Thanks to those of you that were able to attend our informal meeting in response to the survey circulated to staff on 16 Jun 2020, asking people to volunteer to defer increments and/or donate up to 10% gross salary to the University between Aug-Nov 2020. We had 25% of current membership attend the meeting, which …
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Lancaster University staff received an email yesterday afternoon from the Vice Chancellor laying out the financial outlook for the University. As a Branch Exec we’re deeply saddened to be in this position, and understand that you will all be feeling upset by this news as well. Campus Trade Unions have been informed about a survey …
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Thanks to all of you who attended our last branch meeting on 7 May 2020 – it was fantastic to see so many of you participating, even if we couldn’t meet face to face. Your contributions were really valuable, and have given us a lot to take back to the table with the University management, especially around the increased workload that …
UNISON continue to press for the University to fully adopt its ‘flagship’ policy on Fixed Term Contracts and Casual Working (staffwall), despite the Covid-19 pandemic. Until this happens, fixed term contracts still exist at the University, and continue to come to an end. Under the current procedures for ending of fixed-term-contracts, the opportunity to go …
Branch meeting reminder Our next branch meeting is this Thursday 7th May 2020, 12:00-13:00. The meeting will be held via Microsoft Teams (an online platform). Many of you will be familiar with Teams from your work, but you do not need a Teams account to participate, as you can join via your web browser. All …
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Thank you all for your patience and understanding whilst the branch has worked through the last few weeks of the response to the Covid-19 crisis, especiallt to those of you that have contacted us with information about how it is affecting you and your particular area of work at the University, and those of you …
Following the email to members last week, UNISON have been involved in ongoing conversations with Lancaster University, Unite and UCU in order to reassure staff that their health and safety is being prioritised, and that they won’t be out of pocket during the current pandemic. This has resulted in the joint statement below being issued, today, …
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This email was sent to all current members of Lancaster University UNISON branch – 19 Mar 2020 19 March 2020 Dear member I’m writing to you to update you on the work UNISON are doing at Lancaster Universi`ty with regard to the Covid-19 pandemic. A lot of it has been going on behind the scenes over the …
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