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CUCU Researchers Campaign launched

March 30, 2023April 2, 2023 Tommy NybergCasualisation, Industrial Action, UCU, Workload

Last week we launched the new Cambridge UCU Researchers Campaign, to contest the increasing casualisation of researchers at the University and the Colleges. Early career researchers are often offered repeated extensions of insecure fixed-term contracts, even when it would be…

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Vice Chancellor’s email – our response

October 15, 2021October 15, 2021 adminEquality & Diversity, Industrial Action, Pay, Pensions, USS, Workload

On Thursday, the Vice Chancellor used an all-staff email to discuss the strike ballots for UCU members which open on Monday 18th November. Although the VC adopted a complacent tone, the letter effectively misrepresents the two disputes on pensions and…

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Pay & Equality Ballot – Workload in HE

January 27, 2019February 3, 2019 adminIndustrial Action, Pay and Equality Dispute 2018-9, Workload

UCU are balloting members over pay and equality. Action to address excessive workload is part of the claim. Workload is growing, and excessive workloads already take a toll on physical and mental health of HE staff. We need to seriously…

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Vote for action on workload

June 26, 2018February 2, 2019 adminIndustrial Action, Pay, Pay and Equality Dispute 2018-9, Workload

This post is based on the fourth and final in a series of emails sent by CUCU to members on the pay ballot that closes at noon on Wednesday June 27. We strongly recommend that all members vote to reject the pay offer and…

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Recent Posts

  • Joint statement from Cambridge University and Cambridge UCU on the current dispute May 22, 2023
  • AGM and Executive Committee elections 2023 May 10, 2023
  • Support the Marking and Assessment Boycott – a guide for members April 20, 2023
  • Joint statement from the Office for Intercollegiate Services and the Cambridge UCU Justice For College Supervisors Campaign following the meeting on 30/03/2023 April 14, 2023
  • CUCU Researchers Campaign launched March 30, 2023
  • Strike plans for 20-22 March – Help us build the union on research-intensive sites March 20, 2023
  • Love unions? Join us for a solidarity lunch on 16 Feb February 11, 2023
  • Support our strike – get involved in solidarity organising February 8, 2023
  • ‘The right to strike is the right to autonomy, to dignity, and to power’ – a message from Cambridge SU February 6, 2023

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