UCU’s demands on pay and pensions

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Our demands are reasonable and affordable but we need to win a massive YES vote in the ballot.

Pay

  • an increase to all spine points on the national pay scale of at least inflation (RPI) + 2% or 12%
  • nationally-agreed action, using and intersectional approach, to close the gender, ethnic, and disability pay gaps
  • an agreed framework to eliminate precarious employment practices by universities

Pensions

  • UUK should agree to withdraw their benefit cuts and put pressure on USS to restore benefits to 2021 levels as soon as possible.
  • UUK should put strong pressure on USS to ensure that the next and all subsequent valuations are moderately prudent and evidence based. Prudence should be defined in terms of the likelihood of all pensions being paid from investment returns and contributions going forward.

The full Higher Education Joint Unions’ Claim for 2022/23 can be found at https://www.ucu.org.uk/media/12528/HE-unions-claim-2022-23/pdf/TUJNCHESclaim202223FINAL.pdf