The pay option In line with UCU represented staff, the pay award for Technical Services staff at Levels 4-7 has been implemented from 1 August 2022. Everyone can learn to negotiate better, but institutional leaders may need to advocate on behalf of job seekers and junior colleagues to advance equity in compensation. UCU general secretary Jo Grady said this report should cause every vice chancellor in the sector to hang their heads in shame. Ballot papers will be sent via first class post. Among the participants, 35 percent were women and 19 percent were senior executives. Following a further round of talks at Acas, the joint unions today issued this statement: Talks between UCEA and the HE trades unions continue. A further 17 days of strike action is due to take place over February and March. These results are similar to where the pay gap stood in 2002, when UCU's higher education committee (HEC) decided to escalate action short of a strike (ASOS) over the Four Fights and USS disputes. Read more here on the formal consultation results here. To summarise, the special HESC agreed to: There will be a special meeting of the higher education committee on Monday 20 September to discuss the outcomes of the conference and agree the next steps. UCU general secretary Jo Grady has announced the timetable for action on both the pay and USS disputes, saying 'we have tried to negotiate and compromise with employers, but they haven't even met us half way. UCU's higher education committee (HEC) meets on 19 January to decide the next steps, following a branch delegates' meeting to feed in members' views. The gender gap in pay has remained relatively stable in the United States over the past 20 years or so. Industrial action over the pay and working conditions claim will begin on 1 December, it was announced today. You can read a full summary of the meeting here and youcan read a response from our general secretary Jo Grady here. The same STEM postdoc advised, When you have more than one offer, use that in your advantage when negotiating salary/benefits/relocation. Employers have described this real terms pay cut as 'fair, but UCU's new modeller shows the offer means pay has fallen 20% in real terms since 2009. Branches will be updated on the written offer as soon as possible. Calvin might have made more in another role, but he was very interested in working with the team and culture he already knew at Waterloo. Reports of both conferences can be found here and here. Universities will see further strike action in February unless employers meet UCU's demands over pay & conditions. Of course, your elected negotiators could not accept such a demand and will continue to press for a meaningful offer from UCEA in our next negotiation meeting on 16 January. The meeting was adjourned at the employers' request and we look forward to the employers returning to negotiations as soon as possible. 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Yet, over the same period, staff salaries have fallen in real terms. These raises are on top of an additional two percent raise each year for employees in their first 11 years at Yale. announced significant progress [81kb] in negotiations with the employers in our pay & conditions dispute. Our members made their voices heard. This year the onus is on UCEA to demonstrate leadership and to match the union's ambition, by making an offer that addresses the decline in member's pay and the cost of living squeeze, tackling pay inequality, reducing workloads and casualisation, as well as dealing with structural issues with the pay spine. The higher education committee has called a special sector conference on 9 September 2021 to discuss the current disputes in higher education, including those resulting from the JNCHES negotiating rounds. UCU members in higher education are rising up and saying enough is enough. Collective pay negotiations - UCEA Professional Pay in Higher Education Faculty United Service According to UH Administration, all 11-month faculty are tentatively scheduled to receive their 3.72% salary increase on their July 20, 2022 pay date while all 9-month faculty are scheduled to receive their 3.72% increase on their August 20, 2022 pay date. In the pay and working conditions ballot, the yes vote for strike action was 85.6% and the turnout was 56.4%. The precise dates of the action will be confirmed next week. UCU warned of a staff exodus from UK universities after two-thirds of university staff said they are considering leaving the sector within five years over cuts to pensions and deteriorating pay and working conditions. Salary Negotiation Your Questions Answered (ii) A strategy of all-out indefinite strike action, involving taking industrial action every day, starting in February and continuing until members vote to end the action, or the ballot mandate(s) expire(s). Powered by GOSS iCM. Option (i) (escalating strike action) - 57%, Option (ii) (indefinite strike action) - 31%. Notice has been served on higher education employers where there is a live ASOS mandateand, with immediate effect, ASOS will consist of: TheHE disputes FAQhas been updated to include the union's latest advice on ASOS. Jennifer Dannals of Dartmouth Colleges Tuck School of Business, and Nir Halevy and Margaret Neale, both of Stanford Universitys Graduate School of Business, analyzed data from 2,552 MBA students and executives Also employers were reminded that staff had not had a pay rise since August 2019 and employers offered 'zero' uplift last year. UCU will move ahead with a ballot for industrial after vice-chancellors again failed to make an improvement on their 3% pay offer, despite acknowledging the impact of the