1) USS Dispute Update At the General Meeting last week, branch reps gave an update – Powerpoint here [link]— on the current state of the USS dispute. The University of Bristol has submitted its response to the March UUK consultation on the USS 2018 valuation [link], with branch reps having a good deal of input […]
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1) Bristol UCU General Meeting, Today, 13:00-14:00, Arts Complex, LR8 Items on the agenda include an update on the current USS pensions dispute, a report from branch negotiators on the current state of our Gender Pay Gap [link] and Anti-Casualisation [link] Claims and the election of UCU Annual Congress 2019 delegates. The four candidates for […]
1) This Thursday! One Year On From The USS Strikes, Royal Fort Gardens, 17:00 Join us tomorrow as we recapture the unifying spirit of last year’s USS strikes, one year on: https://www.facebook.com/events/544472726045050/ We’ll meet at Celia’s bench in the Royal Fort Gardens (just to the right behind the mirror sculpture as you approach it from […]
Last Day to Vote! Don’t Delay, Vote Today! The UCU Pay and Equality ballot closes this Friday 22nd February at noon, so today is the last day that you can post your vote and expect it to be counted. Whichever way you vote, please make sure your views are counted – help us to push […]
Date For Your Diary – Marking One Year Since the Strike Join us on Thursday 7th March as we take a short walk around some significant landmarks and remember important moments in the Great Strike, one year on. We’ll start at Celia’s bench in Royal Fort Gardens at 5pm, and finish at a pub nearby. […]
1) ‘Post Your Vote’, TODAY, 6th February, Post Box outside Hawthorns @1pm Please join us this lunchtime at 1pm to ‘post your vote’ at the postbox outside the Hawthorns, and help us push through the 50% ballot threshold – whichever way you vote, just vote! https://tinyurl.com/PostYourVote6thFeb If you have already voted please come along anyway […]
1) ‘Post Your Vote’, Wednesday, 6th February, Post Box outside Hawthorns @1pm Join us Wednesday next week at 1pm to ‘post your vote’ at the postbox outside the Hawthorns: https://tinyurl.com/PostYourVote6thFeb Even if you have already voted in the current UCU Pay and Equality industrial ballot, please come along and ‘post’ one of our large A2 […]
1) Pay and Equality Ballot Now Open The new ballot for industrial action over UCU’s Pay and Equality claim opened yesterday, 15th January, and will close on 22nd February. Watch out for your ballot papers at your registered address, and don’t forget to vote! Further details: https://ucu.org.uk/he2018 If you’d like to lend a hand in […]
As is tradition with our last ‘Flash of the calendar year, your Newsflash team reviews a bumper 2018 Newsflash crop, a year in University of Bristol UCU and UCU history that no one will forget: ‘we ARE the University and we will make change happen’. January–March 2018 started with a bang: ‘Vote Yes, Vote Now […]
Pay & Equality Ballot & Get The Vote Out UCU’s 2019 kicks off with a brand new industrial action ballot on pay, casualisation, workload and the gender pay gap. Please look out for your paper ballot form, which will arrive in the post to the address you have registered with UCU. The ballot opens on […]