Current issues and campaigns

The current campaigning priorities centre around:

• Pensions, jobs and pay.

• Changes to HE funding and consequences of College restructuring.

• Conditions and pay for hourly paid, sessional lecturer and associated staff.

Click on the menu on the left for more information. 

If there are any other issues that are important to you, let us know.

You can download the most recent UCU Branch Briefing HERE

You can download the previous UCU Branch Briefing HERE

Link to information on salary differentials in Birkbeck HERE

Download the UCU Framework Negotiating Team's statement on Sessional Lecturers and hourly paid staff HERE

UCU's campaign on jobs and pensions is supported by the other Birkbeck trades unions and by Birkbeck Students' Union

Here are some scenes from the UCU Day of Action on Tuesday 22 March

And more graduated scenes from the UCU Day of Action on Thursday 24 March

The UCU national website has lots of information of relevanct to all members, not just activists and branch officers:

'How to' materials from the 'Branch Tools' pages

Training opportunities (you need to go through the Birkbeck Branch Secretary if you'd like to attend most of these).

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