If you want to find out how much should be earning, if below-inflation pay increase and overwhelming workload didn’t exist, click here – and you can compare it to how much money the University made just last year here.
What is the balloting timetable?
Tuesday 6 September 2022: ballot packs are dispatched to members’ preferred mailing address by the independent scrutineer Civica Election Services
Wednesday 7 September 2022: ballot packs start arriving at members’ preferred mailing address
Wednesday 14 September 2022 (9am): replacement ballot request form opens
Sunday 16 October (midnight): cut-off date for new members to join and be automatically included in the industrial action ballot
Monday 17 October (noon): replacement ballot request form closes
Monday 17 October (noon): cut-off date for branches to submit ballot exclusions
Tuesday 18 October: last ‘safe’ posting date
Friday 21 October 2022 (5pm): ballot closes
Locally, the branch committee is working on the Get The Vote Out (GTVO) campaign. To contact us, please email our secretary Lyle Gray, our President Catriona Mowat, or our Vice President Douglas Chalmers : l.s.gray@gcu.ac.uk. catriona.mowat@gcu.ac.uk d.chalmers@gcu.ac.uk
UCU is a democratic union, led by its membership. The decision to ballot, and also the decision on what action will be taken after the successful ballot, will be made by the Higher Education Committee.