Thursday 3rd November, 1-2pm, C304
UCU have announced a consultative ballot to allow members to decide the way forward with the pay claim for 2016/17. As part of this ballot, we are being asked whether we think the employers’ current offer is sufficient, and whether further industrial action should be called.
You will have received an email from nreply@ucu.org.uk with a link to the online ballot on or around October 24th. It is vitally important that we all vote in this ballot.
The pay claim for 2016/17 comprised five separate elements with three main themes:
- A 5% increase on all spine points to catch up and keep up: salaries have decreased by 14.5% in real terms since 2009
- Concrete action to close the gender pay gap: females earn on average £6k less than male counterparts
- Concrete action to end casualised employment: 75,000 academics are on insecure contracts, with 20,000 on zero-hours contracts
We invite City UCU members to a meeting on Thursday 3rd November, 1-2pm in C304 to come together and discuss the consultative ballot and the way forward for the pay campaign. Speakers will talk on the context to the campaign, the very real threats to higher education in the UK, and members will have a chance to discuss and debate the options open to us in the ballot. If you’re coming to the meeting, tweet us or post up on Yammer.
With the passage of anti-trade union legislation through parliament, it is essential that we use this ballot to send a clear message to the employers. Please use your vote. Please come to the meeting.