From the ground…

I have refused external PhD examining in UK – and refused to do reviewing submitted papers for journals. I have cut out the circle/UCU from the ‘I’m working to contract’ poster and stuck it on the rear car window. I’ll put the poster in the front window at home. I am refusing to go to meetings whenever possible.

(email footer reads: We ask University employers to negotiate, not impose, pension changes…)

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USS talks on 16 December - work to contract continues

Thanks to all USS members who came out to support the strike day on Wednesday. A further meeting with the employers is scheduled for 16 December but in the meantime, USS members are asked to continue their work to contract campaign.

2 December 2011 | Category: action, information, news
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1 comment to USS talks on 16 December – work to contract continues

  • BUCU work to contract instructions « Birmingham UCU
    J December 2011 at 11:26 pm

    [...] Any problems associated with these actions should be immediately reported to BUCU, via Marilyn Luck (m.d.luck[at]bham.ac.uk). Please note that if any employer chooses to ignore UCU’s legal advice and threathens punitive deductions against staff who are working to contract, UCU’s response will be to (a) halt the working to contract action and bring forward with immediate effect rotating departmental/faculty/site or unit-based strike action, as agreed with branches; (b) bring test cases on behalf of all members to recover any deductions made unlawfully. In extreme cases where this escalation fails to persuade an employer not to make unfair deductions for working to contract, members will be invited to seek an international academic boycott of their institution by other staff. BUCU will be in contact with members shortly regarding further instructions associated with the ongoing industrial action. Pressure thus far has led to employers returning to negotiations. [...]