When the pay rise offered is so low that it does not even keep up with the increased cost of living.
That is precisely what has happened to staff working in higher education in every year from 2009 to 2013. Only in 2014, when UCU members took significant and sustained action in the face of yet another real-terms pay cut was a better offer forthcoming from your employers. Read more …
A well attended members’ meeting on 25th February agreed to lodge a formal reference with our employer over its use of casual contracts. The University of Bath was revealed as one of the country’s heaviest users of casual contracts for teaching and research, and despite an undertaking last October from the Vice Chancellor last to reduce its dependence on casual contracts we have seen no movement.
Our growing number of members who are hourly paid are looking for support from those on more secure contracts to win some improvements, and the branch has put its weight behind them.
The meeting also called on University managers to: