MONDAY 19TH MAY 1.15 PM 1E2.4

We have a guest speaker at Monday’s UCU branch meeting – Prof Harriet Bradley (UWE) who is one of our reps on the national HE Committee and had a close up view of events during the pay dispute. Harriet will lead a discussion of what has been achieved since the dispute started last October, and where we go next.

The vote on whether to accept the 2% offer for 2014 and to end the 2013 dispute was much closer in Bath than in most places (more than 4-1 in favour nationally but less than 2-1 in favour in Bath). We understand that the closer vote in Bath is a reflection of poorer local terms and conditions.       Compared to others, we have one of the meanest sets of terms and conditions of all HE employers. Continue reading →