Your local University and College Union (UCU) branch at Queen Mary, University of London
Every year during our Annual General Meeting, QMUCU members come together to elect the new Branch Committee. While you can run for any position, there are several roles in the … Continue reading Our next Annual General Meeting will be on 8th June at 3.30pm on Zoom
On Saturday over 100,000 people joined a march in London in protest against the attacks against Palestinians in Gaza, Jerusalem, and the West Bank and against Palestinian citizens of Israel. … Continue reading Statement of solidarity with Palestine by Queen Mary staff
Colleagues in IT Services (ITS) have now been informed of a major restructure that, given the crucial work our ITS colleagues do for all of us, would have a significant … Continue reading 27 staff at risk of redundancy due to the restructuring of Queen Mary IT Services – meeting with all affected staff tomorrow
In the past couple of weeks, QMUCU has received concerning information from participants in the QMUL Rent Strike about the high rates of eviction from QMUL residences. Between September 2020 and February … Continue reading QMUCU raises concerns over evictions from student residences during the pandemic
The QMUCU anti-racism working group is inviting you to join our second Anti-Racism Training and Workshop which will take place on 25 March at 1pm. You can register here. This workshop … Continue reading Community Accountability for Racial Justice: Anti-Racism Training and Workshop with Prof. Gargi Bhattacharyya, 25 March
It won’t have escaped your notice that management, at exactly the same time as ignoring your request for a collective Covid Allowance, has launched a bonus scheme supposedly designed “to … Continue reading QMUCU submits a collective application to the bonus scheme
We hope you are well. We’d like to take this opportunity to invite you directly to our next branch meeting on Thursday next week, 18 March, at 1pm. This is a … Continue reading Next Thursday – we meet
Yesterday, at a well attended branch meeting, QMUCU members unanimously passed a trio of motions demanding that university management offer more meaningful support to staff from all sectors of the … Continue reading QMUCU members demand more from management
Since March 2020, we have witnessed and experienced a substantial increase in childcare and other intensive caring duties at home. This has been accompanied by an increase of workload, leading … Continue reading Key findings from QMUL 2020 financial report – fact sheet
