UCU: Resisting the employers’ offensive

Motion

Motion text: Conference notes the wave of attacks on jobs, terms and conditions, and
educational provision in a growing number of HEIs.
Conference believes:
1. The calling off of the Four Fights and our subsequent failure to reach the
aggregated ballot threshold have encouraged the employers to go on the
offensive.
2. The attacks are locally implemented but employers are coordinating with each
other.
3. Employers aim to weaken and discipline UCU and fracture the sector through
a race to the bottom.
4. Fighting rearguard actions institution by institution will not be enough to stop
the attacks.
Conference resolves:
a. To organise strike committees to synchronise action and deliver maximum
solidarity for branches in dispute.
b. To develop a strategy which includes returning to UK-wide action in academic
year 2024-25.
c. To take advantage of election year by mounting a political campaign alongside
campus and student unions in defence of jobs, contracts, courses and
research.