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SUMMARY:November Equality Diversity and Inclusion Working Group
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URL:https://www.cardiffucu.org.uk/event/november-equality-diversity-and-inclusion-working-group/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231116T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231116T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T215050
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LAST-MODIFIED:20231012T113040Z
UID:4271-1700139600-1700143200@www.cardiffucu.org.uk
SUMMARY:November General Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Open to all members.\nIf you have any motions you’d like to raise at the meeting please send them to the branch secretary at least 14 days before the GM. \nOnline Via Zoom a registration link will be sent via e-mail nearer the time.
URL:https://www.cardiffucu.org.uk/event/november-general-meeting/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231116T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231116T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T215050
CREATED:20231012T111240Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231012T111240Z
UID:4242-1700136000-1700136000@www.cardiffucu.org.uk
SUMMARY:Exec Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Cardiff UCU executive meeting. Please contact the relevant officer if you would like anything raised.
URL:https://www.cardiffucu.org.uk/event/exec-meeting-3/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231115T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231115T100000
DTSTAMP:20260403T215050
CREATED:20231012T144626Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231012T144852Z
UID:4293-1700042400-1700042400@www.cardiffucu.org.uk
SUMMARY:November Anti-Casualisation Working Group
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URL:https://www.cardiffucu.org.uk/event/november-anti-casualisation-working-group/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231018T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231018T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T215050
CREATED:20231012T111240Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231012T111240Z
UID:4241-1697630400-1697630400@www.cardiffucu.org.uk
SUMMARY:Exec Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Cardiff UCU executive meeting. Please contact the relevant officer if you would like anything raised.
URL:https://www.cardiffucu.org.uk/event/exec-meeting-2/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231012T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231012T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T215050
CREATED:20231012T112937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231012T112946Z
UID:4270-1697115600-1697119200@www.cardiffucu.org.uk
SUMMARY:October General Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Open to all members.\nIf you have any motions you’d like to raise at the meeting please send them to the branch secretary at least 14 days before the GM. \nOnline Via Zoom a registration link will be sent via e-mail nearer the time.
URL:https://www.cardiffucu.org.uk/event/october-general-meeting/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230817T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230817T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T215050
CREATED:20220912T153354Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230119T150353Z
UID:3305-1692273600-1692277200@www.cardiffucu.org.uk
SUMMARY:Executive Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Cardiff UCU executive meeting. Please contact the relevant officer if you would like anything raised.
URL:https://www.cardiffucu.org.uk/event/executive-committee-meeting-32/
CATEGORIES:Executive Committee Meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230719T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230719T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T215050
CREATED:20220912T153211Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220912T153211Z
UID:3304-1689771600-1689775200@www.cardiffucu.org.uk
SUMMARY:Executive Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Cardiff UCU executive meeting. Please contact the relevant officer if you would like anything raised.
URL:https://www.cardiffucu.org.uk/event/executive-committee-meeting-31/
CATEGORIES:Executive Committee Meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230719T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230719T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T215050
CREATED:20230119T161957Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230119T161957Z
UID:3675-1689768000-1689771600@www.cardiffucu.org.uk
SUMMARY:Anti-casualisation Working Group Meeting
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.cardiffucu.org.uk/event/anti-casualisation-working-group-meeting-6/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230620T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230620T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T215050
CREATED:20230119T161909Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230119T161909Z
UID:3673-1687262400-1687266000@www.cardiffucu.org.uk
SUMMARY:Anti-casualisation Working Group Meeting
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.cardiffucu.org.uk/event/anti-casualisation-working-group-meeting-5/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230614T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230614T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T215050
CREATED:20220912T153047Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230119T150220Z
UID:3303-1686744000-1686747600@www.cardiffucu.org.uk
SUMMARY:Executive Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Cardiff UCU executive meeting. Please contact the relevant officer if you would like anything raised.
