You can review the meeting presentation here.

The meeting of 23rd January was quorate and called primarily to update members on branch engagement with management and to seek a mandate for escalation should that prove necessary.

Members were first apprised of the situation regarding the current period of restructure and the Chair fielded questions from the floor regarding the VR process, the implications for jobs as a result of the proposed academic restructure, academic reviews etc.

Three motions were scheduled for debate and a vote:

• Motion 1 – Protecting Jobs and Terms & Conditions
• Motion 2 – Demilitarisation
• Motion 3 – Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions

Motion 1 was passed unanimously, thus authorising the branch ‘To lodge a formal dispute if the employer is unwilling to make material concessions’.

Motions 2 and 3 were deferred in the absence of the proposer.