AGM Agenda

The agenda for next week's AGM has been emailed to all members today. If anyone has not received it, please contact comms-ucu@salford.ac.uk for a copy.

AGM Catering

Can all members planning on attending the AGM on 5th May, please ensure that they email comms-ucu@salford.ac.uk with their intention as soon as possible so we can ensure that we provide an adequate lunch.

UCUS Annual General Meeting Notice

Dear Members,

The UCU Salford Branch Annual General Meeting is to be held on Wednesday 5^th May 2010 at 12noon in the Clifford Whitworth Conference Room .The current President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, Communications Officer and Equality Officer will seek re-election to their posts.

UCU Salford welcomes nominations from interested parties to these aforementioned posts as well as for Workplace Representatives, Health and Safety Reps (4), Green Rep, Learning Rep. and Pension Rep.

Nominations should be received in writing to me no later than 7 working days before the day of the AGM. Nominations must be accompanied by the written consent of the nominee and supported by the identifiable signatures of 2 members of the Branch.

The meeting will have guest speakers and lunch will be provided.

Anthony Hesketh,
UCU Salford Branch Secretary

National Negotiations News

Please see the following from Justine at Head Office:

Higher Education – 5 Unions 1 Demand: time to raise the pressure on the employers!

National negotiators for the five higher education unions are scheduled to meet the employers on Monday 19 April. This follows a recent meeting at which the employers offered a non consolidated 0.25% cash sum and refused to engage with the unions on our claim for an agreement on job security. The five unions were united in rejecting this offer and asked the employers to come back with a revised offer. With the sector riven by local disputes, it’s time to raise the pressure on UCEA by showing that the five unions are united in pressing our claim.

*WHAT YOU CAN DO:*

Branches: Materials are available at: http://www.ucu.org.uk/defendeducation

OR: http://defendhighereducation.org.uk/?p=76

You can also order copies by emailing jstephens@ucu.org.uk

Members: Sign the joint unions’ petition here: http://defendhighereducation.org.uk/?page_id=13

Further Education – send your support to branches in dispute

With Northumberland College about to be hit by strike action (Thursday 22 April) and 11 London colleges currently balloting for action with a twelfth, Bradford, about to ballot, colleagues in these branches need your support. Northumberland colleagues are set to take strike action in defence of 67 jobs and in resistance to attacks on terms and conditions across the college. The 11 balloting colleges are: Barnet College, City and Islington College, College of Haringey, Enfield and North East London, College of North West London, Greenwich Community College, Hackney Community College, Lambeth College, Lewisham College, Richmond Upon Thames College, Tower Hamlets College, Westminster Kingsway College. Please send messages of support to: jstephens@ucu.org.uk and we will pass them on to the relevant secretaries.

Best, Justine

Justine Stephens

Head of Campaigns

UCU

Carlow Street

London

NW1 7LH

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Protests at Glasgow University with over 80 jobs at risk

Members of the UCU will protest at Glasgow University on Wednesday (14 April) in a row over job cuts.

The university has already targeted 25 jobs in the department of education and is now looking at the possibility of at least 60 more jobs going across the institution. The union says job losses are unnecessary and that the university has broken promises to staff.

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