UCU: Pay deductions for striking members with external funding

Motion

Motion text: Conference notes that:
1. striking members whose salary is partly or wholly provided by external funders routinely experience full pay deductions;
2. funding contracts impose limitations on how awarded money may be allocated;
3. where deducted pay is not returned to the relevant project code this may represent a breach of said contracts
4. where funding is returned to projects, it may be possible to extend projects and/or contracts of employment.
Conference resolves to:
a. raise awareness of this issue amongst members through UK-wide communications;
b. develop advice on how externally funded members should query the allocation of deducted strike pay, with the objective of obtaining an extension but acknowledging that in some cases the return of funds to the funder may be the best possible outcome
c. contact major funders to request that they supplement this guidance with official statements on the allocation of funds.