URL:https://www.cardiffucu.org.uk/event/executive-committee-meeting-30/
CATEGORIES:Executive Committee Meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230607T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230607T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T215050
CREATED:20220912T154501Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220912T154501Z
UID:3262-1686142800-1686146400@www.cardiffucu.org.uk
SUMMARY:General Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Open to all members. \nIf you have any motions you’d like to raise at the meeting please send them to the branch secretary at least 14 days before the GM. \nOnline Via Zoom a registration link will be sent via e-mail nearer the time.
URL:https://www.cardiffucu.org.uk/event/general-meeting-10/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230601T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230601T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T215050
CREATED:20230119T161754Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230119T161754Z
UID:3671-1685620800-1685624400@www.cardiffucu.org.uk
SUMMARY:Equality\, Diversity and Inclusion Working Group Meeting
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URL:https://www.cardiffucu.org.uk/event/equality-diversity-and-inclusion-working-group-meeting-5/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230518T130000
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CREATED:20220912T145929Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230119T145914Z
UID:3302-1684414800-1684418400@www.cardiffucu.org.uk
SUMMARY:Executive Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Cardiff UCU executive meeting. Please contact the relevant officer if you would like anything raised
URL:https://www.cardiffucu.org.uk/event/executive-committee-meeting-29/
CATEGORIES:Executive Committee Meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230515T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230515T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T215050
CREATED:20230119T161655Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230119T161655Z
UID:3669-1684155600-1684159200@www.cardiffucu.org.uk
SUMMARY:Anti-casualisation Working Group Meeting
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.cardiffucu.org.uk/event/anti-casualisation-working-group-meeting-4/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230503T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230503T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T215050
CREATED:20230119T161615Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230119T161615Z
UID:3667-1683118800-1683122400@www.cardiffucu.org.uk
SUMMARY:Equality\, Diversity and Inclusion Working Group Meeting
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.cardiffucu.org.uk/event/equality-diversity-and-inclusion-working-group-meeting-4/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230420T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230420T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T215050
CREATED:20220912T143805Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230119T145605Z
UID:3301-1681992000-1681995600@www.cardiffucu.org.uk
SUMMARY:Executive Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Cardiff UCU executive meeting. Please contact the relevant officer if you would like anything raised.
URL:https://www.cardiffucu.org.uk/event/executive-committee-meeting-28/
CATEGORIES:Executive Committee Meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230418T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230418T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T215050
CREATED:20230119T160849Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230119T160849Z
UID:3665-1681819200-1681822800@www.cardiffucu.org.uk
SUMMARY:Equality\, Diversity and Inclusion Working Group Meeting
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.cardiffucu.org.uk/event/equality-diversity-and-inclusion-working-group-meeting-3/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230414T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230414T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T215050
CREATED:20230119T151539Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230119T151539Z
UID:3663-1681473600-1681477200@www.cardiffucu.org.uk
SUMMARY:Anti-casualisation Working Group Meeting
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.cardiffucu.org.uk/event/anti-casualisation-working-group-meeting-3/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230412T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230412T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T215050
CREATED:20220912T154407Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220912T154407Z
UID:3308-1681304400-1681308000@www.cardiffucu.org.uk
SUMMARY:Annual General Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Open to all members. \nThe Executive Committee for the next academic year will be elected at this meeting. \nIf you have any motions you’d like to raise at the meeting please send them to the branch secretary at least 14 days before the AGM. \nOnline Via Zoom a registration link will be sent via e-mail nearer the time.
URL:https://www.cardiffucu.org.uk/event/annual-general-meeting-3/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230316T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230316T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T215050
CREATED:20230119T151406Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230119T151406Z
UID:3661-1678971600-1678975200@www.cardiffucu.org.uk
SUMMARY:Anti-casualisation Working Group Meeting
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.cardiffucu.org.uk/event/anti-casualisation-working-group-meeting-2/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230315T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230315T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T215050
CREATED:20220915T120036Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230119T145805Z
UID:3300-1678885200-1678888800@www.cardiffucu.org.uk
SUMMARY:Executive Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Cardiff UCU executive meeting. Please contact the relevant officer if you would like anything raised.
