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UCU USS pensions dispute: key URLs
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| Join if you are staff or postgrad: https://www.ucu.org.uk/join or call 0333 207 0719_Postgrad membership is free! https://www.ucu.org.uk/whyjoin?detailid=5143 |
| Why we’re taking action over USS – for students, parents, non- members, members https://www.ucu.org.uk/why-we-are-taking- action-over-USS |
| About the action for USS, inc links to downloadable posters and leaflets plus the latest on the action https://www.ucu.org.uk/strikeforuss
• FAQs https://www.ucu.org.uk/uss-action-faqs _ • Ask your MP to help protect staff pensions https://www.ucu.org.uk/USS-emailyourMP _ • SW regional page http://southwestregion.web.ucu.org.uk/2018/02/08/uss- pensions-dispute/ _ |
| Write to the VC asking her to resume national negotiations with UCU immediately: https://www.ucu.org.uk/studentvoice |
| Joint NUS UCU statement: NUS states full support and issues call to action for students https://www.ucu.org.uk/article/9248/National- Union-of-Students-message-of-support-to-staff-ahead-of-USS- pension-strikes |
| Use social media to show your support: see https://www.ucu.org.uk/strikeforuss for Facebook and Twitter profile covers, Twibbon and Facebook frame_@UCUBath_# UCU #USSstrike #UCUstrike #strikeforUSS |
| Donate to national Fighting Fund |
| Donate to University Bath’s Branch Hardship Fund:
https://www.crowdpac.co.uk/campaigns/6106/university-of-bath- ucu |
| Branch petition to request that all docked pay is used for hardship fund for students and towards improving mental health support for students and staff: ttp://bath.web.ucu.org.uk/2018/02/18/petition-strike-hardship- mental-health/ |
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| “Strike on Teach Out” event from 3:00pm – 6:00pm on each strike day at Bell Inn, Walcot Street https://www.facebook.com/StrikeOnTeachOut/ |
| Oxford’s and Cambridge’s role in the demise of USS, Michael Otsuka https://medium.com/@mikeotsuka/oxfords-and-cambridge-s-role- in-the-demise-of-uss-a3034b62c033
• Cambridge Varsity article on the above _https://www.varsity.co.uk/news/14812 _ • Blog article by Waseem Yaqoob https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2018/02/16/w-yaqoobgmail- com/why-we-strike/ _ |
| Bath branch open letter to Graduate Teaching Assistants |
| Warwick student-staff solidarity video for students
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| Letter to students https://www.ucu.org.uk/media/9155/USS-strike- letter-to-students/doc/ucu_uss_support-our-strike_student- letter.doc |
| Video for students https://www.ucu.org.uk/article/9309/Strike- message-to-students |
| More info for students including Goldsmiths video to explain the dispute: https://www.ucu.org.uk/on-the-ground |
| UCU picketing guidelines:
https://www.ucu.org.uk/media/1132/Branch-picket- guidance/pdf/ucu_picketing-guidance1.pdf |
| Government code of practice on picketing:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/code-of-practice- picketing |
| To apply to national hardship fund: see |