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Dear members,
Eid Mubarak to all those celebrating on monday.
We are happy to announce that tickets for the Inaugural Agnes Flues memorial lecture, given by RMT Secretary-general Mick Lynch on Thursday 24th April at 6pm, are now available. Please use code ‘UONUCU’ when booking. Celebrate the life of Agnes and the movement that she worked so passionately and tirelessly for. All money raised will go to the hardship fund and the running of the event.
Read on for the following topics:
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- Sound the alarm on redundancies
- University reported to Health and Safety Executive
- Your Union needs you!
- Branch Committee meeting summary
- Local and national campaigning
- Focus on Equality
- Joining link and further information
Sound the alarm on redundancies
Help make colleagues aware of what’s really happening at UoN, from job cuts to vanity projects. Download our campaign poster, print it off and stick it to your office door or anywhere else people will see it.
This poster was developed by the Redundancy Working Group, which develops our strategy to combat the risk of redundancies and feeds back to the Branch Committee. If you are interested in joining, please contact uonucubranch@gmail.com.
University reported to Health and Safety Executive
As communicated in the email from Jenny Elliot on Friday, UCU Branch Committee have made the decision to report UoN to HSE for workload and stress health and safety breaches. This follows repeated unsuccessful requests for the University to provide the legally required stress risk assessments and business unit stress risk assessments. Your branch considers that there is substantial unmitigated risk to workload-related health across the University. We will keep you updated with the news from HSE.
Your Union needs you!
If you’re a member in any of the below listed areas, we would love to talk to you about what it means to become a Rep or, if that sounds daunting, an area contact for the branch. If you think it could work for you and you’re curious to hear more, then email our reps coordinators, Ella (REDACTED) and Michaela (REDACTED)
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- Archeology & Classics
- Bio Sciences
- Counselling
- Cultural, Media & Visual Studies
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Engineering Research
- External and International Relations
- History
- Law
- Mechanical
- Materials and Manufacturing Engineering
- Medicine
- Music
- Pharmacy
- Registrar’s department
Branch Committee meeting summary
Your Branch Committee met on Wednesday 19th March and discussed
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- Arrangements for e-ballot towards industrial action,
- Materials and actions for responding to – and informing staff of – University financial mismanagement,
- Arrangements for event in solidarity with Palestine,
- UCU UoN presence at the Staff information Fair,
Lopa Leach and Gertjan Lucas also reported back from their meeting with members of Parliament as part of a delegation from UCU.
The Branch Committee meets weekly. If you would like Committee to discuss a particular topic please email the details to: uonucubranch@gmail.com
Local and national campaigning
Call for delegates to congress
Lisa Rull and Gertjan Lucas, Equality Officers, had been nominated as delegates to the annual UCU congress. With four positions available, they have been elected unopposed. Nominations will remain open until a sufficient number of delegates is reached, so if you are still interested do get in touch by emailing the branch.
UoN complicity in genocide in Gaza
With the genocidal onslaught by the Israeli war machine against Gaza and across the Westbank in full swing again, our Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign here at the University of Nottingham remains of utmost importance.
Join us tomorrow, Wednesday, 26 March from 4 to 5.30 p.m. for a Zoom meeting (details below) on UoN’s complicity in genocide, hear from our fabulous encampment students about Nottingham’s co-operation with arms manufacturers and Israeli universities, and learn from the BDS campaign at UCL.
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Gathering information on redundancy
At UoN UCU, we are determined to fight management’s cuts, especially when they put the job security of our members at risk. In order to prepare for any future redundancies we are keen to find out more about what sort of cuts or suspicious changes are happening across the University. We’ve set up a google form for you to share this information with us.
Workload group drop ins
The Workload Group is organising drop-in sessions to support members to fight against unsustainable workloads. The next sessions will take place online;
Wednesday 26th March 3:00-4:00 pm. REDACTED
Tuesday 1st April 3:15-4:15 pm. REDACTED
Focus on Equality
International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Today, Tuesday 25th March marks the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, and UCU will be hosting a special webinar that day, 6:00-7:00 pm entitled “Education, reparations and justice: the legacy of slavery in post-16 learning”. Keynote speech will be given by Dr Leona Vaughn, academic and researcher in the field of equalities and social justice, and the webinar is hosted by UCU president Maxine Looby. Please click here to register
‘Green Futures’ newsletter
UCU’s Climate Ecological Emergency Committee are now releasing a quarterly newsletter. Read all about them and their work. Interested in this topic? Please email the branch at uonucubranch@gmail.com so we can direct you to more information on UCU’s Climate and Ecological Emergency work.
Joining link and further information
Remember to pass on the online joining link to your colleagues.
Having trouble at work? Please log a case with our large, competent casework team!
Need to talk to your Departmental Rep? Find the full list of UoN UCU reps here. If you are interested in becoming a departmental rep, get in touch!
Yours sincerely,
L Scott Blankenship and Will Paterson-Bassett, Branch Communications Officers, on behalf of UoN UCU Branch Committee
Branch website: https://uonucu.org/