URL:https://www.cardiffucu.org.uk/event/executive-committee-meeting-27/
CATEGORIES:Executive Committee Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230306T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230306T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T215050
CREATED:20230119T151322Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230119T151322Z
UID:3659-1678107600-1678111200@www.cardiffucu.org.uk
SUMMARY:Equality\, Diversity and Inclusion Working Group Meeting
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URL:https://www.cardiffucu.org.uk/event/equality-diversity-and-inclusion-working-group-meeting-2/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230215T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230215T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T215050
CREATED:20230119T151241Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230119T151241Z
UID:3657-1676466000-1676469600@www.cardiffucu.org.uk
SUMMARY:Anti-casualisation Working Group Meeting
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.cardiffucu.org.uk/event/anti-casualisation-working-group-meeting/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230215T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230215T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T215050
CREATED:20220915T110038Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230119T145719Z
UID:3299-1676462400-1676466000@www.cardiffucu.org.uk
SUMMARY:Executive Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Cardiff UCU executive meeting. Please contact the relevant officer if you would like anything raised.
URL:https://www.cardiffucu.org.uk/event/executive-committee-meeting-26/
CATEGORIES:Executive Committee Meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230209T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230209T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T215050
CREATED:20230119T151153Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230119T151153Z
UID:3655-1675944000-1675947600@www.cardiffucu.org.uk
SUMMARY:Equality\, Diversity and Inclusion Working Group Meeting
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.cardiffucu.org.uk/event/equality-diversity-and-inclusion-working-group-meeting/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230201T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230201T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T215050
CREATED:20220912T154226Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220912T154226Z
UID:3307-1675256400-1675260000@www.cardiffucu.org.uk
SUMMARY:General Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Open to all members. \nIf you have any motions you’d like to raise at the meeting please send them to the branch secretary at least 14 days before the GM. \nOnline Via Zoom a registration link will be sent via e-mail nearer the time.
URL:https://www.cardiffucu.org.uk/event/general-meeting-9/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230131T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230131T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T215050
CREATED:20230131T111537Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230131T114607Z
UID:3687-1675152000-1675184400@www.cardiffucu.org.uk
SUMMARY:Branch Newsletter – January 2023
DESCRIPTION:Happy New Year and welcome to the January 2023 branch newsletter. As usual\, there is a lot to report this month on our industrial disputes\, on progress with claims\, and on branch representatives. \n\nAs a period of industrial action approaches\, it seems worthwhile reminding members of some of the ways that branch communications are made in addition to email. We’ve created a Cardiff UCU WhatsApp channel\, where members can receive notifications of events or relevant developments at national and local level. If you would like to join this channel\, please use this link: https://chat.whatsapp.com/Hd8vclEmjUvCsanTJEDyL1 from a device with WhatsApp installed. We also have a Teams Members Forum\, where members can debate issues and ask questions directly to the office or the executive committee. If you would like to be added to this channel\, please email the branch office. \n\nIn this newsletter you can read about:\n\nBranch News & Updates\n\nIndustrial action\nLetter to the Vice-Chancellor about industrial action\nChallenging sexual harassment in the workplace\nNew working group – Environmental Sustainability – please join working groups!\nCardiff UCU Equality\, Diversity and Inclusion survey – closing 31st Jan\nImprovements to University Parental leave policy\nContribute to the branch – facilities time available!