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Union democracy
A collection of 21 issues
“Making Employers Sweat 2023” - Some Positive Ideas for Effective Escalation
By: several members of UCU Commons
As a union, we face some really big decisions in January 2023. Through a combination of branch meetings, a Branch Delegate Meeting, and any other correspondence it receives, the UCU’s Higher Education Committee (HEC) will be deciding on what the #ucuRising action will
Support Letter Sent!
A quick follow up from your friendly tech admin (Bijan Parsia) about the support letter for Emma Battell Lowman's motion.
First a huge thank you to all who signed and commented (even if you didn't sign). We got 107 signatures (including Emma's) from UCU
From Massive Mandate to Effective Action
Emma Battell Lowman
Short cut to the support letter which I'd like you to sign.
We, UCU, have won a historic mandate for Industrial Action through the #UCURising campaign and now have the power to act collectively in both the USS and the Pay and Conditions dispute. Every
We're Fighting The Chaos
Note: This post discusses some matters from the UCU HEC meeting on 12 May 2022. Most of that meeting is highly confidential, but we checked with the chair that it was ok to share this bit and she confirmed that it was fine as it is not directly and immediately
Effective Industrial Action: What Does It Look Like?
This is clearly a crucial juncture for UCU members in higher education, and UCU Commons members were preparing a blog on the choices before us when the General Secretary issued a report containing very serious and substantial proposals for the future of the Four Fights dispute on Wednesday 13 April.
UCU Commons Candidates for Equalities Standing Committees
A commitment to intersectional equalities work is central to UCU Commons, as set out in the first of our core values, where we state that we are for equality in all its forms. We are unequivocally committed to making our union and our workplaces trans-inclusive. We are anti-racist, anti-colonial, and
TL;DR: Why did 'the UCU leadership' decide [for a short ballot | disaggregation | bundled ballots | ballot timing | …]?
by Bijan Parsia
Reading time: over 10 minutes (3,200 words)
For a (much) shorter Twitter thread going over the timeline please see Rhiannon Lockley’s thread. She also voted differently than I did, for the most part. Please don’t debate their decisions over on their thread, but take
TL;DR: (Dis)Aggregation in UCU Balloting
This TL;DR explains some of the issues around aggregated vs. disaggregated UCU balloting.
(Archived) NEC elections (2021)
The 2021-22 round of elections for UCU’s National Executive Committee (NEC) will open on Thursday 27 January 2022 and close on Tuesday 1 March 2022. UCU Commons is putting forward the following candidates.