Monday, November 30, 2009

Emergency Conference Motion

Education Sector Emergency Motion

This conference recognises

• That extensive negotiations facilitated by ACAS between UCEA and the HE trade unions concluded on Tuesday 24th November;
• and that many issues put forward by the trade unions remain unresolved; including an agreement on redundancy avoidance in the sector.

This conference

• Reluctantly recommends acceptance of the offer of 0.5% (the lowest pay deal in the public sector) as the best that can be achieved by negotiation.
• Calls on our negotiators to work towards pay deal in 2010 which ensures that low pay is replaced by realistic pay.
• Instructs our national committee to build a campaign to achieve these aims.