Published: 7th September, 2018
PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY LEICESTER UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE UNION 6 September 2018 September strike at University of Leicester Lecturers, researchers and professional services workers – including librarians, IT specialists and counsellors – at University of Leicester have just voted to take industrial action in defence of their jobs. With 55% of eligible members voting –…
Published: 6th September, 2018
For increased pay. Against gender pay gap, precarity and excessive workload.
Published: 3rd September, 2018
The results of our ballot for industrial action against the University Leadership Team’s ongoing plans for compulsory redundancies are now in. The results are remarkable, given it was a postal ballot and open for just three weeks during August – with ballot papers in a large number of cases being sent to UCU members’ work…
Published: 30th July, 2018
Dear LUCU member, Last Friday, 27 July, UCU Regional Office informed Paul Boyle, Vice-Chancellor, of our intention to ballot for industrial action concerning the failure of the University of Leicester to “remove the threat of compulsory redundancies and ensure the renewal of fixed term contracts unless there is a genuine and demonstrable reason for not…