UCU: Further and adult education pay in a time of recession

Motion

Motion text: Conference notes:
the unprecedented sums of public money given to bail out bankers, while public sector workers' pay remains under tight control.
FE lecturers remain among the lowest paid teachers across all sectors.
Conference believes:
that investment in FE is vital to rebuilding our economy and society during a recession.
FE lecturers should not pay the price for the crisis of the system. 'Bail out the workers not the bankers. '
Conference resolves:
to campaign for a national pay deal that closes the pay gap between FE lecturers and our colleagues in schools and HE.
to instruct the FEC, in the event of a breakdown of negotiations, to organise effective industrial action, seeking to unite with other unions in our sector and other public sector workers.
to congratulate members involved in the 'IOU' campaign and continue this fight for full implementation of national pay agreements in all FE colleges.
to further instruct the FEC to ensure that including equal pay audits and the implementation of the gender equality duties are necessary to ensure that in any negotiations women's rights are retained as a bargaining policy.