UCU: National bargaining and framework implementation

Motion

Motion text: Conference notes statements by some Vice-Chancellors in favour of local bargaining, and the intent to reform the JNCHES national framework this year.
Conference believes that the erosion of national bargaining would be disastrous and would seriously undermine the ability of the UCU to defend the working conditions and salaries of all its members.
Conference resolves that the UCU commitment to national bargaining should be given a high profile in the union.
Conference instructs the HEC:
(1) to campaign among the membership for a commitment to national bargaining and a determination to defend it;
(2) to respond to any attempts by employers to withdraw from national bargaining, either locally or nationally, with immediate nationally organised opposition from the UCU, including industrial action and boycotts of institutions which seek to impose local bargaining;
(3) to seek an appropriate extension of the post-92 national contract to pre-92 institutions as a set of contractual minima.