UCU: Casualisation of black members and pay

Motion

Motion text: Conference notes that:
1. Casualisation of members means they do not have permanent contracts, e.g. recognised as full members of staff, guaranteed hours of work each year, paid the full hours they have worked, including preparation, teaching or marking.
2. They have to wait months to get paid, meaning no planned future or mortgage. There’s no holiday pay or training.
3. The barriers and obstacles faced by Black casualised members is intensified by structural inequalities and racism, acutely felt by Black women. This intersection of oppression puts Black casualised members at the bottom of the pay ladder. Increased costs of living, means that they are faced with extreme poverty as they cannot afford to eat or heat their homes.
Conference resolves:
a. That UCU will research the pay of Black casualised workers in further and adult education, leading to a campaign to alleviate the poverty they face.