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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 institution. The motions - on the Covid-19 allowance, on the need to help staff with parental and caring responsibilities during lockdown, and on the health … Continue reading QMUCU members demand more from management

Sign our petition here. As 2020 draws to a close, the news of a vaccination for the coronavirus offers hope to an end in sight for the pandemic in 2021. But meanwhile many of us are still at home, trying to work in a crisis, or bravely coming to campus and risking our health and … Continue reading A COVID-19 Payment For All QMUL Staff!

Update from the QMUCU anti-racist working group: We are writing to inform you of ongoing representations on tackling racism at QMUL, and to invite you to a workshop organised by QMUCU anti-racism working group, on Friday Nov 13, 1.30pm-3pm. Recent representations join with other QMUL colleagues dedicated to equality and anti-racist work to call on … Continue reading QMUL management – publish the Inclusion Report 2020 IN FULL

MP Apsana Begum has sent Colin Bailey, the President of Queen Mary a letter urging him to take steps to make the campus safe for staff and students. Her message is clear - staff and students need to be protected and the current hasty return to campus has not guaranteed that. With no testing facilities … Continue reading Apsana Begum, The MP for Poplar and Limehouse in Tower Hamlets, supports your right for a safe workplace

1) Check the local risk assessment for your location of work. 2) Organise/attend a meeting of colleagues to discuss safety concerns and develop an approach for raising them with your manager. 3) Ask for an Equality Impact Assessment of any significant change in working practices as a result of COVID-19. 4) If you still have to return to campus, discuss your situation with your line manager and fill in your individual health assessment questionnaire. 5) Know your rights, especially regarding your right to leave an unsafe workplace.

At the branch meeting today members voted, with none against, to compel the branch committee to begin laying the foundations for a formal industrial dispute with the employer. You can read the full motion below. Motion Passed, 23 September, 2020 The Queen Mary branch of the University and College Union notes: Queen Mary's mission dedicated … Continue reading QMUL Management Decisions Leading to Industrial Dispute

At the Branch Meeting, 16 September, the branch passed, with none against, a motion calling for a more humane approach to work during the continuing pandemic. The full motion is as follows. The Queen Mary branch of the University and College Union notes,  Sharp increases in coronavirus cases around the world, home countries of many … Continue reading Motion Passed at Branch Meeting Calling on Management to Halt Dangerous Pressure to Return to Campus

Please find below QMUCU's response to new guidelines issued by QMUL Senior Management to line managers regarding the employment of Teaching Associates and Teaching Fellows in 2020-21. Organisational change: The premise of this guidance appears to be that fewer TA and TF appointments will be made for the coming academic year because of financial pressures … Continue reading QMUCU response to “Guidance on TA and TF contracts for 2020-21”