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Strike plans for 20-22 March – Help us build the union on research-intensive sites

March 20, 2023March 20, 2023 AnneCasualisation, UCU

Our three strike days scheduled for 20-22 March will focus on research-intensive sites across the University. We will be at Addenbrookes on Monday 20 March, Downing site and nearby departments on 21 March and West Cambridge on 22 March. In…

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Monday Update: Building the Union

March 21, 2022March 21, 2022 adminCasualisation, Industrial Action, Pay, Pensions, USS

Welcome to the first day of our latest round of strikes. This time round, we’re focusing on building the union, recruiting new members, and spreading the word about just how severe a crisis we’re facing. To recap today’s action, here’s…

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Why should we go on strike? Reasons why it matters

March 16, 2022 adminCasualisation, Equality & Diversity, Industrial Action, Pay, Pensions, USS

As we approach another set of strike days, you might be wondering why we should strike again, and whether it will make any difference. This is why striking continues to matter, and how it can still make a difference: USS…

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Papers for HR Committee: Time to Think Again

June 30, 2020 adminCasualisation, Equality & Diversity

On 7 July, the University’s HR Committee will be meeting to discuss the cuts announced by the Vice Chancellor for 2020/1. We don’t get a seat on the HR Committee, but we’ll be there in spirit, thanks to two papers…

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Supervision Work is Real Work: Launching the College Anti-Casualisation Campaign

June 23, 2020June 23, 2020 adminCasualisation

Cambridge UCU and the Graduate Union have been campaigning in recent years to improve the rights and conditions of casualised teachers in the collegiate university, including through the CUCU anti-casualisation claim in 2018, the negotiations led by CUCU with the…

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Pledge to Raise the Bar for casualised staff

October 13, 2019November 10, 2019 adminCasualisation, Uncategorized

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Casualisation negotiations update

September 22, 2019September 22, 2019 adminCasualisation

In response to the anti-casualisation claim we sent to the University of Cambridge in December, we are having monthly meeting with the University since March. Read our report of where we are in the negotiations, what we secured, and what…

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Hourly-paid teaching Report

July 7, 2019July 7, 2019 adminCasualisation

Our new report on hourly-paid teaching reveals the pervasiveness of the casualisation of teaching staff at Cambridge, and its effects on the financial and psychological stability of University workers. The report, based on new data coming from a survey amongst…

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Cambridge University UCU’s Anti-Casualisation Claim: A Summary of the Current Situation

February 11, 2019July 7, 2019 adminCasualisation

BACKGROUND ‘Casualisation’ is the process through which employers whittle away the protections, rights, and security of their employees. It is a very widespread phenomenon and comes in many forms such as hourly-paid work, zero-hours contracts, temporary workers contracts – always…

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Casualisation open meeting slides

February 5, 2019July 7, 2019 adminCasualisation

Missed our casualisation open meeting? Take a look at the slides to know more about our formal claim, submitted at the end of last term, and the findings of our report.  

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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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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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