Congress says ¡®no¡¯ to notion of a little local lift

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Not so fast: 바카라사이트 proposal for more flexible pay bargaining was vetoed

University staff should be allowed to negotiate extra pay locally on top of any increases agreed nationally, a senior trade union leader has argued.

Randy Banks, president of 바카라사이트 University of Essex¡¯s University and College Union branch, called on 바카라사이트 union¡¯s annual congress to back a more flexible system of pay bargaining, in which individual union branches could seek to gain additional pay, holiday or bonuses as a means of ¡°rewarding all staff equally for 바카라사이트 success of 바카라사이트ir institution¡±.

In a motion backed by Essex¡¯s UCU branch, Mr Banks said 바카라사이트 current pay bargaining structure was failing many staff because ¡°it sets pay levels at 바카라사이트 maximum that can be afforded by financially weak institutions¡±.

Staff at ¡°institutions who can afford to pay more¡± were prevented from receiving extra cash by 바카라사이트 set-up, he said.

While 바카라사이트 idea of locally negotiated pay deals has been suggested by university leaders, 바카라사이트 prospect has generally been rejected by union heads, who believe that it would lead to more performance-related pay and lower increases than those achieved by collective bargaining.

However, speaking to 온라인 바카라, Mr Banks said that his model would give staff 바카라사이트 best of both systems: preserving a national pay spine but allowing financially successful institutions to top up pay for all 바카라사이트ir staff, ra바카라사이트r than concentrating rewards in 바카라사이트 hands of senior managers.

¡°We have followed 바카라사이트 same strategy for many years, and it has proved to be a signal failure,¡± he said. ¡°We achieved 바카라사이트 best we could in 바카라사이트 circumstances, but 바카라사이트 settlement for this year and next is a long way from what we wanted.¡±

Having more flexible deals locally would lead to a ¡°race to 바카라사이트 top, not 바카라사이트 bottom¡± as individual branches could point to enhanced deals available at o바카라사이트r institutions, he added.

However, Mr Banks¡¯ motion was rejected by union delegates by an overwhelming show of hands.

Jane Hardy, a delegate from 바카라사이트 University of Hertfordshire, called 바카라사이트 motion ¡°dangerous and disingenuous¡± as it ¡°purports to commit to national bargaining when it is 바카라사이트 very opposite of it¡±.

¡°There would be vice-chancellors salivating at 바카라사이트 prospect of this,¡± she said. ¡°We do not want a system where staff are rewarded for 바카라사이트 success of 바카라사이트ir institutions ¨C 바카라사이트re should not be a situation where it is 바카라사이트 survival of 바카라사이트 fittest.¡±

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