1. Stop the Squeeze on HE Pay

2.  Why take action on pay now?  The negotiations and the final offer  The strategy to win  Timetable  Strikes  ASOS  Campaigning  Get the vote out 2

3.  Since 2009 we have lost 13% in the value of pay - £4300 per annum for a member on point 43 of pay spine  The money is there – the sector has operating surpluses of over £1 billion  Defend national bargaining  Stop staff costs falling  Resist austerity  We are not ‘all in this together’ – over 2500 staff in the sector are paid over £100,000 3

4.  The claim – RPI plus element of catch up  The failure of the employers to negotiate – ‘we do not have a mandate from our subscribers to negotiate with you on that matter’  The derisory final offer of 1%  The failure to address the equality parts of the claim, such as gender pay gap, disability leave, and position of staff on zero hours contracts.  Negotiators would not ask you to take industrial action, if we could get a better deal simply by negotiation. 4

5.  Sustained and serious industrial action needed to bring the employers back to the table with a better offer  We have a plan to win a trade dispute  Combination of strikes, ASOS and campaigning  Plans for escalation, both in the event of punitive pay deductions and as a means of waging the dispute  Working with other unions, UNISON and UNITE are also balloting their members for industrial action 5

6.  Sector conference in May 2013  Branch consultation and consultative ballot of individual members over the summer, meetings with reps in September  Industrial action ballot from 25 th September to 10 th October  Negotiators meet on 10 th October  HEC meets on 11 th October to decide response to ballot result 6

7.  Picketing  What to do and not do when on strike  24 hour shutdown on all work for university  Use of ‘out of office’ messages to indicate on strike today  What happens to work lost as a result of strike action? A work to contract reduces risk of making up work without payment.  Strikes will be part of the industrial action 7

8.  Working to contract  This sanction is on-going and helps to make strike action more effective  How this sanction works in pre 92 and post 92 contexts, for different staff groups, for part-time staff  Ban on marking  Pressure on graduation and student progression 8

9.  UK-wide campaign actions  Local actions  Ideas for campaigning, e.g. letters and postcards to MPs, lobbies of university events, lunchtime protests etc.  Campaign will continue alongside industrial action 9

10.  Two separate questions on the ballot paper because it is a legal requirement  Strike mandate needed for timely response to punitive pay deductions  High poll needed  Strong votes needed for both ASOS and strike action.  Get the vote out 10