cost of living crisis on staff. When negotiations have ended, any agreed annual salary increase (known as the annual pay award) is applied to all salaries covered by pay bargaining from 1 August. Last month, UCUsuccessfullyrenewed its industrial action mandate, allowing industrial action to be called for a further six months. The joint unions have written to all vice-chancellors & principals asking them to contact UCEA and ensure that a 'serious offer' which addresses the trade unions' claim must now be made at the final meeting on 5 May: Accepting a salary somewhat lower than you asked for is not a failure if you decide the job will serve your values and strengthen your career in other important ways. erhui1979/digitalvision vectors/getty images. Be ready for that conversation with your manager. It is to be distributed throughout the pay spine in a tapered way with a proportionately higher amount for those at the bottom relative to those at the middle and top. Read also the latest from the general secretary on next steps. With the dispute process now concluded preparations for an industrial actionballot in the autumn are now under way: University strike ballot a step closer as vice-chancellors refuse to improve pay offer. Subscribe for free to Inside Higher Eds newsletters, featuring the latest news, opinion and great new careers in higher education delivered to your inbox. UCU branches have been asked to call emergency general meetings before 30 June after key decisions over the major issues facing the sector were taken at the recent higher education sector conference. HE negotiations 2020-21. Cymru/Wales 2022/23 pay claim. 26 October 2021. Offers and Negotiation The Universities and Colleges Employers Association (), the sector body that negotiates pay for higher education staff nationally, has provided a final update on pay for the 2021-22 academic year.The pay uplift for the 2021-22 academic year guarantees increases of at least 1.5%, with higher percentage uplifts made to the pay points below UCEA will provide written details of the offer and how it relates to each point on the pay spine next week. UCU general secretary Jo Grady had earlier updated members on the latest decisions made by HEC and UCU's officers. Members have backed strike action in a ballot over pay and working conditions. This was followed by GMB doing the same on 12 January 2021. When we challenged employers to meet CPIH in August, they refused, saying that 'they did not have a mandate' to meet even their own preferred inflation rate. UCU general secretary Jo Grady said: 'Our members deserve a proper pay rise and the money is there to deliver it. The JNCHES negotiating timetable for 2022/23: Branches will be updated with developments during the negotiations. UCEA informed us that they did have a figure that they would have presented to us as an opening offer if we had agreed to stop industrial action related to the 2022-3 pay dispute during the negotiations. Employers would not go beyond their usual offer of working groups to collect data on workload, casualisation and pay inequality. We use cookies on our website to ensure that we give you the best user experience. The dean agreed to raise their salaries in that years merit cycle.. Thus bring the total number of instutitons affected to 68. On this path, he advised, you can negotiate for mentorship and professional development resources -- for experiences that add value to your professional profile and open up desired career paths. More broadly these negotiations have been shaped by the ongoing response to the pandemic and the huge collective effort staff have made to ensure HE remains successful and attractive. We have the expectation that our employers will show respect for the contributions made by staff by offering rates of pay which are competitive internationally, rather than deprioritising staff in favour of other types of expenditure. UCU general secretary Jo Grady writes to members with the latest on our recent negotiations with the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA). First negotiations see the employers agree that there needs to be a rise in pay for hard-working higher education staff. The proposals will now move through our democratic processes, and strike action will continue until our 70,000 UCU members have had the chance to have their say: Employers make offers in university disputes. Our members, and the members of our sister unions, have kept universities running during the pandemic, performed essential life-changing research including to combat the virus, and taught 4% more students than last year. Silence itself can be used as a tactic, a colleague reminded me. My colleague Anna Renzetti, an assistant director in the career and professional development center at the University of Utah, shared a similar account. UCU's report mapping the extent of precarious employment in HE has been updated, revealing just how persistent the problem is, institution by institution. JNCHES negotiations 2022-23: UCEA opening offer [396kb], Following the first negotiating meeting the joint unions issued a statement which stated they 'were forced to conclude that UCEA had no intention of negotiating seriously': In a message to members, UCU general secretary Jo Grady said 'Employers are doubling down on their completely unacceptable positions: another below-inflation pay offer, doing nothing on casualisation, workloads and inequality, and cutting USS members' guaranteed future pension benefits by 35% or more. HE negotiation archives. University unions and employers meet on pay - UNISON Members in thirty-six institutions have voted to continue strike action over the Four Fights