20/12/24

Dear UCU Members

I hope this email finds you well.   As the academic year 2024/25 progresses, we know that collectively together  we are a very strong, united membership, we have the power to challenge these changes and defend our rights, jobs, and pensions.

Our branch is actively seeking legal advice, and raising concerns at every level to ensure your voices are heard and your rights are protected, writing to MPs and union leaders, issuing press releases and raising concerns at every level to ensure your voices are heard and your rights are protected.

The consultations affect all of us in one way or another—whether directly through restructuring or redundancies, or indirectly through the increased workload, uncertainty, and instability created by these decisions.

Let’s come together to discuss further action. 

Attend online Branch Meetings on 

Date: Wednesday 8th January 2025

Date: Thursday 16th January 2025

Time: 14:00 – 16:00 hours  

Action: What can you do now?

We urge all members to:

To send out and ask friends and family the attached MPs/Metro Mayor letter/email using the template(s) provided.

Please send your personal experience of how this is affecting you and the implications to your family via email coventryuni@ucu-branches.org.uk  These will be then be sent as case studies to the Board of Governors and the University Leadership Team (Personal Information will be redacted)

Engage with us: Attend branch meetings, share your experiences, and voice your concerns.

Stay united: Solidarity is our strength in challenging these sweeping changes.

Be ready to act: Whether through collective action or further negotiations, your participation is crucial.

Please share the attached Press Release from UCU on 20/12/24.

Together, we can ensure that your voices are heard and that decisions affecting us all are made with fairness, transparency, and respect for staff.

In Solidarity 

UCU Coventry Committee