Financial support for HWU members taking part in the MAB will be provided through a mix of claims from the national fighting fund and local salary sharing.Please pledge your support for salary sharing at https://forms.gle/wK5Hu6SpsJfCCHbi8

You will also find an option to leave a message of support for our MABbers.

Messages of support

Thank you. You are fighting to make a difference for everyone at HWU and in HE.
– SJ

MAB not relevant to my role but we are all in this together and totally up for wage sharing if that’s what it takes.
– John S

National Fighting Fund

The national Fighting Fund will cover members who have been deducted 50% pay for partial performance as follows:

• £30 for each day for those earning £30,000 or more per annum;
• up to £45 for each day for those earning less than £30,000 per annum

Payments are currently capped at 9 days from 1 May 2023. More information about eligibility and how to apply can be found in the latest HE Disputes Guidance guidance issued by the the UCU.

Salary Sharing

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the UCU has agreed that salary sharing within and between branches will be the main local method of supporting members facing deductions.

We aim to support members at the same rate for any additional days before or after 1 May 2023 and provide top-up payments in cases of exceptional need for anyone who has been deducted, or not paid if a casualised worker.

Donations

We have had a fantastic response to our A Day’s Pay in May appeal for donations to our hardship fund including donations from HW Unite and Napier. If you have yet to donate, and you can afford to, please do.

Pledges

We now need to plan for the long haul. Until we can persuade the senior leadership team at HWU to suspend punitive deductions we will be asking staff who are not engaged in the MAB to pledge a portion of their salary to support those who are.

The suggested pledge is for 3 day’s pay in June (circa.10% salary) and then the same each month until deductions are suspended. Pledges will only be called in if they required to service requests made on the hardship fund. Suggested net daily donations per grade are listed below. Please do not pledge more than you can afford to give.

This guidance will be updated if threatened deduction amounts are changed.