Strike and Branch meeting info.

Branch meeting Wednesday the 22nd (13:15 in 3E 3.5) January 20 @ 13:15 – 14:15

Here is the agenda:

Apologies
Minutes if the last meeting

Committee Rep post available
LGBTQ+ Members Rep

Update on Pensions and Pay & Conditions. Opinions of this branch over further strike action to
go to National HEC 30th Jan 2020.

Update on anti-casualisation negotiations: TFs, GTAs and Fixed Term Contracts.

Professorial Pay

Any other Business
Date of next meeting

Claim strike hardship fund `

Counting the costs of casualisation in higher education Key findings of a survey conducted by the University and College Union June 2019

Hardship fund – Strike Pay 2019-20 Bath UCU

Details for claiming from the national hardship fund may be found here:
https://www.ucu.org.uk/article/10452/Fighting-fund-donations-and-claims

If you earn less than £30,000 from qualifying employment before tax then you will be able to claim up to £75 per day from the national fund from the second day of the strike onwards (or £50 from the third day if you earn more than this threshold), capped at £500.

The local UCU association will make up any remaining losses from the local hardship fund.

To claim from the local fund please email T.R.Barrett@bath.ac.uk with the following
information:

Name:
Membership Number:
No. of days on strike:
No. of hours of pay lost:
Total Loss after deductions:
Amount Claimed from National fund:
Bank Sort Code:
Bank Account No:

…plus your last two payslips (downloaded from iTrent so that they are not password-protected like the ones emailed to you) and any documents that show what hours you were meant to be being paid for on days that you were on strike.

Claims from the national fund may take a while to be paid. If the delay will cause you hardship then the local fund will loan you the sum claimable from the national fund, to be repaid once you receive the payment from the national union. If you need to take advantage of this loan then please fill in the claim as above but add a note that you wish a loan advance on the national claim and undertake to repay it once payment is received from the national fund.

In solidarity,
Tim Barrett
UCU Local Treasurer