Your local University and College Union (UCU) branch at Queen Mary, University of London
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 … Continue reading QMUL Management Decisions Leading to Industrial Dispute
Facing pressure to return to campus? Worried about Covid-19 hazards at the workplace? Struggling with unbearable workload and stress? The only way to fight these issues is if we join … Continue reading Health and Safety meeting taking place on Wednesday, 23rd September 1 pm on Zoom
The QMUCU Branch Committee has received a response from QMUL HR department to the collective grievance submitted in August. The response is disappointing, because the university claims that no equalities … Continue reading The university responds to QMUCU collective grievance
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 … Continue reading Motion Passed at Branch Meeting Calling on Management to Halt Dangerous Pressure to Return to Campus
Do you want to learn how to organise more effectively against the structural changes happening in our universities? We have a brilliant training opportunity to all our members. You can … Continue reading Training opportunity to members: UCU Organising School (register by 14th September)
Please find below the latest QMUCU branch motion, passed at an all members branch meeting on 19 August 2020. The Queen Mary branch of the University and College Union (QMUCU) … Continue reading QMUCU branch members support the motion on collective grievance and ending the ‘recruitment freeze’
The murder of George Floyd and the return to popular prominence of the Black Lives Matter movement, alongside the clear impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Black, Asian, and People … Continue reading Joint Statement from QMUCU, QM Unison & QMSU on Systemic Racism on Campus and Beyond
Dear Acting Head of HR This collective grievance is submitted on behalf of QMUCU members who have been or are currently employed on part-time hourly paid and fixed term contracts, … Continue reading QM UCU submits a collective grievance to management on the non-renewal of fixed-term and part-time hourly paid contracts
Over the past couple of weeks, QMUL management has started the return to campus. This has been done without proper consultation with the campus unions and without proper plans and … Continue reading QM management has not adequately quaranteed the safety of staff on return to campus
Below are the comments from QMUCU regarding the institution-wide Covid-secure risk assessment. Our feedback begins with general comments, after which comments are organised by hazard as listed in the risk … Continue reading QMUCU Response to QMUL Covid-Secure Risk Assessment
QMUL management puts profit before staff safety in reopening campus Last Wednesday Queen Mary University of London announced the reopening of some parts of the campus – most notably the … Continue reading Our advice on return to campus
To the attention of Professor Colin Bailey, Queen Mary President and Principal, and of the Queen Mary Senior Executive Team QUEEN MARY STUDENTS AND STAFF CALLING FOR A ‘TOWN HALL’ … Continue reading Student staff assembly statement – We are Queen Mary
