Our Work
QMUCU Equalities Working Group is a dedicated team of reps and officers working together on workplace policy and practice that has an equality dimension. As such, our work is wide-ranging and comprehensive, especially as we attempt to tackle workplace issues through an intersectional lens.
The UK’s Equality Act (2010) identifies 9 ‘protected characteristics’ (age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity) that must be protected against workplace discrimination. We campaign for management to comply with the law and to go beyond it and work towards progressive policies and procedures.
Our core mode of delivery is to work with our members to ensure minorities and protected workers have a voice and visibility in all QMUCU activities and campaigns.
The Equalities Team
If you are interested in getting involved or taking up a rep position, please send a message to ucu-coordinator@qmul.ac.uk. Rep positions that are currently vacant include: Disability Rep, LGBT+ Rep, Women’s Rep, Migrant Members Rep, Black Members Rep.
News and Updates
QMUCU submission to EHRC consultation
QMUCU submitted a response to the Equality and Human Rights Commission about the Supreme Court’s ruling on trans lives.
Join in collective work against disproportionate deductions
A response to support and strengthen the statutory right to be free of detriment for industrial action.
QMVoices: Workplace Issues in the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
Reps in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry surveyed colleagues, union and non-union, about the matters that affect them the most.
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