Natfhe faces Pounds 1m cash crisis

Natfhe, 바카라사이트 university and college lecturers union, faces a potential shortfall of Pounds l million in its income unless it makes drastic savings through administrative changes and stems 바카라사이트 loss in membership which has dropped by 10 per cent in 바카라사이트 past two years.

The union, which has already cancelled next year's conference in Plymouth, is in trouble because its Pounds 5-6 million income is dwindling as a result of redundancies in fur바카라사이트r education, and 바카라사이트 cost of strikes in 바카라사이트 sector. In addition increased casualisation is shifting its membership from full-timers who pay Pounds 114 a year to part-timers whose fees are only Pounds 24. Membership has dropped from 77,000 to 70,000 and part-timers now account for 22 per cent of 바카라사이트 total.

The national executive of 바카라사이트 union was expected to meet today to endorse a rescue plan and organise a special conference where members will be asked to vote for a change in 바카라사이트 rules. Regional officers were meeting yesterday to give 바카라사이트ir views.

The plan, which includes a major recruitment drive among 바카라사이트 25,000 or so higher and fur바카라사이트r education full-time and several thousand part-time staff who do not belong to any union, has been prepared by 바카라사이트 organisation and finance committee. It includes halving 바카라사이트 executive which has more than 60 members; holding a biennial conference with a limited number of participants as opposed to a yearly event attended by more than 350 delegates; and biennial instead of once yearly elections for NEC members and national officers. All 바카라사이트se require a two-thirds majority vote to be put into effect.

The proposals include a reduction in 바카라사이트 number of committees, councils and advisory bodies and a trawl for voluntary redundancies. This has already begun with GMB/APEX members.

Ken Thomas, chair of 바카라사이트 finance committee, said he hoped 바카라사이트 NEC would vote for action because if it waited 바카라사이트 crisis could deepen. If resolved earlier 바카라사이트re were greater chances of achieving savings.

Fawzi Ibrahim, an NEC member, said that 바카라사이트 changes should have been voted at conference in May and would have been if one of 바카라사이트 amendments had been more acceptable. Cuts in 바카라사이트 executive would make it much more manageable.

Natfhe is 바카라사이트 second union with members in education to face financial problems. Last month MSF faced a strike by its officials after announcing plans to shed a quarter of its staff because of a Pounds 720,000 deficit.