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Keeping it casual: UCL outsource temporary staff to Unitemps

News and Investigations / October 31, 2018

From September 2018, UCL will outsource employment of temporary workers to an external agency, Unitemps in a move which UCU representatives have described as ‘undermining … staff rights’ and propagating an ‘anti-university community culture’. Student Ambassador jobs will be the first to be outsourced. However, in time, all temporary and non-academic student contracts will be …

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UCLU attempt to clean house

News and Investigations / August 9, 2018

Conflict erupted at the March Union Council meeting, as plans were revealed to cut the hours of UCLU’s contracted cleaners by 30% in a bid to cut the Union’s £300,000 deficit by a third. Divisions at Council At March’s Union Council meeting Sustainment, Engagement and Operations Sabb Zakariya Mohran argued that UCLU should prioritise spending …

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Zero hours, agency workers and rodents: investigation reveals Sodexo staff concerns

News and Investigations / August 5, 2018

An anonymous letter criticising Sodexo’s management staff, seen by The Cheese Grater, purportedly sent by an employee, has raised alarm amongst Sodexo and UCL Facilities. Addressed to the Provost, and initially sent to Michael Arthur, Rex Knight and UCLU BME Officer Sayeeda Ali, the letter makes several damning claims regarding the treatment of Sodexo employees. …

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Teaching on the cheap: UCL’s exploitation of teaching assistants revealed

News and Investigations / August 5, 2018

A UCLU report, released this past week, has laid bare the unfair and exploitative conditions postgraduate teaching assistants (PGTA) experience A startling gender pay gap has also been revealed, along with a big difference between the pay package of international PGTAs and that of their British counterparts. Low Pay UCLU estimates that PGTAs receive an …

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