UCU: Pay claim figure

Motion

Motion text: This conference resolves that section 1.a of the pay claim include the wording 'RPI at July 2009 + 5% …' with these amendments:
Replace July with June and ADD after '5%' : 'or 8% whichever is greater'
Conference endorses the HE pay claim for 2009 as set out in UCUHE11 subject to its agreement of the figure to be inserted at paragraph 1.2 and in the summary at 1 (a)
At the end add 'and to the replacement of the title of section 4 with 'Pay Gaps' and also
Conference notes:
£500bn bank bail-outs and continuing war expenditure
Inflation and tax changes particularly hit those on pay limits and erode the HE gains of the 2006 settlement
£100m shortfall in HE student finance
Salaries and conditions did not cause the recession.
Conference instructs the HEC to use UC magazine, website and branch meetings in every institution with visiting speakers to debate the recession as part of mobilisation over pay.