UCU: Relationships with other unions

Motion

Motion text: Conference notes:
UCU ARPS members often work closely with members of other unions, e.g. Unison, and face many shared issues including:
1. increasing, unsafe workloads
2. casualisation
3. pay inequality
4. unequal opportunities for advancement
5. workplace bullying
6. pay deterioration
7. downgrading of roles
We are in the same fight for decency in our workplaces, but there are few formal structures beyond Joint Negotiating Committees, and varying degrees of communication, co-operation and co-ordination between unions. These risk contributing to division, where unity is needed.
Conference instructs HEC to:
a. contact Unison, Unite and GMB to propose the establishment of a non-academic, professional and support staff-led Working Group to look at how co-operation could happen.
b. produce guidelines for branches wishing to collaborate more closely with unions in their own branch.