Yay, the lecturer strike is over. The AUT (soon to be the UCU) has decided to ballot it's members on a 13.1% increase.
The increases agreed as a result of these negotiations are as follows:
* August 2006 greater of 3% or £515
* February 2007 1%
* August 2007 3%
* May 2008 greater of 3% or £420
* October 2008 greater of 2.5% or RPI (as at September 2008)
Always thought it would be. I mean, who'd notice lecturers being on strike in the Summer? :-)
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That's a VERY good point actually. Don't you do like Summer School for people?
No, nothing mate. There are students taking hordes of schoolkids round to convince them that university is a "good thing" but that tends to involve showing them the Union and hint that they can drink/dance all they want if they come to Hull for their degree! But that's it. In fact, this will be the longest break between student Semesters in Hull's history. No students for the last two weeks, and no more until mid-September. It's to allow more research time (not good for psychologists though, as no-one is around to test!!).
Since no one else has ranted about this, I feel it's my amoral obligation to do so...
*rant mode on*
13% over a couple of years and they're still pissed? Anyone wanna hazard a guess at what I asa a professional engineer got over the last two years and am likely to get over the next two years??? My "pay rises" do not even cover inflation!!!
*Rant mode off*
Sorry... had to say that.
Taz
I quite understand, mate. The only valid response to that is the fact that lecturer salaries have gone down 35-40% in real terms ove the last thirty years. That and the more important fact that the two lecturer unions are merging, each leader wanting to be *the* leader of the new one and as such, are trying to out-bolshie each other. :-)
Note to self: must join Union...
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