UCU: Discounted subscriptions for new members

Motion

Motion text: Congress
Notes:
1. The current membership subscription bands,
2. The report on subscription rates at Congress 2021 (UCU/1073),
3. The principle stated therein for ‘alleviating subscriptions for those on the lowest salary levels’,
4. That academic staff often avail free membership as students before upgrading to standard membership,
5. The absence of an analogous route for academic-related professional services staff.
Believes that:
a. Discounted subscriptions for the first year of membership will:
i. Further alleviate the membership costs for staff on lower salary levels,
ii. Mitigate the disparity in Notes (5) by providing ARPS staff a discounted membership route,
iii. Incentivise staff who are not members of the Union to join.
b. Such a discount will not reduce subscriptions income from existing members.
Resolves to:
A. Implement discounted national and local subscription rates for the first year of membership for those who join UCU on bands F(0) and below.