My colleague Anna Renzetti, an assistant director in the career and professional development center at the University of Utah, shared a similar account. The modeller also shows the effect unpaid work has had on hourly pay, as staff try to keep up with growing workloads: University staff pay cut by 20%, new figures show. If you have a previously established line of communication with your contact through the phone, give her/him a The Universities and Colleges Employers Association (), the sector body that negotiates pay for higher education staff nationally, has provided a final update on pay for the 2021-22 academic year.The pay uplift for the 2021-22 academic year guarantees increases of at least 1.5%, with higher percentage uplifts made to the pay points below To allow our ongoing negotiations to continue in a constructive environment UCU has agreed to pause strike action for the next two weeks. UCEA was left in no doubt about how strongly members feel and the need for real change to be made. salary negotiations Even though one can feel the pressure to fill the air with talk, don't. UCU general secretary Jo Grady today announced an additional day of strike action on 15 March 2023. Show your accomplishments and progression in your role and market value data to support your negotiation. On 15 July HE negotiators from UCU, Unite, and Unison met UCEA in the first of two dispute resolution meetings over the current bargaining round. Staff to receive pay uplift : Broadcast: News items : University of negotiations UCU has warned hardline university bosses that they could be hit with additional strike action if they go ahead with 100% deductions in pay for staff taking action short of a strike (ASOS): Staff warn rogue university bosses to prepare for more strike action over pay deductions. The precise dates of the action will be confirmed next week. UK universities final pay offer promising a minimum rise of 1.5 per cent for the next academic year has been branded unacceptable by a union, as tensions between Members in thirty-six institutions have voted to continue strike action over the Four Fights pay and conditions disputes, with 38 meeting the threshold for taking action short of strike action. PSAC says it has compromised on wages as strike continues [295kb]. The reballots come after a number of branches narrowly missed the Conservative's anti-trade union turnout threshold, in some cases by only one or two votes: it was announced today. The most important thing Ive learned is that the basis for a successful negotiation is research and reflection. Pay in Scotland. announced significant progress [81kb] in negotiations with the employers in our pay & conditions dispute. UCU has warned that up to 100 universities could face disruption in the new year if the dispute over pay & conditions is not resolved after it was announced that members at 42 universities will be asked to back strike action in fresh ballots that open on Monday 6 December and close on Friday 14 January. A marking and assessment boycott commenced today at 145 UK universities after employers failed to produce an improved offer in the pay & conditions dispute. These conditions directly impact our rate of pay and working conditions, and should form a crucial part of our yearly bargaining round. The Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA) recently met the sector unions for a final national pay negotiating P2 / COLLECTIVE BARGAINING 101, UCPEA VICTORY AT The New JNCHES negotiating timetable for 2021/22: Branches will be updated with developments during the negotiations. Most employees at the university pay a premium of 10% for these outstanding benefits. The eballot was open for four days with tens of thousands of UCU members backing UCU's position to reject the offer. The joint union claim also included a demand for a UK-wide agreement on Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs). Below is our jointly agreed statement and you can read the response from our general secretary here. On pay, the employers opening offer failed to meet any of the union's key demands; keep up and catch-up, RPI inflation, a pay rise for all and progress on poverty pay. 'In the spirit of attempting to reach agreement, the joint unions agreed to intensive negotiations between now and the end of January, with further negotiations continuing into February and beyond as required on the other heads of the 22-23 claim. Strike action will run for three days from Wednesday 1 December to Friday 3 December, and the higher education committee has decided to call action short of a strike (ASOS) from 1 December, starting with working to contract only. Branches are strongly encouraged to meet to debate motions and elect delegates. by Kristen Senz. Harvard student workers FACULTY PAY OPTIONS - UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON And this is before the 2020-21 increase in student numbers of 4% are taken into account, never mind projected increases in student numbers this autumn. Ballots will open on Monday 18 October. New strike dates have been announced in the dispute over pay and conditions. The latest recruitment figures also show unprecedented numbers of people applying to university. On the eve of the national dispute ballots opening, UCU general secretary Jo Grady has emailed HE members: Your ballot papers arrive this week: vote YES to industrial actionJo also spoke with student newspaper The Tab about why UCU members are taking action, asking why 'university managers, year after year, are happy to let chaos reign in the sector'. at issue, but the reprisal for doing so. Purdue CCO Dan Moseson shares stories and strategies from across higher ed that include pragmatic advice along with ways to tackle some systemic problems. UCU - HE negotiations 2022-23 - University and College Employers would not go beyond their usual offer of working groups to collect data on workload, casualisation and pay inequality. You can The pay option Branches will be updated on the written offer as soon as possible. News 'A WIGUT victory': Union pleased as remit received for salary negotiations Narissa Fraser Yesterday WIGUT president Dr Indira Rampersad, left, and other members listen as UWI principal Rose-Marie Belle Antoine address them during a protest at the St Augustine campus on April 20.File phot by Roger Jacob.