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From Michael Abberton From Michael’s Medium blog here Why is posing that question (see above) to UCU members in the current Higher Education dispute a problem? Another week goes by and again UCU branches are in turmoil over another round of member consultation prior to another Higher Education Committee (HEC) meeting. Branches are being asked to…
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From Dai Moon Many if not most UCU members will not be aware that the 2023 Officer and National Education Committee (NEC) election results were released this month. For those who are aware, there is no guidance to explain what these results may mean for the future direction of the union nationally. Scrutineers’ reports show…
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From Adam Ozanne The decision by HEC on Friday 17th March not to consult UCU members on the UCEA and UUK offers on Four Fights and USS – despite an informal 48-hour e-survey of members and BDM held the day before both showing majorities favouring consultation – has caused consternation and a storm of social…
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UCU Open Letter: HEC to Consult Members on Employer Proposals Now We, the undersigned UCU Higher Education (HE) members, call on UCU’s Higher Education Committee (HEC) meeting on 30 March to consult with HE members on whether the current employer proposals on pay, terms and conditions, and USS pensions are sufficient to settle our current…
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From Jak Peake From his blog here. TLDR: Michael Carley outlines two opposing visions of union democracy, “representative” and “direct”. I explain here why I think this is a false dichotomy, that the essence of union democracy ought to reflect the broadest possible participation of members in decision-making, and that representative structures which do not…
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From Dyfrig Jones From Dyfrig’s blog here. Late on Friday, through the usual (slightly annoying) channels, we got the news that the UCU strike action planned for this week and next has been called off. Our dispute is still ongoing, and we are still planning to strike again in mid-March, but the next seven days of…
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From John Kelly For the past 50 years the overwhelming majority of national and local strikes have involved selective industrial action, comprising a fixed number of strikes on fixed dates covering a designated timespan: UCU’s 18 days of strike action between 1 February and 22 March inclusive is a good example. Last November however the…
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From Michael Carley* From Michael’s blog here. We at Campaign for UCU Democracy think Michael’s proposals below stand as a very helpful template for National Executive Committee (NEC) members of UCU seeking to bring about increased transparency over decisions taken in UCU’s national and cross-sector committees: UCU has a new factionette, committed to democracy and transparency,…
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From Michael Abberton From Michael’s Medium blog here There has been a lot of concern recently within the Higher Education element of UCU about how our democratic and member consultation processes work. Questions have been raised about how the current campaign is being run — from the way the timetable of the campaign was set,…
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One member’s guide to the rather complicated NEC elections, factions, slates etc. Hopefully, you have received your ballot papers to vote in the UCU’s NEC elections, which will have a list of names of many people who you have probably never heard of. There will also be election statements, but these might not help a…
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