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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 together. Your union can help. In response to the increasing pressure for QMUL staff to return to campus, QMUCU is organising a health and safety … 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 or hiring policies have been breached. QMUCU will be consulting with the UCU regional office to get advice on how to proceed. We firmly believe … 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 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

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 join the UCU “Organising School” led by Jane McAlevey. Jane is a brilliant activist and writer who has had major success in leading successful union … 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) notes  that: QMUL states ‘that the overarching endeavour of the Queen Mary recruitment policy is to facilitate a transparent, fair and equitable recruitment process for … 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 of Colour (BAPoC), has given renewed impetus to an essential discussion over the systemic racism pervading our institutions. We, the newly elected representatives of QMUCU, … 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, and have been impacted by the non-renewal of those contracts. QMUCU have previously raised numerous concerns including in a document sent on 7th July https://qmucu.org/2020/07/09/qmucu-response-to-guidance-on-ta-and-tf-contracts-for-2020-21/ … 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 provision in place. It is not safe to return to campus. No-one should be on campus except those who are already living there and those … Continue reading QM management has not adequately quaranteed the safety of staff on return to campus