Bristol UCU1) 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 […]
1) Exceptional Recognition Payment and Union Consultation Bristol UCU reps, along with Unison and Unite reps, restated their point that the decision on the part of University Management and the Board of Trustees not to consult trade unions about the terms of the Exceptional Recognition Payment did not respect our Union Recognition Agreements’ commitment to […]
1) Industrial Action Ballot Bristol UCU and all UCU HE members will be balloted in October on strike action, with a view to taking strike action in November over our 4 Fights and USS disputes. 2) USS Update, July 2022 For an update on the USS legal challenge and more, please see 3) Calling Notice: […]
1) Exceptional Recognition Payment UCU, along with the other campus unions Unite and Unite, while welcoming the Exceptional Recognition Payment (campus unions have been calling for an all-staff bonus for several years), note with dismay the terms of Payment. See our Bristol UCU statement: https://bristolucu.wordpress.com/2022/06/24/bristol-ucu-statement-exceptional-recognition-payment-june-2022/ In short, campus unions: call on all staff, regardless of contract type, […]
1) Annual General Meeting, Wednesday 8th June 2022, 13:00-14:00: Teams Link, Agenda & Papers To join the branch AGM on Wednesday, 8th June, click on the Teams link below: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NjhlNjZhZWQtOTU0MC00NzE1LTlkZmMtZTQxMTA1ZTNjMzVi%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 Agenda: Minutes of the Previous Annual General Meeting (AGM), 9 June 2021 Treasurer’s Report and Statement of Income and Expenditure Election of Branch Officers and […]
1) Changes to Academic Progression Procedure, May 2022 Pathways 1, 2 and 3 colleagues (some of whom were on fixed-term contracts ending this academic year) may have received a letter or email entitled ‘Changes to the Academic Progression Procedure’. We are keen to hear from any academic colleagues on these changes. Please email ucu-office@bristol.ac.uk with your comments. […]
1) Pathway Two: Concerns and Solutions Pathway Two (PW2, research only) staff, employed grant from grant, short-term contract to short-term contract, are one of the most precariously employed groups in the University. This issue was to the fore on recent picket lines (‘Bristol University staff say insecure contracts put them at ‘risk of homelessness’, Bristol Live, […]