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Communication from @ucu to members regarding branch consultations on Four Fights & #USS is utterly shambolic. Email to members from GS @DrJoGrady to announce this arrives in our inboxes on a Saturday evening. 1/
The message contained links to briefing papers which one could naturally interpret as expressing the views of the negotiators. 2/
I later discover these briefing papers couldn& #39;t reflect the views of the negotiators, since majority of 4 Fights negotiators post statement on UCU Left website recommending rejection of offer, but briefing does not recommend rejection & places offer in positive light. 3/
I send an email to an internal UCU list asking whose view are reflected in the briefings. Are they the views of the General Secretary? No response. 4/
Just now, I learn from a thread
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="đ" title="Down pointing backhand index" aria-label="Emoji: Down pointing backhand index">posted by one of the USS negotiators that these briefings were "from head office" (from which we can infer that they are the views of the General Secretary). 5/ https://twitter.com/Sam_Marsh101/status/1263756788555538434">https://twitter.com/Sam_Marsh...
That same thread from @Sam_Marsh101 also links to distinct briefings from the negotiators. I now see that one can find them on the UCU website if you& #39;re eagle-eyed, but why weren& #39;t they linked to in the General Secretary& #39;s email to members? 6/
Oh. And there& #39;s also a further briefing paper by the USS Disputes Committee. 7/
These various briefings offer varying different takes. 8/
Consultation also offers tight deadlines. 9/ https://twitter.com/mark_pendleton/status/1263757634307489792">https://twitter.com/mark_pend...
Whatever your views about the union, I think you should agree that this is piss-poor communication with members. 10/10
The shambolic communication with members apparently carried over into yesterday& #39;s Branch Delegate Member meeting. Read thread: https://twitter.com/JomcneillUCU/status/1265665933340741633">https://twitter.com/Jomcneill...
And the HEC meeting itself today was an utter mess: https://twitter.com/DavidHarvieUCU/status/1265619259532677124">https://twitter.com/DavidHarv...
The paralysis & indecision at the HEC was such that they failed to override their previous decision to launch two postal strike re-ballots by the end of June, even though apparently neither HEC members nor Branch Delegate Members want this. https://twitter.com/MikeOtsuka/status/1265650879136509954">https://twitter.com/MikeOtsuk...
How are they going to acount to members for the launching of new postal re-ballots to a timetable that nobody any longer supports?
More "zombie action", as @crookedfootball has put it: https://twitter.com/crookedfootball/status/1262009664138547201">https://twitter.com/crookedfo...
Tweets from HEC members (e.g., see thishttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="đ" title="Down pointing backhand index" aria-label="Emoji: Down pointing backhand index">& wider thread) imply that the members didn& #39;t realise, till after the meeting had convened, that the upshot of their indecision was reballots by the end of June that nobody wants. https://twitter.com/mark_pendleton/status/1265672672501010433">https://twitter.com/mark_pend...
Various @UCULeft members volunteering their signatures. Since they& #39;re the only HEC members who might be inclined to support the current status quo of June re-ballot, we can be assured that the reballot will be cancelled.
See also this thread from outgoing HEC chair, indicating high probability of cancellation of June re-ballot. https://twitter.com/zenscara/status/1265674684344999936">https://twitter.com/zenscara/...
But an HEC member asks why didn& #39;t they simply schedule sufficient time at yesterday& #39;s HEC to sort all this out. https://twitter.com/Flibitygibity/status/1265715300093366272">https://twitter.com/Flibitygi...
