1) Become a Faculty or PS Division UCU Health & Safety Rep The branch is looking to recruit UCU Health and Safety Reps for each Academic Faculty and each Professional Service Division. Interested? Already a trained H&S rep? Email ucu-office@bristol.ac.uk for more information and to volunteer. Trained UCU H&S Reps are granted time off: We are particularly keen for […]
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1) Pay and Grade Structure Negotiations With the joint union/University talks scheduled to conclude before Christmas, branch members should expect an update on the outcome of these talks early next year. As noted in the last joint UoB communication, joint unions and HR Officers have been in discussion over a number of proposed incremental improvements […]
1) Extra-Ordinary General Meeting, *Today*, 13:00-14:00, Powell Lecture Theatre (G42), Physics Building, Tyndall Avenue EGM today to discuss and vote on the ‘Motion to End the Violence in Israel-Palestine, Support Palestinian Rights, Protect Academic Freedom and Freedom of Expression and Oppose all Racism’. All Bristol UCU members are invited to attend. To read the motion […]
1) Bristol UCU After The Ballot ‘…the main practical question was, in so far as there is a single branch focus, how best to frame and focus branch business in the short to medium term. As branch negotiators and reps, what are we doing going forward sans the focus of national industrial action? Newsflash, for example, […]
1) Still Time to Vote If you haven’t returned your UCU pay and conditions ballot paper, you still can. Pop it in the post and it’ll be counted, fingers crossed, before the ballot closes on Friday. 2) Whither the Pay and Conditions Dispute?: Bristol UCU Strategy Session on the Future of the Pay & Conditions Dispute, […]
1) The Last Week: Have You Voted in the Pay and Conditions Ballot? The last ‘safe’ date to return your ballot by post is Tuesday next week. If you haven’t received your ballot papers yet, you have until Sunday to get a replacement using the online form [link]. To give UCU a mandate to take strike […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]