Transcript Member Meeting 20-04-2016

UCU Plymouth Branch
20/04/2016
Agenda
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Pay Claim
Casualisation
Senate
Meeting with VC
Pay Claim
https://www.ucu.org.uk/he2016
• Offer from employers:
– pay - 1% increase to all pay points on the national 51
point scale (c.f. increase for VCs of 3%, bringing their
average pay to £272k)
– the potential of further joint work on gender pay
– the potential of further joint work in regards to casual
and zero hours contracts
– no agreement on external examiner pay rates or
minimum rates of pay for each occupational group.
– no agreement to set up a Scottish subcommittee of
negotiating machinery.
Pay Claim
• Strike ballot
– Opened 14 April
– Closes 5 May
– Important to support both strike action and action
short of a strike
Casualisation
• Formal reference sent to HR for consultation
– Fractional equivalent post offer: at least 108 hours
of teaching (0.2 FTE) for a period of 2 years
– Review mechanism fro staff on fractional contracts
plus part-time hourly paid AL contracts ongoing
for 2 years.
– Joint review with UCU of all non-permanent
academic contracts to increase job security,
continuity of employment and opportunities for
career progression.
Senate
• JCC representative no longer on the Senate
• Elections
– Nominations 20th April – 5th May
– Voting 19th-31st May
• More information
https://staff.plymouth.ac.uk/senate/intranet.htm
Meeting with VC
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Senate composition
Portfolio review
Academic promotions
Gender pay gap
Casualisation
CEP
Getting Involved
• Elected Officers and Executive
Committee Members
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Chair – Hywel Evans
Vice-Chair – Chelo de Andres
Secretary - Vacant
Treasurer – Caroline Floccia
Equality Officer – Louise
Alldridge
– Membership Secretary –
Jeremy Goslin
• Unelected Officers and
Executive Committee
Members
– Health & Safety Officer –
Jeremy Goslin
– Pension Officer – Chelo de
Andrés Martínez
– Communications Officer –
Jeremy Goslin
– Recruitment Officer - Vacant
• Co-opted Members of the
Executive Committee
– Simon Topping
– Mike Sheaff
• Caseworkers
– Chelo de Andrés
Martínez
– Richard Saundry
– Louise Alldridge
– Kevin Page
– Stephen Grove
– Virginia Fisher
• Reserve Caseworkers
– Maria Donkin
– Craig Wight
– Gregory Borne
School Reps
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School of Education – VACANT
School of Architecture, Design and
Environment – VACANT
School of Art and Media – Esther
Dudley
School of Humanities and Performing
Arts – Simon Topping
School of Biological Sciences – Mick
Hanley
School of Computing, Electronics and
Mathematics – VACANT
School of Geography, Earth and
Environmental Sciences – Kevin Page
School of Marine Science and
Engineering – Victor Abbott
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School of Health Professions – Julia
Wheeler
School of Nursing and Midwifery –
Jane Peters
School of Psychology – Jeremy Goslin
Plymouth Business School – Richard
Saundry
School of Management – VACANT
School of Government – Mike Sheaff
School of Law – Victoria Hamlyn
School of Tourism and Hospitality –
Chelo de Andrés Martínez
School of dentistry – Ewen McColl
Peninsula Medical School – Louise
Alldridge