LeedsUCU podcast

Recorded 28 March.

In today's episode we talk to Mark Taylor-Batty about UCU's achievement on USS pensions and having more money in our take-home pay each month, and other changes to the pension scheme.

For transcripts of this and other episodes go to https://www.leedsucu.org.uk/about-us/podcast/

For Mark's webpost on this subject, which includes how to make payments to the branch hardship fund: https://www.leedsucu.org.uk/ucu-win-on-uss-increase-in-take-home-pay-and-benefits-restored/

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In today's episode: a department reps meeting, a peace demonstration, pay and grading, fixed-term contracts, 'ways of working', General Secretary election hustings, national meeting of academic-related professional and managerial staff and national meeting of staff on casualised contracts.

For transcript see https://www.leedsucu.org.uk/about-us/podcast/

In our first podcast (we will get better at the sound balance!) we cover the new university social media policy, proposed changes to IT organisation, the big USS pensions win, where we are with the pay and conditions dispute, what do we want in a new vice chancellor for the university, ways of working - at home or on campus, coming up: branch general meeting, general secretary election hustings, UCU national events: Cradle To The Grave policy conference, meeting of Academic-Related Professional Staff, meeting of staff on casualised contracts; and vacancies on the branch committee.

For transcript see https://www.leedsucu.org.uk/about-us/podcast/