pay and conditions disputes, with 38 meeting the threshold for taking action short of strike action. UCEA's position is that they cannot direct autonomous employers on these matters but are prepared to actively consider what is possible. In 2022, women earned an average of 82% of what men earned, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of median hourly earnings of both full- and part-time workers. New strike dates have been announced in the dispute over pay and conditions. The employers have refused to move from the final offer they made in May of 1.5% for 2021-22. Know how to negotiate for the future rather than now. These value judgments can become part of your BATNA (best alternative to a negotiated agreement), the minimum level of compensation you will accept for a job, below which you will decline the offer. Members at 150 universities will strike for three days in November over attacks on pay, working conditions and pensions it was announced today. Member participation in this process is critical in order to inform the next higher education committee meeting on 2 July, where they will decide how we proceed with our campaigns over pay and pensions. ballot staff in disputes over pay & conditions and pensions, University marking boycott begins despite 'lock out' threats, marking and assessment boycott will begin from Monday 23 May, voted for a marking and assessment boycott, thirty-six institutions have voted to continue strike action, with 74% of members voting YES, 'there is no doubt whatsoever about members' commitment, warned of a staff exodus from UK universities, UK higher education - a workforce in crisis [217kb], is causing material and reputational damage to the sector, The new ballots over deteriorating pay and conditions, UK universities to face five more days of strike action before Easter, Strike action over pay and conditions continues next week at UK universities, there was now a 'nationally orchestrated move by employers to bully and intimidate UCU members', Staff warn rogue university bosses to prepare for more strike action over pay deductions, Official statistics show why university staff are taking strike action, UCU general secretary Jo Grady has also written to members on the action here, Universities will see strike action next month unless employers meet pension and pay demands, Strike action from February in the USS and Four Fights disputes, another 12 universities have voted in favour of joining industrial action, Jo Grady told members the results are another powerful signal, University strikes begin after bosses refuse to budge on pensions, pay & working conditions, Huge numbers of staff and students on campus picket lines up and down the country, Vice-chancellor pay exposes 'cavernous' gap between staff & management, UCU writes to university bosses setting out how to avoid pre-Christmas campus strikes, latest from the general secretary on next steps, Big mandate for strike action at UK universities over pay & working conditions, Jo Grady said this report should cause every vice chancellor in the sector to hang their heads in shame, the extent of precarious employment in HE, wrote to members on our demands for sector-wide change, University staff pay cut by 20%, new figures show, Your ballot papers arrive this week: vote YES to industrial action, Jo also spoke with student newspaper The Tab, the timetable for action on both the pay and USS disputes, special higher education sector conference (HESC), special sector conference on 9 September 2021, the employers' 1.5% pay offer is not god enough, You can read the full claim here. The weighted results of the votes were as follows: (i) A strategy of escalating strike action, involving a pattern of escalating days of action through February, March, and April, engaging members again in March/April to take stock of the dispute situation and to agree any further strike action if needed. We are also planning to produce a series of videos which capture the lives of members in higher education, and how they are affected by degraded pay, casualisation, equality failings and more. Following that meeting of HEC we will communicate further with members including details on a clear timetable for the ballots and any resulting industrial action, as well as how they can get involved in the campaign. The UCU negotiators stressed the need for action planning, monitoring, publishing data and the need to progress issues that aren't dependent on working groups. April 18, 2021 How to Successfully Negotiate Your Salary Dan Moseson shares stories and strategies from across higher ed that include pragmatic advice along with ways to tackle some systemic problems. UCU's higher education committee (HEC) will consider the conference resolutions on Friday 1 July, and this will be preceded by a branch delegate meeting where branches can feed in to the HEC's decisions. We were disappointed that UCEA did not bring an improved offer, despite our consistent communications on areas which are lacking. News 'A WIGUT victory': Union pleased as remit received for salary negotiations Narissa Fraser Yesterday WIGUT president Dr Indira Rampersad, left, and other members listen as UWI principal Rose-Marie Belle Antoine address them during a protest at the St Augustine campus on April 20.File phot by Roger Jacob. Further details are available via Campus News (13 September 2022 UCEA conducts collective pay negotiations with the five HE trade unions - UCU, UNISON, Unite, EIS and GMB - on behalf of a significant number of UK HE Seeking to improve my own knowledge and ability to inform students, I took an unscientific poll of my colleagues and friends negotiation stories and