UCU: Pay 2021-22 claim

Motion

Motion text: Notes 30% cut in pay since 2009.

Believes:

1. Pay remains a central issue for all lecturers working in the sector.
2. To attract a new generation of practitioners to FE pay in the sector must be addressed.
3. FE staff have been, and still are, on the frontline of the battle against the pandemic and pay awards must reflect this sacrifice and commitment.
4. Now is the time for government to fund FE to enable the sector to rise to the challenge of the crisis.

Resolves:

a. To launch a campaign around the 20/21 pay claim which calls for a ‘move towards the full restoration of college pay’ In line with inflation since 2009.
b. UCU to support branches in negotiating a ‘national plus’ claim involving both pay and non-pay elements that are relevant to the specific branch’s context.
c. To call an industrial action ballot over the 20/21 claim.