Our branch committee nominated Paul Holmes for UNISON General Secretary because: Paul has the best record of leadership and fighting for members; Paul is the members’ candidate, from the shop floor; Paul will take the job on his current wage of £32,000, declining the £100,000 available; Paul will massively increase funding to branches so we can support you better; Paul…
Month: October 2020
Consultative Ballot Result
We’re pleased to announce the result of our consultative ballot over the University’s proposals for changes to Information Services, which will potentially mean compulsory redundancies being imposed. With a turnout of 56%: 82% of our members are willing to take strike action, 95% of our members are willing to take action short of a strike. Thank you to everyone who…
Consultative Ballot over Compulsory Redundancies – Last chance to vote!
Our ballot closes at 5pm on Friday 16th October, so if you’ve not already voted, please do it now! All members working directly for the University (so excluding Students’ Union, L&Q or Kingdom Services) should vote. We want as large a turnout as possible, for two reasons. 1. It will show the University that our members are serious about defending…
UNISON Statement on the latest situation, 12th October 2020
As students return and activity continues to develop on-site, we want to be clear about what we think about the current situation and what we’d like the University to do. Positive cases It’s clear that students are testing positive and the expectation is that the number of students with Covid (either with or without symptoms) will increase. There are…
Securing Our Future, by making redundancies
As part of our campaign to save jobs, we’ve launched our consultative ballot today by emailing all our members. If you work directly for the University, please make sure you vote by Friday 16th October. On Friday, we recieved an email from the Registrar and Secretary, outlining the IT Review. “Following a wide range stakeholder engagement on the shape…