\nReport from the branch’s Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) and the UK Delegates General Meeting (DGM)\n\n\nEvents\, Solidarity & Wider Campaigns\n\nContribute to UCU response on PGR cost of living crisis\nUCU Interactive Workshops\nSave the date – Cardiff Trades Council May Day march 19th April\nWales TUC’s Black Activists Development Campaign\nSuccessful strike action at the New School\n\n\nBranch News & Updates\n\nIndustrial Action\n\nFollowing a meeting of UCU’s Higher Education Committee (HEC)\, UCU has called for 18 days of strike action during February and March. UCU has released the list of dates and notified employers. We have used Cardiff University teaching week numbers: \n\nWeek 1 – Wednesday 1 February\nWeek 2 – Thursday 9 and Friday 10 February\nWeek 3 – Tuesday 14\, Wednesday 15\, and Thursday 16 February\nWeek 4 – Tuesday 21\, Wednesday 22\, and Thursday 23 February\nWeek 5 – Monday 27 and Tuesday 28 February and Wednesday 1 and Thursday 2 March\nNo action week commencing Monday 6 March\nWeek 7 – Thursday 16 and Friday 17 March\nWeek 8 – Monday 20\, Tuesday 21\, and Wednesday 22 March. \n\nWednesday 1st February will coincide with the TUC’s ‘protect the right to strike’ day\, and many trade unions (including the National Education Union) have called strike action on this day. There will be a TUC-organised rally in Cardiff so we will organise big pickets across campus from 8.15 (please get in touch with your dep rep\, picket coordinator or the UCU office for specific details on your picket) and gather by the Main Building for 11h to head down together to the TUC rally for 11h30\, where we will be joined by other UCU branches and other unions. We also have a virtual picket for those not able to join in person and we’ll have chairs\, blankets\, hot drinks and snacks on the Main Building picket for any members who need these. \n\nThe January marking and assessment boycott has been called off\, but there will be one starting in April. We will send more information about this as we get closer to the time\, should the MAB be necessary. \n\nThe branch strike committee has already started to put together a schedule of activities for the coming action. The schedule will balance the need for our industrial action to be visible to our students\, employers\, colleagues\, politicians\, and wider communities\, with the need to focus our energies and leave time to rest (and warm up!) \n\nThe strike committee is open to all members\, not just members of the branch executive. With the number of days called\, it’s important that we have a strike committee with sufficient capacity to manage our local activities. If you have ideas for making our action more effective and visible\, please do consider joining the strike committee. Just email the branch office. \n\nLetter to the Vice-Chancellor about Industrial Action\n\nAs we are about to enter a period of industrial action\, the branch executive has written to the Vice-Chancellor\, to ask him to reclarify his position on the disputes as they stand\, and to invite him to join a public meeting to discuss the disputes. The action that has been called is significant and the issues that the sector faces are significant. You can read our letter to the VC on the branch website. \n\nChallenging sexual harassment in the workplace\n\nWe are pleased to announce that Joanna Chojnickaj has taken on a branch role as a contact for queries and concerns about sexual harassment. \n\nJoanna has been working at Cardiff University as a postdoctoral researcher since September 2021. Ever since her arrival\, she has been an active member of the workers’\, LGBTQ+ and women’s movements\, and she joined UCU at the beginning of 2022. \n\nJoanna is a linguist\, and her research interests revolve around the ways that language contributes to – but also challenges – social inequality. She has conducted research on homophobic hate speech in Central and Eastern Europe\, LGBTQ+ and feminist discourses of resistance\, as well as the discursive construction of gender transition. Before coming to the UK\, she lived and worked in Poland and Germany\, where she participated actively in (among others) environmental and women’s rights movements. \n\nJoanna is a member of the Cardiff UCU EDI working group and has attended the UCU interactive workshop on Challenging sexual harassment and sexual violence. She is committed to supporting our branch members who reach out to her for training recommendations or advice on where to seek further help and resources in situations that might fall under the definition of sexual harassment or violence. As a trusted contact\, she will offer unbiased advice and refer to fully trained case workers in cases of crisis. You can email her at: chojnickaj@cardiff.ac.uk \n\nIf you would be interested in undertaking training to be an additional branch contact\, there will be a course in Exeter in May: https://www.ucu.org.uk/article/12402/Challenging-sexual-harassment-in-the-workplace-23-May-2023-Southwest-Exeter If you sign up to this\, please also let Rowan Campbell know: rcampbell@ucu.org.uk \n\nNew working group – Environmental Sustainability – please join working groups!