Emergency Online Branch Meeting Last Week & University Pay and Reward Proposals 20/21 Thanks to members who attended our Online Branch Meeting Wednesday last week, called to discuss the University’s proposals to reduce the pay and reward bill for 2020-21 as contingency against revenue estimated to be lost next year. James Thompson, Branch President […]
1) *Emergency Online Branch Meeting*, Tomorrow, 13:00-14:00, via Microsoft Teams On the agenda: the University of Bristol Pay & Reward Proposals for 2020 Motion for discussion: https://tinyurl.com/MotionIjuly2020 — 2) UCU Levy Bristol UCU Officers and Executive Committee agreed yesterday in principle to cover the levy for lower paid members of the branch from branch funds in the event of […]
1) Statement – Bristol UCU and Black Lives Matter Bristol UCU speaks out in solidarity with #blacklivesmatter protests, the University of Bristol BAME Staff Network, and all those fighting to remove the pervasive structures of racism–legal, social, economic, cultural and other. On 25 May, George Floyd was brutally murdered. At its Online Branch Meeting on […]
1) Online Branch Meeting, Wednesday, 17th June, 13:00-14:00, Microsoft Teams Wednesday next week Bristol UCU hosts another online branch meeting between 13:00-14:00, open to all branch members. Microsoft Teams joining details plus agenda will be shared early next week. Items for branch discussion, time permitting, include: The latest on current University of Bristol staff pay-related […]
1) Bristol UCU Letter on Fixed-Term Contracts Following a nearly unanimous vote at Wednesday’s online branch meeting last week to take steps to protect job security for fixed-term staff, we are asking all branch members to sign this online letter: https://tinyurl.com/bris-ucu-fixed-term-contracts The letter calls on the University’s senior management team to extend the contracts of […]
1) Branch Negotiators’ Update In last week’s Newsflash, we noted that at a previous Joint Consultative and Negotiating Committee (JCNC), the University’s senior team signaled that they wished to discuss pay at the University of Bristol, as part of the institutional financial response to the COVID-19 emergency. Discussion is ongoing; budgets are being examined and broad principles […]
1) Branch Negotiators’ Update At our Joint Consultative and Negotiating Committee (JCNC) last week, the University’s senior team signalled that they wished to discuss pay at the University of Bristol, as part of the institutional response to the COVID-19 emergency. Campus union negotiators – UCU, Unite, Unison – have not agreed to any proposals on pay […]
1) Branch Reps Update – Next Week To say things are happening thick and fast presently is an understatement. For example, branch negotiators have been dealing with pressing issues around furloughing, redeployment and the fallout of the current recruitment protocol. In advance of our Annual General Meeting in 3 weeks’ time, we will endeavour to […]
1) Call For Nominations – Branch Officers and Executive Committee Members We have our Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, 20th May, 1pm-2pm. Online hosting details tbc. On the agenda: the election of the Branch President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Membership/Recruitment Secretary, Anti-Casualisation Officer and Equality Officer for 2020-2021, as well as Members of Exec for […]
This is an uncertain and stressful period for us all. Branch reps are currently engaged with and negotiating on a range of pressing issues (see below) with managers, members and UCU Regional/UK officials. Members are encouraged to contact ucu-office@bristol.ac.uk and/or speak to their School/Department/Divisional reps with any concerns they have. For more on strike pay deductions, fixed-term […]