Email sent to members on Monday 29th June 2026. Zoom link removed for security.
Dear Members,
Thanks so much to the more than 240 of you who came to the meeting this morning. After a great discussion 96% of you voted to reject management’s opening offer, with many of you describing it as ‘insulting’. Following from this there was more discussion around what kind of commitments would be needed to consider standing down our current action, as well as where we find ourselves in the current dispute.
Straight after the meeting Lopa emailed the vice-chancellor with these results. We also reaffirmed our desire to continue meaningful negotiations, where the key asks are entertained, to hopefully find a solution that will mean students can still graduate in time. We are meeting management first thing Wednesday morning and they know we have another member meeting at 11.30 on Wednesday (link below) where we hope to vote again on an improved offer. We will of course keep you updated.
In the meeting we also mentioned that we submitted Part 2 of our counterproposal to management last week. This covers area by area counterproposals to complement our higher level financial analysis which we have shared previously and continue to discuss with the University. Thanks to everyone who contributed to these two really impressive documents, and do please have a read of them.
Finally, we will be sending out information on the local hardship fund ASAP now that pay deductions have started to be applied.
In solidarity,