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Workers’ rights
Read investigations from The Cheese Grater about workers’ rights
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Keeping it casual: UCL outsource temporary staff to Unitemps
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…
Only 22% of UCL’s Highest Earners Are Women
“UCL was the first university in the UK to admit women” – surely this has been forced down every fresher’s throat by now? What they don’t put in the brochure,…
UCLU attempt to clean house
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…
Zero hours, agency workers and rodents: investigation reveals Sodexo staff concerns
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…
Teaching on the cheap: UCL’s exploitation of teaching assistants revealed
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…