2009 JNCHES Pay and Conditions Claim

2009 JNCHES Pay and Conditions Claim Unite T&G and HENIC Committee outcome

This is to advise you that recently Unite national committee meetings within higher education (T&G and Amicus) were held on the 21st and 23rd July respectfully.

Both committees considered the latest pay offer made at JNCHES by UCEA on the 15th July 2009. This was for uplift in salary scales by 0.5%. The union side request for a national job security and redundancy avoidance agreement was rejected by UCEA as my previous Circular MJR/VT/HE/16/09 makes clear.

Both Unite national committees rejected the offer and agreed to hold formal consultation with members in each workplace to ascertain member’s views. Further details of how local representatives should conduct those consultations and how local committees should return the results will be forwarded to you shortly.

I will also be writing to you later this week with a guidance document for members outlining the main reasons why the offer from UCEA and its University subscribers is considered inadequate and advising where Unite sees the solution to the contended issue.

Members will be asked to vote at workplace meetings or by a local ballot to either accept or reject the offer. The timescale to return all local responses will be by 12th August 2009 at the latest however please wait for the full documentation before holding any meetings with members.

Local union representatives are also being urged to ensure that workplace details for all members are up to date and how they can ensure records are updated. This is a precautionary activity in case the union needs to hold a full national ballot in due course. Full details on how to update records will also be sent to you shortly.

All full time regional officers and organisers of the union will also be contacted and asked to give local union representatives full assistance at any workplace meetings as well as verifying local votes before the results are forwarded to my office for final collation. FTO’s and their staff will also be asked to assist in ensuring all membership records are as up to date as possible.