If your UCU branch would like to table a solidarity motion with UEA UCU, a template is given below.
Solidarity to University of East Anglia UCU
The Branch Notes that:
- UEA UCU has been notified about the potential for mass redundancies affecting every sector of the University.
- The scale and nature of these redundancies threaten the institution and the wider Norfolk community, amounting to nothing less than cultural vandalism.
- UEA management are attempting to blame this on the COVID-19 pandemic and sector-wide issues such as rising staff costs and caps on student tuition fees, but the real blame lies with financial and strategic mismanagement.
- Staff at UEA have formally declared no confidence in key University leaders for the second time in two years.
The Branch resolves to:
- Publish statements of support for UEA colleagues fighting these redundancies and encourage members to do the same.
- Write formally to UEA’s Chair of Council, Sally Howes and Vice Chancellor David Maguire to protest against the impact of these cuts on staff and students and to express solidarity with those affected, encouraging all members to do the same.
- Contribute to the newly established local hardship fund, to aid UEA UCU members on strike to prevent mass job losses at the institution.
- Liaise with our sister unions on campus, UNISON and Unite, to encourage similar solidarity actions to be carried out in support of UNISON and Unite members at UEA.
