You can see from this brief report of UCU at the recent TUC, and a video interview with UCU President Rob Goodfellow, what his priorities are in the next year, and the issues he sees as facing the union in general: https://ucuagenda.com/2016/10/11/ucu-presidents-perspective/
You can check your pay through the very useful tool provided by UCU here: https://www.ucu.org.uk/rateforthejob
As a new academic year is underway you might want to refresh your memory about what our rights are. You can find everything here!
Your branch took part magnificently in the two days of strike on 15 and 26 of May. Here are three videos to prove it! :-)