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At the final meeting of the union/employer national negotiating forum, held on 28 July, the university employers’ association, UCEA, continued to refuse national level talks to develop jointly-agreed proposals to improve job security. With fears that over 22,000 jobs are at risk, this refusal is unacceptable and irresponsible. The employers’ final offer to the joint unions was [...] The higher education unions – the University and College Union (UCU), EIS, GMB, UNISON and Unite – today (Monday) issued the following joint statement: ‘At the new JNCHES meeting held on Monday 19 April, UCEA failed to improve on their previous offer of a sum equivalent to 0.25% (non-consolidated). They also failed to respond to other [...] At the new JNCHES meeting on 29 March, UCEA made an offer to explore how a non-consolidated cash sum equivalent to 0.25% of pay bill could be applied. The employers made no serious attempt to address the other key elements of the joint union claim; for example, nothing on: job security The five unions have submitted their joint national claim for 2010 to the University and College Employers’ Association (UCEA). The next meeting of the Joint National Committee for Higher Education Staff (JNCHES) is Monday 29 March. In brief the claim calls for: a catch-up for the real terms cut last year; a keep-up element for next; [...] A document, supported by UCU, Unison, Unite, GMB and EIS, has been tabled to the employers which sets out national standards for institutions to follow where redundancies are proposed. It would mean universities working in genuine partnership with unions to seriously explore all avenues in order to avoid redundancies and protect provision for students. Members can [...] |
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