Dear all: Ibi, Kat and I rewrote the letter on the basis of Friday’s
surprisingly cordial meeting with the VC. She may not mean it when she
says the goal is to move toward best practices, but she said it. Draft is
in our working docs folder. Please edit /comment if you want to by Monday
so we can move forward.
On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 4:35 PM Owen Lyne <O.D.Lyne@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Dear All,
I would suggest there is some urgency to getting something to the VC, in
case we do need to move to local UCU industrial action re the pilot, or
wish to do so in support of wider precariat demands.
Mike has explained that we need some demands on record, so that we can
then threaten to a move to a trade dispute if not met, and then take
industrial action in that dispute.
That all takes time, which the staff in the pilot currently do not have
much of.
Thus, if there are particularly contentious points here, that we cannot
all agree, can we strip back to a more bare bones, basic principles that we
do agree, and that, if granted, would assist our staff both in the pilot
and beyond? Or move to even bigger demands, that cover all the bases?
I believe our best industrial action would be in defence of all the
precariat, with the widest range of demands (not only for the pilot) to get
support from the widest range of the branch and so that, if successful, we
win the most for the whole branch.
Best wishes,
Owen
*From:* kentprecariat-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
kentprecariat-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Claire Hurley
*Sent:* 19 April 2018 12:36
*To:* kentprecariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Subject:* [kentprecariat] Re: Letter to Karen Cox on precarious contracts
Hello again,
Sorry I should have said yesterday Mike's letter is a decent place to
start to think about what we might ask for (fractionalisation, end
zero-hours etc) but it was just Mike's thoughts - we should definitely
strategise around the multiplier/ think more about it/ change it.
His suggestion was to send it off asap so we can maintain the momentum
built during the strikes.
We could use it as a place to start in our next meeting maybe.
Cheers,
Claire
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*From:* kentprecariat-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <
kentprecariat-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf of Claire Hurley <
C.E.Hurley@xxxxxxxxxx>
*Sent:* 18 April 2018 16:30
*To:* kentprecariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Cc:* Michael Moran
*Subject:* [kentprecariat] Letter to Karen Cox on precarious contracts
Hi all,
I had a brief meeting today with Mike Moran, UCU regional officer, about
the state of precarious contracts at Kent. He has drafted the following
letter to the VC:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-ewlG9LYUFH50EWFbmpcKOOmRbHFuRJC2MCp735T0XU/edit?usp=sharing
Please have a look at it, edit where you think, so that we can get it sent
off.
Cheers,
Claire
