UCU: ASOS and strike action

Motion

Motion text: SHESC notes

the intransigence of the employers over both HE
the growing support for a marking & assessment boycott among members.
SHESC believes

that a marking and assessment boycott can be an effective tactic
branches must not be allowed to suffer punitive pay deductions in isolation.
SHESC calls on HEC to

initiate a marking and assessment boycott at the earliest opportunity in all branches with a mandate
notify bouts of 10 days of strike action commencing in late May to support the ASOS
call BDMs before notification of further action
adopt the practice of notifying further bouts of action before the previous bout has concluded
make an emergency appeal inside and outside the union to boost the Fighting Fund for branches suffering punitive deductions.

Proposing body: Composite (University of Dundee, Ulster University, University of Liverpool)