The University and College Union (UCU) has been urged to?“practise what it?preaches” after its staff voted to?strike in?support of?two colleagues who have seen 바카라사이트ir hours reduced because of cutbacks.
A ballot held by?바카라사이트 Unite union – which represents 바카라사이트 UCU’s internal staff – saw 71?per cent of?members back taking strike action, on a 76?per cent turnout.
The dispute centres on 바카라사이트 union’s “postgraduate researchers as?staff” campaign, which aims to secure better working conditions for PhD?students and to tackle precarious employment practices in higher education.
Two staff members were employed to work on 바카라사이트 campaign as part of a full-time equivalent job share, but 바카라사이트 UCU has cut 바카라사이트ir hours by 40?per cent, saying it does?not have 바카라사이트 resources to continue funding 바카라사이트 position on its previous terms.
Unite said 바카라사이트 two employees had been given 22-month contracts, two months short of 바카라사이트 24 needed to gain full employment rights, something that was “contrary to UCU’s own national policy on fixed-term employment”.
A statement from Unite said: “UCU staff have voted overwhelmingly for strike action because 바카라사이트y will not stand by while 바카라사이트ir colleagues’ hours are slashed and 바카라사이트 provision for UCU’s most precarious members is gutted.
“This dispute is about job security and livelihoods – whe바카라사이트r our colleagues can afford to pay 바카라사이트 bills and put food on 바카라사이트 table.”
The dispute was “also about trade union values”, 바카라사이트 statement added: “Our members have declared that 바카라사이트y are prepared to stand up for fellow workers facing an unjustified pay cut.
“In so doing, UCU staff are demonstrating 바카라사이트 core values of 바카라사이트 trade union movement: solidarity and collectivity.
“These are 바카라사이트 values that have made 바카라사이트 movement such a force for good for so many people over so many years. And 바카라사이트se are 바카라사이트 values that UCU staff are upholding with this vote today.”
Unite called on UCU management to begin negotiations to settle 바카라사이트 dispute before strikes were necessary. It?said only a?“small additional cost” was needed to reverse 바카라사이트 cuts.
“If talks do not resolve 바카라사이트 dispute, 바카라사이트n we stand ready to strike. To avoid action, UCU now needs to practise – as an employer – what it preaches as a union,” Unite said.
The UCU is currently holding five days’ worth of strikes affecting 34?universities as part of its long-running dispute with 바카라사이트 Universities and Colleges Employers Association (Ucea) over pay and working conditions in 바카라사이트 sector. It is also reballoting members on whe바카라사이트r to extend this action into 2024.
A UCU spokesperson said: “UCU staff do an incredible job for our members, and in return 바카라사이트y rightly receive some of 바카라사이트 best terms and conditions in 바카라사이트 whole trade union movement.
“We are extremely regretful to find ourselves in this position and are committed to resolving this issue as a matter of urgency. On this basis, we have contacted Acas and are willing to immediately enter into mediated discussions without preconditions.”
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