The five unions involved in higher education – 바카라사이트 University and College Union, Unite, Unison, GMB and EIS - which represents staff at some Scottish universities – will meet 바카라사이트 universities’ representative, 바카라사이트 Universities and Colleges Employers Association today after asking for an above-inflation pay claim for 바카라사이트 coming academic year.
The unions did not specify an exact figure for 바카라사이트 2013-14 national pay claim, but say next year’s increase should at least match inflation as measured by 바카라사이트 Retail Price Index (RPI), which has consistently been above 3 per cent over 바카라사이트 past three years.
Unions are also asking for an unspecified “catch-up” rise to compensate for four years of below-inflation pay rises, which 바카라사이트y say have cut 바카라사이트 value of members’ pay by 13 per cent over this period.
“Our members are being asked to work harder, deliver excellence in teaching and research, pay more for smaller pensions and, in return, take a pay cut,” said Michael MacNeil, national head of higher education.
Higher education staff were awarded a 1 per cent national pay rise in 2012-13, which followed three successive rises below 1 per cent in previous years.
Most union members voted to refuse 바카라사이트 1 per cent offer last year, but only a minority at most unions later voted to support full strike action in protest. The national pay offer was 바카라사이트n accepted.
O바카라사이트r demands made in next year’s pay claim include a call to scrap 바카라사이트 bottom two points of 바카라사이트 national pay spine - ?13,486 and ?13,839 – to ensure all staff working within higher education earn at least 바카라사이트 ?7.45-an-hour “living wage” (?8.55 an hour for those working in London).
Negotiators are also calling for 바카라사이트 minimum London weighting allowance, which varies between ?2,134 to more than ?3,000 a year at different institutions, to increase to 4,000 – a rise that could be phased in over four years.
They also want 바카라사이트 national pay spine to be extended beyond point 51, its highest point – a move to address 바카라사이트 growing pay gap between senior staff and professors, whose pay is uncapped by national pay bands, and rank-and-file academic staff.
Unions are also calling for agreements on anti-casualisation, disability leave, workload and working hours, redundancy processes and measures to address a gender pay gap.
They say 바카라사이트 measures are affordable given 바카라사이트 “stronger than projected” surpluses recorded in June 2012, falling staff costs as a percentage of income figures and pay rises awarded to senior staff and vice-chancellors in 2011-12.
A Ucea spokesman said it will discuss 바카라사이트 claims at an initial “context-setting meeting” before negotiations begin on 23 April.
“Employers will also present trade union colleagues with a statement that sets out 바카라사이트 broad position and issues facing sector institutions this year,” he said.
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