GREG Statement – Black Lives Matter 2020
Walk With Us The aftermath of the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis by a now-former police officer in the United States, echoes the riots and unrest following the killing …
Updates
Furlough GUCU Letter to Goldsmiths SMT 09.06.2020
GUCU email sent to Goldsmiths SMT Tuesday 9 June On Monday 8 June you sent an email stating the college’s position on furloughing Associate Lecturers, Graduate Trainee Teachers and Academic staff. Further …
Art colleagues – we support our AL, GTT and FTC colleagues
Below we reproduce a statement by staff in the art department supporting their AL, GTT and FTC colleagues. [if you are a colleague in the art department you can still …
Testimony of a Casualised Worker – “Goldsmiths has chosen isolation and exclusion”
We have permission to reproduce testimony of a Goldsmiths casualised worker “I am writing this letter as a recent PhD and current member of Goldsmiths casualised teaching staff since 2015. …
Professors’ Forum Letter to Chair of Council – Our Associate Lecturers are essential
This letter was sent from the Professors’ Forum to Goldsmiths Chair of Council Dinah Caine, on Saturday 23 May, in response to the college’s bank holiday weekend communication that they …
GOLDSMITHS SENIOR MANAGEMENT REFUSE TO FURLOUGH CASUALISED WORKERS
Reposted from Precarious@Gold In an email sent out this Friday (May 22nd) at 6:15pm before the bank holiday weekend, the Warden of Goldsmiths, Frances Corner, announced the College’s decision to …
Motion on Four Fights & USS Dispute
Passed unanimously at GUCU branch meeting, Fri 22 May, 2pm. Goldsmiths UCU rejects the latest offer in the 4 fights dispute. We are proud that our recent strike action highlighted …
Anti-Casualisation Update
The following is a transcript of an email sent by and to casualised teaching staff at Goldsmiths on the 15 May 2020 Emergency Meeting Wednesday 20 May 3 – 5 …
Can’t Pay Won’t Pay Rent Campaign (London Renters Union)
Discussed and passed at GUCU branch meeting 18.05.2020 This branch notes that the Covid-19 crisis has brought unprecedented financial pressures for staff and students: – many staff on flexible, part-time …
GUCU Motion – Protect Casualised Workers
GUCU Motion passed GUCU Branch meeting 18.05.2020 Casualised staff – those on hourly-paid, fixed-term or outsourced contracts – within HE face precarious conditions while delivering key front line teaching and …