“Southern regional committee officers are asking you to support precarious staff at the University of Sussex. Their campaign goes to the very heart of the four fights dispute.

Please see the message from James McMurray, and if you can ask your branch and members to support the campaign to protect jobs at the University of Sussex.”

MESSAGE FROM JAMES MCMURRAY

If I may,

My name is James McMurray; I am a postdoctoral school tutor at the University of Sussex. Recently, leaked plans from the University Executive Group revealed that in the context of the Coronavirus crisis they intended to ‘terminate as soon as possible’ the contracts of temporary staff such as me.

Precarious academics here – doctoral tutors, early career academics, those on fixed term contracts, and others – have organised to resist these plans. We are all members of the union. We are supported by our local UCU, and have been retweeted by other supportive branches around the country.

We ask that you consider sharing our website [precariousacademics.com] – where our petition, and details of our campaign can be found – with your members, and signing yourself, as the more support we receive the better our negotiating position.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

James McMurray
Precariousacademics.com