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This is a reminder that an Emergency General Meeting of ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº UCU which will be held tomorrow: Thursday 23rd November from 13:00 - 14:00, this will be a zoom meeting.

This meeting has been convened to review the latest information on MAB deductions in light of the individual assessments and confirmation of gross deductions recently sent to members from HR.ÌýÌýÌý

Members attending this meeting will vote on revised proposals for the provision of financial support for those who participated in the Marking and Assessment Boycott. The motion can be found at Appendix 1 below and the Chair will accept amendments from the floor.

All members who participated in the Marking and Assessment Boycott and have received confirmation of their deductions from HR are asked to complete our new secure online form as soon as possible.Ìý Members have been sent a link to this form via email.

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Appendix 1

Motion: Increasing financial support for members in the MAB

¹û¶³Ó°Ôº UCU notes

1. During the Marking and Assessment Boycott in the summer, the branch agreed to financially support UCU members who participated in the MAB by covering their losses in terms of net pay (after tax and national insurance contributions have been taken into account) above a threshold of 7 days, and to request pledges and donations from members of 7 days' net pay.

2. This decision was made when members faced the prospect of approximately 35 days loss of pay.

3. The current set of estimates of the cost to the hardship fund for paying members for deductions in excess of a number of days is set out below. These figures have a degree of uncertainty due to the fact that around a third of affected members have not yet completed our survey.

4. The branch hardship fund contains approximately £160,000 before donations are taken into account.

¹û¶³Ó°Ôº UCU resolves to reduce the threshold for support from 7 days to 2 days (i.e. 14.6 hours).

This will mean that:

1. all members who participated in the MAB will be entitled to apply for support for net pay beyond 2 days' net pay from the branch hardship fund, citing the letter from ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº as evidence (if ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº decides to make deductions from part-time staff on an hourly basis, then we will also support part-time MABbers at an hourly rate and cover net pay beyond 14.6 hours);

2. all union members who did not participate will be encouraged to make donations to the branch hardship fund for the equivalent of 2 days' net pay; and

3. members who have made donations of 7 days' net pay will be contacted to ask them if they wish their donations to be reduced to 2 days.

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