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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 [...] 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; [...] In 2010-11 only 25 (19% of) higher education institutions in England will receive a real terms funding rise (above the forecast level of inflation). More than a quarter (37 institutions) will have a real terms cut (a cash increase below the level of inflation) and over half (69 institutions) face a cash cut. The worst affected institutions [...] In the latest ‘grant letter’ from business secretary, Lord Mandelson, to the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) chairman, Tim Melville-Ross, the government said it was reducing HEFCE’s grant by 6.6%, including additional cuts of £135m to ones previously announced. For the first time in a decade the unit of public spending per student [...] the campaign poster The first set of posters, leaflets and an off-line copy of the petition are now available for download below. Please support the campaign by distributing these on your campus. Campaign leaflet (.pdf) Campaign poster – A4 (.pdf) Campaign poster – A3 (.pdf) The petition (.pdf) Also here for download is a leaflet/letter template local branches can use to [...]
a wave of job cuts is already sweeping through our universities At a time of economic recession, education is more important than ever
reject the short-termist slash and burn strategy 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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