Your UCU Branch needs reps at all campuses / department/ Staffrooms. Just simply being a contact for the Branch Committee to put up posters in your locality is a massive contribution to the branch so please get in touch to –
GET INVOLVED ! your union needs you – email ucu@southessex.ac.uk
About the Branch
Each year the Branch holds an AGM at which elections are held to appoint the Branch Executive/Negotiators and confirm Reps for the coming year. Any member can get involved in the Branch as a Rep and there is a full training programme available via UCU Activist Education Programme – https://www.ucu.org.uk/training The Branch are also allocated hours that can be awarded to Reps for remission from teaching to carry out their roles.
23-24 Branch Committee (Cross Campus positions)
JNC Negotiators / Lead Reps
Chair/Membership Sec. – Claire Hopkinson (Lecturer – Health and Science )
Secretary /H&S Rep– Dave Bibbey ( Lecturer – Maths)
Workload/Equality Rep – Natheaniel Machino – (Lecturer Maths)
There are also many other opportunities for members to be Reps either as department reps , campus reps or in specialised areas such as Membership recruitment/admin , Equality , Environment , Union Learning , H&S , Caseworkers. Get in touch if you if need further info and one of the reps will be happy to meet with you for a chat –