\n\nA new branch working group\, Environmental Sustainability\, has been set up. The goals of the working group are to develop branch positions on environmental policy\, to scrutinise the University’s environmental policies\, and to ensure that sustainability receives appropriate consideration in branch decision making. Please consider joining the working group if you have an interest in these issues. \n\nThe branch has several other working groups\, including ones for EDI\, Anti-precarity\, and Health and Safety. All members are invited to join branch working groups\, and are very much encouraged to do so – a lot of the work of the branch goes through these working groups. \n\nCardiff UCU Equality\, Diversity and Inclusion survey – Closing 31st January\n\nOur EDI survey is closing soon and we would like to hear from you on your experiences (positive and negative) around equality\, diversity and inclusion at Cardiff University. This will help us inform our priorities for action. Last year\, we were successful in negotiating great improvements to the university’s parental leave policy (see below) and we can continue to push for change in areas you feel necessary. Please engage with the survey here (the survey is open to all university workers\, regardless of union membership\, until the 31st January): \nhttps://cardiffucu.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/cardiff-ucu-edi-survey-v4 \nSome questions might feel intrusive due to the nature of the topic\, but the survey is anonymous\, all the questions are optional\, and any information you’re happy to provide us (even if you answer only a small part) will be very welcome. \nPGRs are currently under-represented among our respondents. If you are a PGR\, please share the survey with our contacts as widely as possible so that your voice can be heard. \n\nImprovements to University parental leave policy\n\nThe University will be very significantly enhancing its leave policies for staff who are welcoming new children into their lives. This policy has already begun to be communicated in School-level and Directorate-level meetings\, and we expect official communications from HR containing specific details of implementation to appear soon. are currently under-represented among our respondents. If you are a PGR\, please share the survey with our contacts as widely as possible so that your voice can be heard. \n\nThese improvements come after the branch made a claim for improved leave\, after discovering that Cardiff had amongst the worst partner leave in the Russell Group. Although the University has not acceded to all demands in the claim\, the changes will mean that it will have some of the very best leave provision of any UK university. On this local issue\, we found the University to be accepting of the limitations of its previous offer\, and willing to make significant changes to its policy. It is good to be have been able to make significant improvements to conditions through local negotiations. The branch has several other local negotiations in progress\, and we are aiming for improved outcomes for staff from those\, too. \n\nContribute to the branch – facilities time available!\n\nThe branch relies entirely on members to function. Whether it is case-workers\, dep-reps organising at a School or Directorate level\, members engaging with working groups\, or Executive Committee members\, all the activities of the branch are undertaken by members. The more members we have actively working on branch business\, the more progress we can make on local and national issues. People’s diversity of expertise and backgrounds also means that the more folks we have contributing to the running of branch activities\, the better we will represent all workers across the university. \nTo facilitate UCU’s work\, ‘facilities time’ is part of our recognition agreement with the University. This allows staff to take a proportion of their working week for union business. Staff are paid as usual for this time. Union business is quite broadly defined and include: \n\nNegotiation in connection with the matters for which the unions are recognised by the University for collective bargaining purposes\nReceiving information from\, and consulting with\, the University on redundancy (as identified under s188 of TULR(C)A) and provide advice to members at risk of redundancy\nReceiving information from\, and consulting with\, the University under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006\nRepresenting or accompanying University employees as the union representative at disciplinary or grievance hearings (including reasonable preparation time)\nAttending Joint Consultative and Negotiating Form