UCU: Updating UCU model rules and standing orders, and roles guidance

Motion

Motion title: Updating UCU model rules and standing orders, and roles guidance

Motion text: UCU’s Branch Officer roles guidance doesn’t include descriptions of all officer
roles, including Anti-Casualisation Officer, Health and Safety Officer, ARPS
Officer.
ARPS representation isn't included in UCU Branch Model Rules or Regional
Committee Model Standing Orders.
Believes:
a. Lack of formal representation can intensify feelings of exclusion.
b. Elected committees should be representative of job types across the
membership.
Resolves:
i. Update UCU Branch Officer Guidance, working with relevant specialist
committees to produce role descriptions (e.g. ARPS and Anti-Casualisation
Committees)
ii. Working with relevant specialist committees, review all officer role job
descriptions and the use of language throughout the model branch rules to
ensure they reflects current equality strands and language. For example,
insert ‘migrant members’ in the enumeration of equality groups in bullet iv)
under 8.6 Equality Officer.
ii. Communicate changes to all branch / regional executives, to support
ratification at the earliest opportunity.

Proposing body: Academic related, professional services staff committee (ARPS)