UCU: Increasing pay inequality

Motion

Motion text: Congress agrees that posts carrying greater responsibility should attract higher pay. Congress notes high top rates of pay common in the financial sector are being mimicked in the public sector. Congress is alarmed that senior staff in FHE are being awarded salaries that are excessive compared to other staff. Congress notes that this:
a) reduces collegiality in institutions and lowers the quality of working life for all
b) diverts funding towards a few and away from preserving jobs in a time of cuts
c) provides ammunition to the populist media by allowing them to suggest that our pay is excessive by publicising the pay of a few.
d) affects collective bargaining through pay deals outside the spine for a few
Congress instructs the NEC to work with other unions and other interested bodies in campaigning against rising inequality and for higher marginal rates of tax for the highest paid.