UCU: Closing the Pay Gap in FE

Motion

Motion text: Congress notes:
1. Government has allocated additional funding to FE Sector for staff pay rise
this year, to address the widening staff pay gap between FE Colleges and
Schools.
2. The pay gap between schoolteachers and FE teaching staff has increased in
the last 15 years and is estimated to be at least £8000 annually.
3. This extra Government funding is vital to addressing and closing the pay gap
in the FE Sector, as well as the ongoing FE staff recruitment and retention
crisis.
Congress resolves to campaign:
a. to ensure extra Government funding to FE Sector is ringfenced for only staff
pay increases.
b. to petition the Government to continue additional funding to FE Sector until
the pay gap is closed between FE Sector and Schools.