From a 2009 baseline, pay awards in HE have resulted in an indexed increase of 8.8% over eight years. In the same period, the RPI has increased by 28.1%. This amounts to a real terms loss of pay of 19.3% since 2009 2/9
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Staff working in Higher Education today are expected to go above and beyond, to deliver a world class education system and yet our pay has been slashed #CallingTimeOnMoreForLess #FairPayEqualPay
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The average full time member of staff works almost two days unpaid labour every week https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ucu-report-academics-work-two-days-week-unpaid … 3/9
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There continues to be a significant gender pay gap that needs to be addressed in HE. There is an mean gender pay gap of 15.9% and median of 16.5% in HE - and this is 50 years after over the Equal Pay Act https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/gender-pay-gap-how-much-less-are-women-paid-your-university … 4/9
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Casual contracts are widespread in HE. They represent chronic uncertainty for staff and students. Many staff on such contracts struggle to pay household bills https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-32811426 … 5/9
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Universities can afford more. UK universities income increased by £915m (2.7%) between 2015/16 and 16/17. During that time they made a surplus of £2.3bn. They have made a political decision to invest this in real estate and shiny new buildings https://www.ucu.org.uk/article/9450/Latest-figures-show-increases-in-universities-income-surpluses-and-reserves … 6/9
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University vice-chancellors received an average remuneration package of £289,756 in the last academic year. This is 6.5 times the average pay of HE staff https://www.timeshighereducation.com/features/times-higher-education-v-c-pay-survey-2018 … 7/9
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Voting for industrial action is the only avenue available to union members to pursue an acceptable cost of living pay rise. Voting for action also allows us to tackle the persistent problems of the gender pay gap, workload and casualisation of our profession 8/9
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EIS-ULA ballot opens on Jan 22nd and closes on 5th March. Every single vote matters. The TU act makes it difficult to take strike action. If you don’t vote, it would have the same effect as a vote to accept the offer. So, please vote and vote for
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