strategies. She negotiated with leadership to secure higher pay for our graphic designer and a leader among our student workers. Then I ended by saying that Id be willing to discontinue discussions with my current institution if we were able to come to an agreement on the final sticking points of salary and start-up funding. Web18 May 2021 Pay 2021-22: Final offer presented. UCU has announced 18 further days of strike action between February and March in disputes over pay, conditions and attacks on pensions. Dispute meetings were arranged for 12 January and 19 January, with UCU, UNISON and GMB. We have also made progress on pay with the removal of the lowest point from the pay scale, and a review of the pay spine that will benefit everyone. Pay 2021 Unfortunately, UCEA have again failed to table an offer and have instead called on all of the unions to suspend any industrial action in order to progress negotiations. The joint unions are disappointed that while we turned up ready to negotiate in good faith, UCEA declined to put any offer on the table amidst a cost of living crisis which is creating hardship for higher education employees, despite admitting they do have money they could pay in February 2023. The pay negotiations for 2021-22 have now commenced with the first of three Joint Negotiating Committee for Higher Education Staff meetings between trade But theres more to it than that. UCU general secretary Jo Grady said in a message to members, 'I do not want to overplay the importance of this development because there is still a long way to go but this is another clear sign that your magnificent support, and the magnificent support of our members, for our union is working. On the pay related and equality matters the situation is more nuanced than pay. UCU said the ballots, which close on Friday 8 April, will pave the way for action to continue throughout the remainder of 2022. General secretary Jo Grady told members the results are another powerful signal of members' commitment to address the issues of low pay, inequality, workload intensification and precarious employment. These conditions directly impact our rate of pay and working conditions, and should form a crucial part of our yearly bargaining round. Delegates also voted for the ballots to be conducted in an 'aggregated' format, meaning that the 50% turnout threshold, and consequently which branches would be called to take action, would encompass the entire voting membership. The report also reminds us that casualisation is an equality issue, with women and BAME staff disproportionately likely to be on various forms of insecure contract. JNCHES negotiations 2022-23: joint union statement, 4 April 2022 [122kb], The higher education joint trade union claim 2022/23 has been agreed by the five HE trade unions; UNISON, Unite, EIS, GMB and UCU, and has been submitted to the employer's representatives at UCEA in advance of the first JNCHES negotiating meeting on 30 March: The eballot was open for four days with tens of thousands of UCU members backing UCU's position to reject the offer. However, we've also provided further information should you wish to read more about our cookies or change your cookie settings. Simply, silence is not a reason that you should be giving ground. Internally, know the salary request schedule of your organization. It's too early to say whether UCEA will make an offer that represents a meaningful attempt to address these vitally important matters. We met with the employers on 30 November. Understand the needs and abilities of the employer. The employers have made a final offer of a pay rise for 2021/22, amounting to an increase of 1.5% for the majority of HE staff from the beginning of this month. The joint unions will be looking at the implications of the offer in relation to both the claim and the structure of the pay uplift. The precise dates are to be announced by the union next week: 70,000 university staff to strike on 1 February, UCU higher education committee (HEC) decided today that members will be called to strike for 18 days between February and March in the disputes over pay, conditions and attacks on pensions. Dinuka and Calvin also pointed out that, in some negotiations, money may not be the highest priority. A marking and assessment boycott due to begin in January will now be called from April. [295kb]. However, we've also provided further information should you wish to read more about our cookies or change your cookie settings. The boycott will also cover any assessment-related work such as exam invigilation and the administrative processing of marks. All branches in the Four Fights and USS disputes will be balloted over taking industrial action that would impact both the induction weeks this autumn as well as spring 2023. Given the timetable HEC agreed to delegate the further development of the claim and its final sign off to the HEC officers and national negotiators. Also remember, the process is what matters, not the outcome, Dinuka said. instruct HEC to declare a dispute with UUK over USS, ballot all USS members for industrial action to defend a defined benefit USS scheme, take industrial action (including strike and action short of strike action) in the autumn term, initiate exploration of the feasibility of conditional benefits and conditional indexation, continue the Four Fights campaign (pay, workload, casualisation, equality), ballot all HE members for industrial action in support of Four Fights, coordinate the USS and Four Fights ballots, take industrial action in pursuit of the Four Fights beginning in November, coordinate the campaign with sister unions.
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