The UCU Left is a national organisation of University and College Union activists. It is committed to ensuring that the new union has a democratic structure through which members can determine policy, and elected officers and professional officials can be held accountable. It seeks to defend educational equality, and to oppose the consequences of neo-liberal marketisation. It is opposed to all forms of racism, sexism, oppression and imperialism.
UCU - Anti-Casualisation Campaign

Annual meeting for members on casualised contracts

The annual meeting for UCU members on casual contracts is taking place 26 February 2010. Members should seek delegation from their branches to the meeting and get motions for the meeting passed though their branches.

This meeting is an opportunity to share experience on the fight against casualisation across both the HE and FE sectors. The meeting discusses reports on the work of UCU in relation to staff on casual contracts, including those on fixed-term, hourly paid and agency contracts. It also discuss motions submitted by branches and local associations. These motions are used to advise the NEC. For more information, see here.


Anti Casualisation News

The current copy carries articles by Jean Crocker, the co-chair of the ACC, on the anti-casualisation campaign plus articles on agency workers, fixed-term rights and the successful fractionalisation campaign at the College of North East London.

An electronic copy can be downloaded from here. Branches are also encouraged to contact head office to order copies for branches for distribution locally and for recruitment purposes.


CONEL fractionalisation victory

The College of North East London and UCU have reached an agreement on the progressive fractionalisation of hourly-paid lecturers. All hourly-paid lecturers and variable-hours lecturers who meet the four-year qualifying criterion for permanent contracts and who work on a contract of 0.5 FTE or more will be entitled to transfer to a fractional contract.

The agreement follows a collective grievance mounted by the local branch and negotiations with the UCU regional official. The named claimants have been transferred to fractional posts, and a minimum of five FTE posts will be transferred each September between 2009 and 2015.

By 2015, all qualifying hourly-paid and variable-hours lecturers will have had the opportunity to transfer to a fractional contract.


UCU - Stamp Out Casual Contracts (details here)


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