Update: We are deeply saddened to learn today that staff at QMUL have been deducted 100% and received payslips indicating £0.00 for a month’s work with pension contribution not paid either meaning among other things that death in service benefit is paused. We absolutely deplore the succession of attacks on his own staff and students by bullying millionaire Vice Chancellor Colin Bailey at QMUL who is also a board member at UCEA. It is time that he outsourced himself. In the meantime you can help by giving what you can to support affected staff.

Update: Not content with wanting to withhold 100% pay we hear that Principal Colin Baily is threatening to close down QMUL’s Film degree programmes to further punish staff over industrial action. Please read and sign this Open Letter from the Film Department at QMUL to show your support in face of this vindictive intimidation.

We are appalled to hear that the management at Queen Mary University of London has published guidance to line managers on how to enforce deductions of 100% pay indefinitely from members taking part in ASOS while asking non-striking staff to cover for absent colleagues under threat of disciplinary action.

We stand with our sister branch in resisting this needlessly vicious attack by QMUL management on their employees.

A crowd-funder has been established to provide financial support for staff affected. Please give what you can to help QMUL branch build sufficient hardship reserves at this difficult time.