UCU: Build support for nationally coordinated action 2025/26

Motion

Motion text: Conference notes:
1. the upcoming Spending Review 2025.
Conference believes:
a. that the ND4FE campaign must evolve in line with political and industrial
developments.
b. that branches are at the heart of the 2025/26 campaign.
Conference resolves that UCU shall:
i. brief branches on Spending Review 2025 and progress on ND4FE
objectives.
ii. consult members, in June, on a branch-by-branch basis, on support for an
England-wide coordinated disaggregated ballot in the Autumn term if ND4FE
objectives are not met.
iii. engage branches via regular regional briefings.
iv. support branches to participate in any England-wide coordinated ballot,
subject to existing policy on GTVO readiness, membership support, branch
autonomy on opt in and opt out. We will have a bigger voice and more
impact on the government and our employers if we all unite in action
together. Conference strongly encourages branches to opt-in.
v. ensure that branches are consulted on how best to engage in local pay claims
and talks during this period.
vi. organise national and regional rallies, demos and lobbies in support of the
campaign and ballot.

Proposing body: Eastern and Homes Counties FE regional committee, Bolton College