UCU congress voted to back the boycott campaign, but without determining a mechanism to decide the issue.
One – largely pro-boycott – group in the UCU has strongly opposed a ballot of the membership on the issue, and has managed to block a ballot, so far.
Today, a campaign for a ballot is launched by two members of the Union: Jimmy Donaghey and Jon Pike. http://ucu-ballot.org/
We want the ‘UCU Left’ to stop blocking the direct expression of members views.
We want a vote.
Please sign our petition (UCU members only, of course). Please do this now.
Please read our website: http://ucu-ballot.org/
Please circulate it amongst colleagues, on branch elists and pass it on to people at other institutions.
Please send any comments in support of a ballot to info@ucu-ballot.org