Motion
- Motion title
- Combining Four Fights and USS Disputes
- Session
- 2021-2022
- Meeting link
- Special HE sector conference (HE dispute(s))
- Meeting date
- 9 September 2021
- Status
- Passed
- Motion
- 12
- Motion text
HESC believes that:
1. The four fights and USS issues are inextricably linked. Low pay, pay inequality and job insecurity mean poorer pensions and a worse retirement, and some members cannot afford pension contributions.
2. Solidarity between different groups of members (casualised/permanent, different pay grades, equality groups, academic/related, pre- and post-92 branches) was hugely important during the 2019-2020 industrial action.
3. Continued solidarity will be vital to winning the disputes and for building the union.
4. It is therefore crucial not to separate the disputes or give priority to either.
HESC resolves to:
a. Coordinate the four fights and USS campaigns, highlighting the links.
b. Give parity to both disputes in strategic planning, balloting and publicity, ensuring that all affected branches have a voice in developing the dispute strategy.
c. Ballot and take action on both disputes concurrently.
d. Coordinate action with sister unions, if possible, to improve effectiveness.
- Proposing body
- University of Leeds
- Amended
- No
- Allocated to
- Higher education committee (HEC)
- Notes
Administrative info
- Listing reference
- 2021/H/09-09/010/12