{"id":666,"date":"2018-06-21T09:59:19","date_gmt":"2018-06-21T09:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/?p=666"},"modified":"2018-08-09T10:14:22","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T10:14:22","slug":"musical-ucu-chairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/2018\/06\/21\/musical-ucu-chairs\/","title":{"rendered":"MUSICAL UCU CHAIRS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following our report in subtext 178<\/a> on the rather confused goings-on at the Lancaster UCU AGM we can report that things appear to have been sorted. Well, clarified. The bewilderment arose regarding the election of officers on the Lancaster UCU executive. Those attending the AGM were told that the actual posts (i.e. the people who would be taking up these positions) would be dealt with ‘in-house’ by the executive. No dissenting voices regarding this arrangement at the AGM and within a fortnight the executive delivered on its promise.<\/span><\/p>\n

The reason for all this obfuscation was a falling out behind the scenes. Trade unions have historically been broach churches with diverse memberships and this is reflected in individual branches. Lancaster UCU is not untypical in that regard, and fissures will occasionally ensue.<\/span>
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\nThe outcome of all this is that it is all change at the top table of Lancaster UCU. They now have a new President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretary, Membership Officer, Equality Officer and Anti-Casualisation Officer. The post of Welfare Officer has also been created. subtext wishes them all well, so that Lancaster continues to be strongly represented in what may be another fractious year in the sector.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Following our report in subtext 178 on the rather confused goings-on at the Lancaster UCU AGM we can report that things appear to have been sorted. Well, clarified. 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