Newman UCU Branch meeting Friday 15 November at 10-11am in HI002.
- representative from regional office.
- report back from JNCC
- ballot on industrial action

are among the items on the agenda.
There will be cake!!

On many campuses there is dissatisfaction over pensions, pay and conditions.
BBC Radio 4’s Six O’Clock News reports on the #UCUBallot results over #USS and pay & conditions. Starts at 21:40 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Our employers now have a chance to listen to us over pensions, pay, casualisation, workload, & the gender pay gap.
If they don’t, we’ll all be wearing these on the picket lines. 👇✊

Jo Grady said: 'The results can only be interpreted as clear support for strike action over pensions, pay and working conditions. The ballots reflect just how unhappy and angry staff are at the state of higher education in the UK.'
telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/10/3… via @telegraphnews

Ballot results are in! Well done everyone!!

We can take action alongside postal workers defending their jobs and school students fighting climate change. We just need to set the date uculeft.org/2019/10/we-won…

'The University and College Union (UCU) said the result was a serious indictment of the state of higher education, and demonstrated the depth of anger and frustration among those working in the sector, many of whom are on low-paid temporary contracts.'

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Staff working at UK universities have backed strike action in ballots over both pensions and pay and working conditions. The votes by UCU members could bring disruption to over a million university students across Britain. inews.co.uk/news/education…

Amazing news and an absolute credit to every activist who knocked on a door, bank called, did whatever they could to GTVO and all supported by our new GS Jo Grady - the difference a positive outlook from the centre makes! This fight is on! 💪 #UCUStrikes

Morning UCU Jo Grady #UCUstrike time for fair pay and pensions UCU Newman Uni Bham

Catch up thread on #USS from a newly elected UCU negotiator for USS.

UCU Wales Further Education Sector Committee stands in
solidarity with sacked UCU rep Dave Muritu. If you haven’t already done so please sign the petition to reinstate Dave here: speakout.web.ucu.org.uk/reinstate-davi…

Shadow Education Secretary Angela Rayner MP, and UCU president elect Nita Sanghera show support for sacked UCU rep Dave Muritu. Please sign the petition to reinstate Dave here: speakout.web.ucu.org.uk/reinstate-davi… #ReinstateDaveMuritu

Important organisation supporting mental health well being 👩‍🏫 Education Support 👨‍🏫. UCU Newman Uni Bham

UCU Newman Uni Bham hoping to add our voice to this debate and what seems like a national epidemic #ucucongress2019

members wanting information on all the candidates for the candidates for the General Secretary can watch a recording of the hustings here. Many thanks to Cambridge UCU for this.

Thanks to all the candidates @mattwucu Jo Grady Jo McNeill for coming to the regional hustings tonight

NEW on the blog - an update on the ongoing disciplinary action against our branch's Equalities and Diversity Officer - royalhollowayucu.wordpress.com/2019/05/02/sev… Please do share and RT.

Newman UCU members meeting Tuesday May 14th time and room tbc. Items for the agenda to [email protected] by Tuesday 9th May.

Paul Cottrell (@UCU) in The Guardian: If universities cut lecturers' pensions, they should brace themselves for more strikes
Universities are threatening to make staff redundant if pension costs increase, but this is the wrong approach theguardian.com/education/2019…