Essex UCU believes the plans for a new Academic Framework pose a threat to our working conditions. The proposals would recast how teaching is organised, how workloads are counted, and how academic judgement is exercised.
The branch has published a summary and timeline of the dispute and a plan to win. Read them, share them with colleagues, and come to meetings ready to organise.
This fight sits alongside the redundancy campaign. Management cannot be allowed to restructure the academic labour process while simultaneously cutting hundreds of posts.