1: You do not need to notify anyone in advance that you are participating in the MAB, (whether your participation is continuously or for a single day). 2: If you are asked to confirm your participation in advance, you can simply say that you have not decided yet/are...
Motion Passed at a full branch meeting of the Worcester UCU on the 26 April 2023. Passed unanimously by all members in attendance. --- The Worcester University branch of the Universities and Colleges Union strongly condemns the response by the management of this...
Action Short of a Strike began on the 23rd Novemeber 2022 and is ongoing. This means: working to contract; not covering for absent colleagues; removing uploaded materials related to, and/or not sharing materials related to, lectures or classes that will be or have been cancelled as a result of strike action; not rescheduling lectures or classes cancelled due to strike action; not undertaking any voluntary activities.
There is no legal "right to picket" as such, but attendance for the purpose of peaceful picketing has long been recognised to be a lawful activity. Legislation has been created to limit these freedoms specifically to stop pickets from blocking workplaces and to...
This is a useful reminder of the key points of the dispute - particularly useful when talking to trhe press but also worth reading through for all those other conversations: What is happening? UCU members at 145 institutions have voted to take industrial action over...
So your University and College Union got a mandate for Industrial Action, what now? You will have heard that UCU, the University and College Union, has achieved a mandate for industrial action. The questions below should help to give some information about what we...