See below a pic from our fantastic member whose ballot came late. Today, they went to Civica HQ personally to hand it in 😭💗

TOMORROW (26/11) — The second equalities drop-in of the term will happen online from 10-12 (link in 📧). All GUCU members facing equalities-related issues at work (and particularly those with protected characteristics) are welcome to come by and chat in confidence with our wonderful Equalities team.

‼️📮This is your reminder that tomorrow (Wed 26 Nov) is the last day to safely return your postal ballot in the national dispute. 🧵Here’s why this dispute matters for us at Goldsmiths:

Solidarity Screening today! 🎥✨
Featuring An Orange from Jaffa & ضو – Light, followed by a Q&A with director Ahmad Abu Monshar + GOLD SU’s Shada Abdalqader.

📍 RHB Cinema
🕕 Fri 21 Nov, from 6PM
💸 Pay-what-you-can (all funds to Palestinian Student Fundraiser)

Snacks welcome! ♥️🍉

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NEXT THURSDAY: After last week’s £11m+ deficit announcement, we are coming together again in in-person, all-staff meeting. We should not be where we are, and we must be clear about who is responsible for this mess — and that more cuts are not the way out. 🕐 1–2pm 📍 RHB 300

Happening tomorrow (Wed 19/11)! Join our Health & Safety team for an Invisible Work workshop. How can we make invisible/unrecognised/unpaid work visible and accounted for? How do we protect ourselves from it?
🕒 3–4:30pm, in person — room details in your 📧.

Have you voted yet? There are 10 days left before the ballot closes (28/11) — and the last safe day to post your ballot is 26/11! As we look ahead to possible local action, it’s important to show our strength and win this ballot! #WeAreTheUniversity #UCU

This Wed (12/11) the first Campus Connect since Frances Corner’s removal will take place — something might be moving, and we must be prepared. Make sure you’re signed up and in the room!
Then join us for:
🕓 Branch meeting: 4–5PM (in-person)
🎉 Branch social at the SU: 6PM onwards
Room details in📧

Have you voted yet? Window to request a ballot replacement closes on 23/11, and ballot ends on 26/11. Useful links and timeline here: www.ucu.org.uk/WeAreTheUniv...
Don't wait for the last minute, and post your ballot 📩💗

Not sure how to talk to your colleagues about the UCU national ballot? Here’s our top 3 reasons to vote YES/YES:

GUCU events this term 💥 Info session for members + quiz night (12/11), workload (19/11) & equalities drop-in (26/11), and a solidarity film screening (21/11)!
📧 Check your emails for room details & Zoom links. #GoldsmithsUCU

THIS WED 💪 Challenging Overwork — open meeting
Workloads out of control? You’re not alone. Come share your experience and learn about the tools we’re developing to challenge unsafe workloads collectively.
📅 Wed 22 Oct
🕒 3–4pm
📍room in 📩
A day to share & organise ✊

Here's our October event calendar. Please check your email for room details and zoom links ;)

Join us on Wed 08/10 (3-4PM) for an in person meeting to discuss the upcoming national ballot, and how it fits in the strategy for a trade dispute for a just and sustainable funding model.
No more fixes. What we urgently need is a real solution to the structural crisis in HE.

🆘🍉 As the genocide continues, a small number of Palestinian students will evacuate the Gaza Strip for the UK, including four due to join us at Goldsmiths for a.a. 25/26. Israeli authorities are forcing them to leave all they have behind, and they need our practical solidarity. Please donate!

📢 venue change for tomorrow 📢 we will now be holding the pay-what-you-can screening @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social in Prof Stuart Hall Building, lower ground 01. Join us to learn more about women's resistance in Sudan 🇸🇩 & raise money for vital grassroots campaigns

Solidarity with @uniteucu.bsky.social on their third of twenty escalating days strike action, in their ongoing disputes with @ucu.org.uk over an unsafe and racist workplace as well as pay. Support our comrades fighting toxic management by signing the petition: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...