UCU is calling for:
- a pay uplift that is at least RPI + 3.5% or £2,500, whichever is the higher, on all pay points,
- joint action to protect national agreements relating to terms and conditions of employment, and
- a national agreement to avoid redundancies, course closures, and cuts to academic disciplines across the sector.
On this page are GTVO resources for reps and activists for this campaign.
The ballot and GTVO
Every UCU member working for a JNCHES employer is being asked to vote. The ballot is ‘aggregated’, that is, all ballots are counted together. This means that if we get a valid mandate, every union member, every branch balloted, will be able to take action together. No-one will be left behind.
But it also means trade union reps have to campaign for every vote. Thanks to the Tory Anti-Union Law, 50% of the entire balloted constituency must participate in the ballot. This anti-democratic measure is still imposed on trade unions over a year after Labour was elected promising its repeal. Before we can take any action over jobs or pay, we need a ‘Get the Vote Out’ campaign organised by grassroots union reps to convince members to vote.
There is unity across the trade unions. The EIS is also balloting its members in JNCHES universities in Scotland. UNITE and UNISON branches are being individually balloted. The unions are coordinating their ballots to start on 20 October, with UNITE ending slightly later. GMB sends its solidarity to the other trade unions: it is in dispute but not yet balloting.
This campaign is a joint one.
UCU Solidarity Movement 