UCU: Toolkit for Winning Recognition

Motion

Motion text: Congress notes:
1. The proliferation of workplaces in post-16 education with no recognised union.
2. These workplaces are increasingly common because of the deregulation and marketisation of education.
3. UCU has traditionally focused on workplaces with existing recognition agreements.
4. UCU has won recognition recently at University of Cambridge and Sussex ISC (Study Group)
5. Multiple campaigns to win recognition in a variety of workplaces in HE are ongoing.
Congress believes the worst examples of low pay and casualisation are found in workplaces with no collective bargaining and that the trend of unorganised workplaces represents an existential threat to working conditions in the sector.
Congress resolves to create a toolkit in consultation with ACC providing legal and organising guidance to support UCU members to build successful recognition campaigns, covering both the legal processes and the need to recruit and branch build in workplaces where UCU is not recognised.