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1) Merry Christmas and Much To Do: Message from the Branch President Firstly, Merry Christmas and here’s to a Happy New Year. As a branch rep for so many overworked, poorly treated and underpaid University of Bristol UCU members, one is acutely aware of the vital importance of leave, any leave. I hope that this […]

1) Strike Action and Next Steps Thank you to striking Bristol UCU members, students, University of Bristol Unison, fellow trade unionists and supporters from across Bristol and the South West. Our strike action has seen the first breakthrough of the dispute: we are now talking to employers about pay and conditions, with a view to […]

1) Bristol UCU Picket Lines, Thursday, 24th February Picket Lines from 08:30 tomorrow. Picket line supervisors to pick up strike materials from UCU Office, 1d Priory Road from 07:30. Main Picket Line: 5 Tyndall Avenue.        Assemble for joint UCU/Unison Rally for 12:00 noon outside Victoria Rooms. For a list of campus picket lines tomorrow: 2) […]

1) Bristol UCU on Strike, 24th, 25th & 30th November Our strike days are in the diary. All 70,000 plus UCU Higher Education members will be taking strike action on Thursday, 24th, Friday, 25th and Wednesday 30th November [link]. Bristol UCU strike details to be shared next week. The branch Executive Committee and branch Reps will confirm our picket plans, […]

1) UCU Strike Action Tomorrow UCU’s Higher Education Committee will determine the timing, length, and form of forthcoming UCU strike action. Details to follow shortly. Bristol UCU and UK UCU members have fed back their preferences via our recent UCU survey [link], branch meetings and via our branch delegates [link]. UCU members have expressed a preference for taking […]

1) Bristol UCU Branch Meeting: Wednesday, 26th October, 13:00-14:00, Microsoft Teams Our first scheduled Bristol UCU Branch Meeting is Wednesday next week. The main item of business: consulting with members on next steps following the close of the industrial action ballot. Join the Branch Meeting via Microsoft Teams, using the link: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_MDgyNmRkYzQtYTQ4Yi00NzQ1LTg5NjQtZjc3ZWE4Njc0M2Y4%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22b2e47f30-cd7d-4a4e-a5da-b18cf1a4151b%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22808b1cd4-a148-40b5-9088-03701d876c24%22%7d Ballot results will […]

1) Branch All-Members Meeting: Wednesday, 12th October, 13:00-14:00, Microsoft Teams Open to all Bristol UCU members: an all-members meeting and Get The Vote Out Rally, Wednesday 12 October, 1pm on Teams Just over two weeks to go in the current ballot on whether to take industrial action: if you haven’t, please vote. The Teams link […]

1) Vote Now, Vote Early You should have got your ballot papers in the post. Click on the link below to order a replacement ballot if you have not yet got your ballot papers: Also click on the link to let UCU know if you have already voted in the ballot (‘I’ve already voted so […]

1) Ballot Papers In The Post: Vote Now, Vote Early Bristol UCU Newsflash returns from its summer break with one item. You will be receiving a lot of UCU emails. Newsflash keeps it short and snappy. From today, Bristol UCU members will be getting their strike ballot papers in the post. This week our Bristol UCU Get The Vote […]

1) Summer Newsflash takes a two-week break, returning just as UCU starts another Get The Vote Out [link] campaign in August, and the terms of our new Branch Officer team, Executive Committee and Branch Reps begin in earnest. Newsflash’s break does not mean the branch breaks.   Whether re-establishing trade union consultation rights, working on a local USS […]