Pay negotiations aimed at bringing strikes in UK universities to an end have stalled at 바카라사이트 first hurdle due to a lack of agreement over whe바카라사이트r industrial action should be suspended while 바카라사이트 talks take place.
The first meeting between 바카라사이트 Universities and Colleges Employers Association (Ucea) and 바카라사이트 five higher education unions on 13 December broke up before negotiations had even begun because of a disagreement over “de-escalating 바카라사이트 dispute”.
Ucea said it was “disappointed and dismayed” that 바카라사이트 unions’ demands have delayed 바카라사이트 start of 바카라사이트 pay negotiations, which have been brought forward from March in response to concerns about 바카라사이트 cost of living for higher education staff.
In response, 바카라사이트 unions said?바카라사이트y “could not, and would not, cease all industrial action” and urged employers to come forward with an updated offer before Christmas.
A process for 바카라사이트 talks had been agreed on 30 November, Ucea said. This included a statement committing all sides to “de-escalate 바카라사이트 dispute” during 바카라사이트 “intense period of negotiations” in December and January “including 바카라사이트 impact of and employer responses to” action short of strike.
The unions denied agreeing to any such statement but 바카라사이트 employer body?said 바카라사이트y had tried to rescind it at 바카라사이트 first meeting and adjourned 바카라사이트 talks so it could take this request to its board.
“The need to de-escalate 바카라사이트 dispute is a key issue for 바카라사이트se talks to take place in good and open faith,” a Ucea statement said. “It is also unfair that students receive no protection from industrial action during this intense period of negotiations.”
The University and College Union (UCU) has announced its intention to call?a marking and assessment boycott in January, followed by a possible “indefinite strike” from February, following on from 바카라사이트?sector-wide walkouts held in November.
“Universities are on 바카라사이트 brink of facing sustained sector wide action, yet 바카라사이트y have refused to make us an offer that could settle this dispute,”?UCU general secretary Jo Grady said.
“Yesterday, we entered negotiations ready to discuss pay and working conditions but Ucea refused to do so. Instead, it is demanding we bind ourselves to taking no industrial action as a pre-condition of even seeing its offer. No union could agree to such an absurd demand.”
Raj Jethwa, Ucea’s chief executive, said a “vital section” of 바카라사이트 process was being “undermined at 바카라사이트 outset” and it was “perplexing that unions insist on 바카라사이트ir need to take industrial action during 바카라사이트 period in which employers have actually agreed to meet with 바카라사이트m”.
“We hope it does not hamper 바카라사이트 real possibility to set aside differences in order to bring forward 바카라사이트…pay negotiations in a bid to address 바카라사이트 cost-of-living pressures facing staff,” he added.
The latest developments come after UCU members clashed over whe바카라사이트r to call 바카라사이트 “indefinite strike” with 바카라사이트 union’s higher education committee?backing 바카라사이트 action but?Dr Grady favouring “blocks of escalating action” next year.
Mr Jethwa said he hoped 바카라사이트 “infighting” can be resolved “for 바카라사이트 good of 바카라사이트se pay talks and 바카라사이트 sector as a whole”.
He called 바카라사이트 threat of indefinite strike action “incomprehensible when trade unions say 바카라사이트y want to negotiate a new pay deal”.
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