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Next branch meeting: Wednesday 18 February, 1pm. Zoom link and agenda to follow on email.

Is the University of Hertfordshire a fair employer?  The University’s senior managers spent almost £14,000 on attending just one awards dinner last November while low-paid staff are resorting to food banks  The University Executive Team’s members earn £163,000 on average but its lowest-paid staff earn just £24,685  The University approved a 42% increase in the number of senior managers earning £100,000+ last year while staff received a 1.4% below-inflation pay rise (further contributing to a catastrophic 20-30% real-terms pay cut since 2009)  The University holds £104.5 million in cash and short-term deposits but refuses to pay a one-off hardship payment for 2,255 lower-paid staff costing just £721,800  To add to the misery, the University refuses to reverse last August’s ‘monstrous’ 50% campus parking charge hike despite our petition gaining almost 1100 signatures  And then cuts our staff bonus by 72% from £350 to £100 Is any of this fair? UCU Herts is a trade union representing lecturers at the University of Hertfordshire. We’re campaigning to make it a fair employer. If you want to join UCU, email us at uhucu@herts.ac.uk or send us your message of support Let’s make the F in the University’s FACES values stand for Fairness

News: Senior managers spend almost £14,000 on attending awards dinner

Aware that the University’s senior personnel attended the Times Higher Education Awards on 13 November in Edinburgh, we wrote to the Finance Director, Alastair Moffat, on 1 December seeking the full cost to the University of attendance at the event.

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Campaigns:

Your branch is currently concerned about the following issues:

  1. The University’s decision to pay a miserly staff bonus of only £100, a cut of 72% on last year’s £350, despite commending our “hard work, dedication and commitment” (VC email ‘Herts achieves top 50 UK university ranking’ of 13 September’)
  2. Management’s refusal to reverse the hugely unpopular 50% parking charge rise
  3. Management’s refusal to make a hardship payment this year, unlike last year’s payment of £100-£300 depending on grade
  4. Their refusal to pay Outer London Weighting (though the Royal Veterinary College in Hatfield pays it to the tune of £4,065 a year); and
  5. The VC’s refusal to disclose his salary until next year’s financial report while calling this “full transparency.”

Meanwhile, at last report, the University had cash and short-term deposits of £139.4 million.

 

The petition against 50% increase in parking charges tops 1000 signatures – add yours:

Petition surpasses 1000 signatures in response to University of Hertfordshire’s unprecedented 50% campus parking charge rise

A rising wave of frustration has swept through the University of Hertfordshire community as more than 1000 staff, students and supporters have signed a petition calling on it to reverse its recent 50% increase in campus parking charges.

Sign the petition: scan the QR code below, or visit bit.ly/442UQuq

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UCU rally 10 may keith and other members in front of banner

 

 

What is the University of Hertfordshire UCU branch?

The University and College Union is the recognised trade union and professional association for academics, lecturers, trainers, researchers and academic-related staff working in further and higher education throughout the UK.

Your local branch at the University of Hertfordshire represents its members, negotiates with management, and campaigns for better working conditions and pay. Read more about what we do.

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