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Progressing the Four Fights dispute

UCL UCU notes:

1. The serious disruption caused by the MAB to management, students, and workers throughout the sector.
2. The punitive pay deductions that have been applied to members participating in MAB, nationally and at »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË.
3. That employers have disregarded academic standards in order to undermine the effectiveness of the MAB, and progress or graduate students.
4. That the delay by the General Secretary (GS) and officers of the union in authorising a new ballot for industrial action means there will be a break in the current legal mandate for industrial action, which expires at the end of September.
5. The MAB is part of a national dispute, and decisions need to be addressed by the national consultative (BDM) and decision making bodies of the UCU (HEC, GS and officers).
6. UCU’s Higher Education Committee (HEC) has agreed to
   (a) Call five days of strike action in either of the last two weeks of our current mandate (with flexibility where student terms have not commenced);
   (²ú)ÌýStart an industrial action ballot at the earliest opportunity over ‘Four Fights’;
   (³¦)ÌýSurvey members on next steps for the MAB.

UCL UCU believes:

1. Staff that have participated in the MAB cannot instantaneously complete boycotted work on the 1 October.
2. UCL needs staff goodwill to address complaints and possible legal action by students who have been affected by UCL’s actions to compromise academic standards to undermine the MAB.
3. Starting the industrial action ballot pressurises our employers.

UCL UCU resolves:

1. That existing marking and assessment which has not been carried out due to MAB will not be marked unless and until UCL management withdraw their threat of pay deductions.
2. To continue to challenge the legality of punitive pay deductions at »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË.
3. To send a clear signal to university employers (and new students) that the dispute is not over by calling five days of strike action in induction week of Term 1, and to carry out all necessary preparatory steps to ensure that this action is a success.
4. To start preparations for the industrial action ballot as soon as possible.