UCU: Collective grievances and campaigning for fractionalisation

Motion

Motion text: Congress notes:
The marketisation of education continues to drive casualisation.
Hourly paid lecturers may not be provided with written terms and conditions, often fail to have their rate increased with annual uplifts and miss out on incremental progression
Through effective local organisation and employment law, collective claims present the best opportunity of winning fractionalisation for a significant number of casualised staff.
Congress believes:
The fight against casualisation cannot wait on the employers' goodwill.
Collective grievance procedures can help win fractionalisation and provide an effective recruiting tool among casualised staff.
Congress calls for:
branches to campaign in support of hourly paid lecturers and for their move to fractionalised contracts
A guide to organising and pursuing collective grievances for fractionalisation of casualised staff and parity of conditions
A series of national and regional briefings for branch officers and representatives to promote collective grievance organisation.