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\par }{\b\ul\cf1 \hich\af21\dbch\af22\loch\f21 National Negotiations on England FE Pay 
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Negotiations on the joint trade union pay claim opened on Wednesday 24 April.  Following robust exchanges when employers questioned the credibility of our 5% pay claim, the\hich\af21\dbch\af22\loch\f21 
 AoC finally tabled the following initial offer to the trade union side:
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\fs22\lang2057\loch\af22\hich\af22\dbch\f22\cgrid {\cf1 0.5% consolidated pay increase for those earning \u163\'a315,000 and above;
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\s18 \f3\fs22\cf1\lang2057 \loch\af3\dbch\af0\hich\f3 \u-3913\'b7\tab}\u163\'a3150 flat rate pay increase for those earning below \u163\'a315,000; and
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\s18 \f3\fs22\cf1\lang2057 \loch\af3\dbch\af0\hich\f3 \u-3913\'b7\tab}A willingness to discuss further how the National Joint Forum might support work towards the Living Wage.
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\s18 \f3\fs22\cf1\lang2057 \loch\af3\dbch\af0\hich\f3 \u-3913\'b7\tab}The above recommendation was made on the condition that the joint trade unions agree to a number of commitments to be set out in a joint statement cove
ring the following issues:
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\s18 \f3\fs22\cf1\lang2057 \loch\af3\dbch\af0\hich\f3 \u-3913\'b7\tab}That payment of the national recommendation is based on long term affordability;
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\s18 \f3\fs22\cf1\lang2057 \loch\af3\dbch\af0\hich\f3 \u-3913\'b7\tab}Engagement in local discussions regarding responsiveness to meet Colleges\rquote  needs; and
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\s18 \f3\fs22\cf1\lang2057 \loch\af3\dbch\af0\hich\f3 \u-3913\'b7\tab}A willingness to engage in discussions regarding local approaches to incremental pay progression.
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\s18 \f3\fs22\cf1\lang2057 \loch\af3\dbch\af0\hich\f3 \u-3913\'b7\tab}The employers
 proposed that further work was needed to draft these statements and AoC would prepare the drafting and present it to officers ahead of the next NJF meeting.
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ffer, made it clear that this was not acceptable not only in terms of the level of pay increase but also the attempt to impose conditions particularly those relating to incremental progression. Talks will continue at officer level with the next full negot
iating meeting to be held on 16 May.
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\par }\pard \sa200\sl276\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\cf1 Campaigning on the claim
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The recent branch  consultation indicated little support for declaring a dispute at this stage of negotiations but the FEC is  proposing to the annual sector conference in May that in the event 
of an unacceptable final offer, ¹ÏÉñÍø should ballot members for strike action as near as possible to the beginning of October.
\par Branches will shortly be asked by the membership department to undertake membership checks. Please ensure you do this so that we are ready to launch an industrial ballot later in the year if necessary.
\par Campaigning materials are available at }{\field\fldedit{\*\fldinst {\cf1  HYPERLINK "http://www.ucu.org.uk/fepayengland" }}{\fldrslt {\cs15\ul\cf2 http://www.ucu.org.uk/fepayengland}}}{\cf1 
\par }\pard \sa200\sl276\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\cf1 Some hard copies of posters will be sent to branches very shortly and further copies of materials are available on request.                         
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