Emergency UCU Update

Emergency UCU Update…..

On Wednesday afternoon the college management put forward their new proposals on pay.

They plan to…

1. Impose a 1% PAY CUT on all staff who are on or above point 18 of the salary scale. (This means the vast majority of lecturing staff)

2. Impose a two year pay freeze on all staff.

3.  Impose Performance Related Pay  by only allowing progression above point 32 to lecturers who get a grade 1 or 2 in lesson observations and take on a “junior management role”.

4.  All three of the above would remove Chesterfield College from nationally negotiated pay and conditions. Whatever you might think of Chesterfield College in the past, they have always implemented nationally agreed pay and conditions.

5.  They are also still proposing to cut the rate of pay for hourly paid lecturers by up to 15.3%.

6.  What “concession” is being offered to sweeten the pill? Very generously the college is stating that it intends to add one additional “directed day’s” annual leave. 

Your UCU negotiators, along with the representatives of the other academic staff unions at the meeting, have rejected the college’s proposals.

COME along to the

Emergency UCU Branch Meeting, this Thursday from 4 pm in the Recital Room, Infirmary Road.

Agenda:

Consideration of management pay proposals (above)

Decision on Strike Action Tuesday May 29th