Tag: ucu
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Senate has requested that Council reconsider its decision on USS
Updated: Mar 20, 2022 Sussex Council will meet on 1 April to reconsider its decision to support pension cuts. The following motion, drafted by the University Secretary, passed at the Senate meeting on 16 March 2022 by 27 for, 4 abstain, 7 against “Senate is dissatisfied with the decision made by Council in relation to the…
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Betrayed by University leadership over USS pensions
Updated: Mar 20, 2022 24 February 2022 Sussex UCU negotiators learned today that the University of Sussex Council, following advice from the interim Vice Chancellor, has voted in favour of significantly cutting Sussex staff’s future USS pensions. For early career staff this means by a third or more. The reason given was that this was the…
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On support for the UCU proposals
Sussex UCU will present to Council on Friday 18 February 2022. This is the accompanying paper, prepared on behalf of Sussex UCU Note added 3 March 2021: this paper is now also available on Sussex Direct [login required] Executive summary The UCU proposals are: Council support for the UCU Proposals would help maintain a sustainable…
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Jobs saved as UEG look set to confirm no Size and Shape compulsory redundancies
Dear colleagues, Sometimes working in HE can seem like an endless onslaught of bad news: pensions, pay, restructures, redundancies, workload, casualisation, discrimination, outsourcing – and all in the context of a global pandemic. It’s all too easy to feel powerless as staff and as union members. That’s why it’s important to celebrate our victories –…
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Sussex UCU Message to Our Students
Updated: Mar 18, 2022 Monday 14 March, 2022 Why are we still striking and what can you do? To our students, You will be aware that industrial action continues at Sussex and at 67 other universities across the UK, including five further days of strike action over 21 – 25 March, as part of UCU’s dispute…
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UCU Sussex votes to support campaign for resignation of external examiners
UUK and the VC’s have recently voted to implement cuts to USS benefits, averaging 35%. 93 institutions voted in favour of that decision including the University of Sussex. We need to pressure these institutions to change their positions, and ensure that the robbery of members’ pensions does not go unanswered. To that end, at its…
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The UCU dispute with the University of Sussex on USS & casualisation, inequality, workload and pay
Sussex UCU will present at a pre-Council meeting from 9:00-9:30am on Friday 26 November 2021. This is the accompanying UCU paper for the same meeting. We expect it will be available on the Council pages of Sussex Direct in the near future. As Council is aware UCU is in dispute with the University of Sussex.…
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Corrections to statements in the email from the Interim VC on UCU strikes
In his email of 19th November, Interim VC David McGuire gives his version of the reason for the current strikes. UCU Sussex would like to make clear that this is a misrepresentation of the real issues. If we are to resolve this dispute it is important that we base discussions not on misleading rhetoric but…
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DTs and UCU in the Business School win fight over DT pay cut
On 8 September, the Business School announced a pay cut for all Doctoral Tutors (DTs), the youngest, most diverse, and most precarious of University staff. The cut consisted of a reduction of the hours paid to tutors for each repeated teaching hour from x3 to x2, a pay cut of up to 28%. But tutors…
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Statement in Support of Trans and Nonbinary Communities at Sussex
In the light of recent events on campus and ensuing public response on social media, we extend our solidarity to all trans and nonbinary members of our community who, now more than ever, should receive the unequivocal support of the University and its management. As a union, we strongly condemn all forms of transphobia, and…
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