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Bristol UCU Newsflash, 11th October: Have You Voted Yet, UCU General Meeting Wednesday Next Week, USS Pensions: ‘A historic victory’, Anti-Casualisation & TSR Contract Clinic Drop-In Event, Wednesday, 25th October

1) Have You Voted Yet? Not posted your ballot paper? Return your pay and conditions industrial action ballot today. https://www.ucu.org.uk/rising 2) UCU General Meeting, Wednesday, 18th October, 13:00-14:00, Microsoft Teams We have our first branch GM Wednesday next week. To join, click on the Teams link: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_MjI2NzRlOGMtNjU2OS00NjIyLTlkZjUtYjcyMGRiZTIzOWRk%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22b2e47f30-cd7d-4a4e-a5da-b18cf1a4151b%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2213b13f87-fa76-4f29-9904-f9f645bd8649%22%7d Agenda: 3) USS Pensions: ‘A historic victory for […]

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Bristol UCU Newsflash, 4th October: Getting Your Vote Out, Joint Statement, 150th Anniversary of the Bristol TUC This Saturday

1) Getting Your Vote Out: UCU Pay and Conditions Ballot By now, you should have received your Pay and Conditions Ballot Paper in the post (at your preferred post address). If you haven’t, order a replacement by clicking the link below: https://yoursay.ucu.org.uk/s3/ucuRISING-ballotupdate Your School/Professional Services/Dept Rep will be in touch shortly reminding you to vote. […]

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Bristol UCU Newsflash, 19th September 2023: Donate Today — Supporting UCU MAB-ing Members

1) Donate Today — Supporting UCU MAB-ing Members Our Bristol UCU MAB Salary Scheme Crowdfunder is still open and still accepting donations. If you have not donated, donate today and/or share with friends, colleagues and supporters asking for a donation: https://gofund.me/ed058bc5 Bristol UCU MAB Salary Share Scheme, organized by Bristol UCU Please donate today to […]

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Bristol UCU Newsflash, 13th September: End of the MAB & Bristol UCU September Strike Action MAB Arrangement

1) End of the MAB & Bristol UCU September Strike Action MAB Arrangement Welcome to the first Newsflash of the new 23-24 academic year. Last week we, UCU, withdrew our national marking and assessment boycott, announced 5 further days of strike action, and this week on Monday, we launched our ‘Get The Vote Out’ strike ballot ‘from […]

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Bristol UCU Newsflash, 23rd August 2023: University of Bristol/Bristol UCU MAB Arrangement

1) University of Bristol/Bristol UCU MAB Arrangement As shared on Monday with UCU members, University of Bristol and University of Bristol UCU branch have reached an arrangement on the operation of the marking and assessment boycott at Bristol and the treatment of staff currently participating in the boycott. What does this statement mean for staff […]

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Bristol UCU Newsflash, 26th July: Graduation Demo Next Week, Financial Support for Colleagues Undertaking the MAB, MAB Participation and Deductions, Branch Office Out-of-Office

1) Bristol UCU Graduation Demo Next Week & University of Bristol UNISON Graduation Strike Action University of Bristol UNISON are taking strike action next week, Graduation Ceremonies week, 31st July-3rd August. Bristol UCU will be joining them on their picket lines to publicize our Marking and Assessment Boycott, UoB’s Dodgy Degrees, and our joint pay […]

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Bristol UCU Newsflash, 19th July: Next Steps — Our Boycott; Local Dispute/Strike Action — Punitive Pay Docking; MAB Salary Share Scheme

1) Next Steps: Our Boycott As the threat of pay deductions becomes a reality, and with the prospect of our MAB continuing over the Summer, members are asking: what is the point of MAB-ing now?  Fundamentally it hasn’t changed from the first day of the boycott on 20th April.  In not marking, and preventing the […]

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Bristol UCU Newsflash, 12th July: University of Bristol Wall of Shame – Add Your ‘Outrage’

1) University of Bristol Wall of Shame: Add Your ‘Outrage’ Post your University of Bristol academic standards ‘outrage’ on our Wall of Shame. Click on the ‘+’: https://padlet.com/bristolucuoffice/university-of-bristol-wall-of-shame-mab-2023-swihrxfgnrpkmszf To share with students, stakeholders, politicians, policymakers, and Bristolians. Already we can see examples of: Note: posts are anoymised. The School/Department is not named; posts are moderated. […]

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Bristol UCU Newsflash, 5th July: University of Bristol Wall of Shame – Bristol UCU Members’ Meeting, Tuesday, 11th July; Updates: HPT/TSR Pay Deductions, Leave While MAB-ing, Marking Reallocated: Still Deemed MAB-ing?; UCU Financial Support

1) University of Bristol Wall of Shame: Bristol UCU Members’ Meeting, Tuesday, 11th July, 13:00-14:00, Microsoft Teams Join Bristol UCU members next Tuesday lunchtime for the launch of our University of Bristol Wall of Shame: Unless our Bristol temporary academic regulations are revoked, and unless the University mitigates its approach to punitive pay docking, the […]

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Bristol UCU Newsflash, 28th June 2023: Settle Don’t Escalate This Dispute: A Bristol UCU Response to University of Bristol Leadership

Response to University of Bristol Leadership: Settle Don’t Escalate This Dispute Dear Evelyn, A question if I may: as more and more universities make public statements to restart negotiations in our ongoing pay and conditions dispute, why does the University of Bristol Leadership Team persist in not joining them? What is the cost to the […]