Health and safety laws and UCU – workloads and the climate crisis (Rob Hancock and Nick Varney, UCU)
10am-11:15am, via Zoom
The aims of the session are:
• to explain the rights that UCU safety reps have
• to describe employers’ duties
• to understand what risk assessments are and their importance
• to consider next steps, including UCU training.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86473153784?pwd=VUpMVFhFTnFtV2g3QUZXeWkvdWlrdz09
Zoom Meeting ID: 864 7315 3784
Passcode: 866369
Redland Quaker Meeting House, 126 Hampton Road, BS6 6JE
11:15am – 6pm
Please ring the MAIN ROOM BELL on arrival
| 11.15am – 12 noon | 1968 and the ‘Negative University’ (John Foot) |
| 12: 15 noon – 1pm | A Debt Strike – the very first protest in early Rome (5th century BCE) (Ellen O’Gorman) |
| 1.15pm – 2pm | Understanding Brexit: How we got to where we are, and where do we go from here? (Phil Syrpis) |
| 2.15pm – 2.45pm | The right to strike under UK and international law (Tonia Novitz) |
| 3pm – 3.45pm | Trade Union Democracy and the UCU (Madhu Krishnan) |
| 4pm – 6pm | Cleaning the Internet – A story of difficult and precarious work (Rutvica Andrijasevic) This is a 90-minute film (suitable for adults only) followed by a 30-minute discussion. |