Congress motions

Motion

Motion title

Recruitment, organising and campaigning

Session

2025-2026

Meeting link

Annual Congress

Meeting date

29 May 2026

Status

Passed

Motion

68

Motion text

Congress notes continued campaigning, organising and recruitment work, including
1. support for disputes, at all levels
2. support for other priority campaigns including against the far right
3. campaigning and political lobbying for a fully funded post 16 education sector
4. organising work, including training.
Congress asks NEC to continue and grow this work, including
a. campaign support for branches in dispute and under threat, locally and nationally
b. promoting a message of the value of post 16 education and the work of UCU members; using this to campaign for a new funding model, and to unify campaigns
c. renewed focus on recruitment, finding opportunities to incorporate recruitment into all campaigns
d. reminding branches of UCU's right to information on staffing for purposes of union recruitment, including lists of leavers and joiners, surveying branches about what information is supplied by employers, and exposing and challenging those employers who block union access to this information, including on GPDR grounds.
e. finding new ways to involve diverse groups of members, including digital resources for campaigning
f. ensuring climate justice and sustainability, opposing increasing casualisation in all sectors, and campaigning on equality issues, are integral to this work
g. campaigning against the far right and against attacks on the rights of migrants.
h. that due to the economic whirlwind that will hit the post 16 sector due to the impact of the war on Iran
i. campaign for a UK-wide defence of post-16 education
ii. produce a briefing paper for members, challenging the employer's narrative that the war will mean the need for further cuts to the sectors. The paper will outline the moral case against increasing arms spending and the negative economic consequences on education.
War must not be an excuse for further cuts.

Proposing body

Recruitment, organising and campaigning committee (ROCC)

Amended

Yes

Allocated to

Recruitment, organising and campaigning committee (ROCC)

Notes