University and College Union marking boycott

Early day motion 1164, tabled 15 May 2023 by Zarah Sultana (Labour). Signed by 31 members.

That this House notes that workers in higher education have endured over a decade of pay cuts, rising workloads, equality pay gaps and rampant casualisation; supports the recent industrial action that members of the University and College Union were forced to take in defence of pay and pensions; condemns plans by some vice chancellors, as instructed by the Universities and Colleges Employers' Association, to dock up to 100 per cent pay of staff that are working full-time but taking part in a legal marking boycott; calls on the Universities and Colleges Employers' Association to address the concerns of university workers, withdraw the instruction to vice chancellors to implement punitive pay deductions; and further calls on the Government to demand employers resolve the dispute.

Signatures by party: Labour 18, Scottish National Party 3, Alba 2, Independent 2, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, DUP 1, Green 1, Labour/Co-operative 1, Plaid Cymru 1.