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 £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 and researchers 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
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Online branch meeting, Weds 18 February, 1pm

Katrina Navickas

Online branch meeting

Wednesday 18 February at 1-2pm

 

Dear member

 

We are holding a branch meeting on Wednesday 18 February at 1-2pm. We have important issues to discuss so do make every effort to attend.

 

Please find below the Agenda, and our branch house rules for effective meetings. Zoom link has been sent by email

 

Agenda

 

  1. Failures to agree with management: hardship payment, 50% parking charge increase, line manager teaching observation and loss of appraisal confidentiality

 

  1. Fairness campaign: £14k senior management dinner expenses etc – see attachment 1

 

  1. Other work conditions: (a) VL overpayments; (b) maternity leave; (c) WAMS

 

  1. Motions: (a) Solidarity with Essex UCU ; (b) UH Refugee Support Group –

 

  1. AOB

 

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 £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 and researchers 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