1) Tomorrow’s Strike Action, Wednesday, 7th March – UCAS Post-Offer Visit Day First, great to see so many people yesterday. Made the front page of the BBC website (well, the ‘Family and Education’ page). Some inspiring speeches at the rally and a great march down to Wills Memorial Building (and then Great George Street): it […]
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Your Bristol Strike Special UCU Newsflash, 6th March 2018 1) Tomorrow’s Strike Action, Wednesday, 7th March – UCAS Post-Offer Visit Day First, great to see so many people yesterday. Made the front page of the BBC website (well, the ‘Family and Education’ page). Some inspiring speeches at the rally and a great march down to […]
1) Timetable – 22nd, 23rd, 26th & 27th February TOMORROW, Thursday, 21st February 08:00: Picket lines outside University buildings 10:30: Rally at Senate House & March to Wills Memorial Building 11:30: Rally at Wills Memorial Building 12:30: Teach Outs, Woodlands Church, Woodland Road. Professional Services pickets: either Senate House or the Arts & Social Sciences […]
1) EGM Today@13:30 To set up our Local Hardship Fund, we need to approve an enabling motion at an Emergency General Meeting, TODAY, at 13:30, Victoria Rooms G16: Motion – Bristol UCU Local Hardship Fund [pdf] We will also discuss the terms and conditions of the fund: Terms and Conditions – University of Bristol UCU […]
1) Ready for the Off Our first day of strike action is Thursday, 22nd February. Action short of a strike also starts on that day. Key times are: 08:00: Picket lines staffed 10:30: Rally, Senate House 11:00-11:30: March to Wills Memorial Building 11:30-12:00: Rally, Wills Memorial Building 12:00: Teach-Outs, Location TBC Schools, Departments and Divisions […]
Your Bristol UCU Newsflash, 31st January 2018 1) Dates for the Diary With the announcement of our ‘escalating wave of strikes over a four-week period’, the first strike dates for our diary are: Thursday, 22nd February and Friday, 23rd February A number of UCU members in Schools and Departments are organising their picket lines and planning events such as alternative lectures […]
1) Reminder: TODAY, General Meeting, 13:00-14:00, Arts Complex LT3, Woodland Road On the agenda: USS Update, Gender Pay Claim and support our NHS: https://tinyurl.com/BrizUCUgmJan24th The Gender Pay Claim item has an accompanying motion: https://tinyurl.com/BrisUCUmotionGM24th There is also a motion supporting the People’s Assembly demonstration on 3rd February: https://tinyurl.com/BrisUCUmotionGM24thNHS ***STOP PRESS*** Employers refuse to budge. No […]
1) General Meeting, 13:00-14:00, Wednesday, 24th January, Arts Complex LT3, Woodland Road Bristol UCU has its first GM of the New Year next week: https://www.ucubristol.org.uk/bristol-ucu-general-meeting-wednesday-24th-january-2018-1-2-arts-complex-lt3-woodland-road/ On the agenda we have two items of business: USS and Gender Pay Claim. — 2) USS The ballot result is announced on Monday 22nd January. UCU’s Higher Education Committee […]
1) Vote Yes, Vote Now – Your Pension Under Attack Happy New Year. And we start where we left off. Last chance to save your pension. VOTE YES to strike action. VOTE YES to action short of a strike: https://www.ucu.org.uk/strikeforuss If you haven’t already, please vote in the USS strike ballot. The ballot closes and […]
As we near the Xmas vacation, and Bristol UCU nears a high of 1,200 members, your Newsflash team reviews 2017 by taking a look through our archive. January – March The first month of the year saw Bristol UCU decide to back a boycott of the NSS, supporting our students’ union in their campaign to […]