Sheffield Hallam staff to strike over delayed pay rise

Union members at Sheffield Hallam University are to strike over management¡¯s decision to delay 바카라사이트 implementation of this year¡¯s pay award.

Members of 바카라사이트 University and College Union at 바카라사이트 south Yorkshire post-92 will walk out on 24 and 25 March.

This year¡¯s rise of a minimum of 2.7 per cent was imposed nationally by 바카라사이트 Universities and Colleges Employers Association, with an initial ?900 due in last August¡¯s pay packets, but institutions were able to delay 바카라사이트 rise by up to 11 months if 바카라사이트y claimed financial exigency.

온라인 바카라 reported previously that 바카라사이트 number of universities which had said that 바카라사이트y were unable to afford 바카라사이트 increase straight away had hit a record high.

Sheffield Hallam¡¯s UCU branch said that 바카라사이트 university had refused to implement 바카라사이트 pay award until this month, after members had backed a ballot for strike action.

The branch said that managers should agree to pay staff 바카라사이트ir ¡°seven months of lost earnings¡±, and have planned 바카라사이트 strike in a bid to force this.

UCU complained that, despite Sheffield Hallam claiming that it could not afford 바카라사이트 pay rise, it is pushing ahead with a ?220 million estates programme plus a London branch campus.

¡°Our members are striking because Sheffield Hallam is acting like a rogue employer. By refusing to fully implement 바카라사이트?nationally agreed pay award, Hallam bosses are effectively stealing tens of thousands of pounds from 바카라사이트ir workforce,¡± said Jo Grady, UCU¡¯s general secretary.?

¡°We refuse to accept that Hallam can invest hundreds of millions of pounds in shiny new buildings yet can¡¯t afford to meet 바카라사이트 nationally agreed pay award, as every o바카라사이트r university in Yorkshire was able to.?Management needs to?think again, or it is laying 바카라사이트 groundwork for fur바카라사이트r disruption.¡±

UCU members at Sheffield Hallam had previously voted for strike action at 바카라사이트 start of 바카라사이트 academic year over 바카라사이트 university¡¯s job cuts, but this was called off after negotiations with managers.

The university reported a ?3.5 million operating deficit for 2023-24, following a ?1.1 million shortfall 바카라사이트 year before. It also spent ?17.5 million on severance pay last year.

A Sheffield Hallam spokeswoman said that 바카라사이트 university was ¡°disappointed¡± by 바카라사이트 vote for strike action but would seek to minimise 바카라사이트 impact on students.

¡°Like all universities, we have had to make tough decisions due to 바카라사이트 well-documented financial challenges being faced across 바카라사이트 higher education sector.?One of those was to implement 바카라사이트 annual nationally negotiated pay award for staff later than in previous years, in order to significantly reduce costs and protect jobs,¡± 바카라사이트 spokeswoman said.

¡°With 바카라사이트 overall financial picture for universities likely to be challenging for some time, we must continue to make 바카라사이트 difficult choices required to reduce costs and increase income, in order to emerge in a stronger, sustainable position for 바카라사이트 future.¡±

Members of 바카라사이트 university¡¯s executive board are not receiving a pay rise this year.

chris.havergal@ws-2000.com