or Joint Negotiating Committee meetings with the University\nTo attend meetings of the Executive Committee of the relevant Union\nTo attend University Induction/ Committees as invited\nTo undertake general branch/local association administrative tasks\nTo undertake general consultations with trade union members\n\n\nMaking use of and reporting your use of facilities time is really important – it demonstrates members’ commitment to the branch to the University and frees staff up to make progress with important policy writing\, negotiations\, representing colleagues and joining meetings. If you would like to hear more about it to get more involved with branch organising\, then please do contact the branch office. \n\nReport from EGM and DGM\nAlthough the nature and timing of industrial action has now been declared\, it is important that members are aware of Cardiff UCU’s collective contribution to the debate about how to proceed with action. At our branch’s general meeting on the 9th January\, our members voted the following: \n\n20% (20/98) in favour of Jo Grady’s proposal of escalating strike blocks\n12% (12/98) in favour of an all-out indefinite strike\n56% (55/98) in favour of 4-day rotating indefinite strike\n11% (11/98) Abstentions\n\nIf the 4-day rotating indefinite strike was not a choice (given that it wasn’t presented to branches as such) the votes would be: \n\n33% (33/98) in favour of Jo Grady’s proposal of escalating strike blocks\n55% (54/98) in favour of all out indefinite strike\n11% (11/98) Abstentions\n\nRegarding the timing of a marking boycott\, 35% (35/101) were in favour of starting Jan 23\, 38% (38/101) of starting April 17 and 28% (28/101) abstained. (The January marking and assessment boycott has since been called off.) \n64% (61/96) of members were in favour of announcing a new ballot now\, 18% (17/96) were against and 19% (18/96) abstained. \nOur delegates who represented the branch at the National Delegates Meeting were Andreas Buerky and Ryan Davey\, who put forward Cardiff UCU views based on these results. \n\nEvents\, solidarity and wider campaigns\n\nContribute to UCU response on PGR cost of living crisis\n\nInflation is affecting PGR students especially badly. UCU will be submitting a response to the cost of living survey on behalf of PGRs\, and would like your views and experiences to help inform it. The deadline for completing the survey is 12 February 2023: \nhttps://yoursay.ucu.org.uk/s3/APPG-for-Students-PGR-Cost-of-Living-Survey \n\nUCU CPD interactive workshops\nUCU offers a program of free CPD interactive workshops every term. These 90 minute workshops are open to all UCU members and we highly recommend members to attend. Some of these will also be running as teach out sessions during the strikes. This term\, workshops include: \n\nAllyship and Solidarity\nChallenging Casualisation in Education\nChallenging Excessive Workload in Education\nChallenging Sexual Harassment and Sexual Violence\nCollectively Challenging Disability Discrimination\nCommunity Accountability for Racial Justice\nDecarbonise and Decolonise\nDemocratising Education- UCU Green New Deal\nEmbedding Climate Education in the Curriculum\nEveryday Ableism\nIntroduction To Sustainability\nLGBT+ Language in Use\nThe Menopause is a Workplace Issue\nNeurodiversity at Work\nRunning Climate Learning Events\nTackling the Hostile Environment: Understanding the Challenges Facing\nMigrants\nWorking Safely\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFor more details and to book\, please consult the full listing on the branch website. \n\nSave the date – Cardiff Trades Council May Day march\n\nThe Cardiff Trades Council (CCTUC) will be holding their Annual May Day March and Rally in Cardiff on the Saturday of the May Day bank holiday weekend – Saturday 29th April from 12 noon. Details are on their Facebook event page: https://fb.me/e/2FmQCZVer \n\nWales TUC’s Black Activists Development Campaign\n\nJoin the TUC’s Black Activists Development Programme! This programme for Black\, Asian & Minority Ethnic workers will give you the confidence and key skills to influence your union structures. \nThe programme starts on 13 March and will include several online and face-to-face sessions during 2023. \nAnyone who works or lives in Wales can apply to join the programme. \n\nRegister today as limited spaces are available: https://forms.office.com/e/uJpQC3yqNS \n \n\nSuccessful strike action at the New School\n\nStaff working that the New School called off their action after three weeks out on pickets\, after coming to an agreement with their employer. This action has received a lot of attention\, given the nature of the action that staff took in their dispute.
URL:https://www.cardiffucu.org.uk/event/branch-newsletter-january-2023/
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