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University and College Union marking boycott

EDM (Early Day Motion) 1164: tabled on 15 May 2023

Tabled in the 2022-23 session.

This motion has been signed by 31 Members. It has not yet had any amendments submitted.

Motion text

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.

The first 6 Members who have signed to support the motion are the sponsors. The primary sponsor is generally the person who tabled the motion and has responsibility for it. The date shown is when the Member signed the motion.

In addition to the sponsors, the following Members have signed to support the motion.

McDonnell, John
Labour
Signed on 16 May 2023
Hayes and Harlington
Abbott, Ms Diane
Independent
Signed on 16 May 2023
Hackney North and Stoke Newington
MacAskill, Kenny
Alba Party
Signed on 16 May 2023
East Lothian
Trickett, Jon
Labour
Signed on 16 May 2023
Hemsworth
Mearns, Ian
Labour
Signed on 16 May 2023
Gateshead
Long Bailey, Rebecca
Labour
Signed on 16 May 2023
Salford and Eccles
Carden, Dan
Labour
Signed on 16 May 2023
Liverpool, Walton
Sheppard, Tommy
Scottish National Party
Signed on 16 May 2023
Edinburgh East
Lake, Ben
Plaid Cymru
Signed on 17 May 2023
Ceredigion
Hanna, Claire
Social Democratic & Labour Party
Signed on 17 May 2023
Belfast South
Lucas, Caroline
Green Party
Signed on 17 May 2023
Brighton, Pavilion
Hanvey, Neale
Alba Party
Signed on 17 May 2023
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
Stephens, Chris
Scottish National Party
Signed on 17 May 2023
Glasgow South West
Lavery, Ian
Labour
Signed on 17 May 2023
Wansbeck
Yasin, Mohammad
Labour
Signed on 18 May 2023
Bedford
Maskell, Rachael
Labour
Signed on 22 May 2023
York Central
Shannon, Jim
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on 22 May 2023
Strangford
Lewell-Buck, Mrs Emma
Labour
Signed on 22 May 2023
South Shields
Gibson, Patricia
Scottish National Party
Signed on 23 May 2023
North Ayrshire and Arran
Eastwood, Colum
Social Democratic & Labour Party
Signed on 25 May 2023
Foyle
Blake, Olivia
Labour
Signed on 5 June 2023
Sheffield, Hallam
Greenwood, Margaret
Labour
Signed on 14 June 2023
Wirral West
Webbe, Claudia
Independent
Signed on 26 June 2023
Leicester East
Ribeiro-Addy, Bell
Labour
Signed on 26 October 2023
Streatham
Byrne, Ian
Labour
Signed on 26 October 2023
Liverpool, West Derby

There are no withdrawn signatures for this motion.