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Solidarity with Fossil Free Research campaign

May 20, 2022 AnneGreen

Cambridge UCU stands in solidarity with students and academics who occupied the BP Institute in Cambridge on Tuesday 17 May. BP is one of the oil and gas majors revealed by the Guardian recently to be planning huge investments in…

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How do we win a better deal for Cambridge researchers? Open meeting 24 March

March 18, 2022 AnneUncategorized

Cambridge UCU researchers invite researchers at the University of Cambridge to join us for an open online ‘town hall’ event to discuss why the current disputes over pay, equality and pensions matter to research staff. What are the problems YOU…

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Cambridge Student-Staff Solidarity Assembly – 2 March

February 25, 2022February 25, 2022 AnneIndustrial Action, Solidarity

Calling all staff and students at the University of Cambridge! Frustrated by the University’s response to the USS pensions dispute? Looking to learn more about the UCU’s demands over low pay, inequality and casualisation in Higher Education Realising that workload…

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Solidarity with the student occupation of Sidgwick site

February 25, 2022February 28, 2022 AnneUncategorized

As members of staff at the University of Cambridge and its Colleges, we send a message of solidarity to students at the University of Cambridge who have occupied a lecture block at the Sidgwick Site this week in support of…

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Rally for pay and pension justice: 22 February

February 17, 2022February 20, 2022 AnneIndustrial Action, Pay, Pensions, Solidarity, UCU

In person (Cambridge) and online  Assemble 12 noon – King’s Parade outside Great St Mary’s Cambridge – Tuesday 22 February Supported by Cambridge UCU, Open University UCU, Cambridge SU Across the country, university staff are on strike demanding an end…

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Students stand with striking staff: Cambridge SU Grad president

February 14, 2022 AnneIndustrial Action

We kicked off our first day of strike action with lively pickets at Sidgwick Site, Downing, Senate House and Education, followed by a march to rally outside Great St Mary’s Church, where strikers and supporters were addressed by CUCU Pensions…

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Branch motion: Deductions for ASOS, Four Fights and USS disputes

January 17, 2022 AnneIndustrial Action, Motions, UCU

Motion passed at quorate general meeting, 1pm Monday 17 January 2022 CUCU notes: 1. That CUCU members responded positively to the national strikes last term – many members signed up to picket and we were joined by large numbers of…

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A Joint Statement on USS from Cambridge UCU, the University of Cambridge, Oxford UCU, and the University of Oxford

August 3, 2021September 10, 2021 AnnePensions, USS

On 3 August, Cambridge UCU and Cambridge University, along with Oxford UCU and Oxford University, announced a joint statement, calling for exploration of alternative scheme designs for USS (including an evaluation of conditional indexation). The focus is on the long-term question…

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CUCU branch motion on COVID-19

March 12, 2020March 12, 2020 AnneUncategorized

This motion was passed at our branch meeting on Monday 9 March, we’ll be contacting members via a branch email in the next few days to gather feedback on your specific concerns about issues you or colleagues are facing in…

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CUCU statement in solidarity with Cambridge students’ occupation

March 3, 2020 AnneUncategorized

Cambridge UCU executive sends a message of solidarity to students at the University of Cambridge who have occupied the Old Schools administration building this morning in support of our strike. This follows an open meeting where hundreds of students questioned…

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unisoninhe UNISON in Higher Education @unisoninhe ·
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We are committed to seeking a negotiated settlement on pay and the four pay related elements and we are happy to meet again at Acas once the unions have completed their consultation processes.

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unisoninhe UNISON in Higher Education @unisoninhe ·
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Whether or not any action goes ahead at any particular time will be subject to a democratic decision at that time.

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unisoninhe UNISON in Higher Education @unisoninhe ·
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Without a mandate for industrial action our power is significantly weakened, so the unions will not give up their right to run ballots to obtain that mandate up front for a period of 12 months, and believe it is unreasonable of UCEA to expect them to do so.

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The requirements of the TU Act 2016 on trades unions are onerous and require trade unions to give advance notice of ballots, run postal ballots, be open to challenge on the details of those ballots, achieve a 50% turnout threshold and a positive majority vote in favour of action,

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unisoninhe UNISON in Higher Education @unisoninhe ·
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The joint unions wish to make it clear that we will not agree to any cessation of industrial action up front for the next 12 months and that the unions and UCEA must respect our trade union democratic processes.

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