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AUT Fixed Term & Part-Time Staff Meeting

AUT Fixed Term & Part-Time Staff Meeting. AUT Fixed Term & Part Time Staff Meeting. What is the Association of University Teachers? Trade Union for Higher Education Professionals Negotiate pay and conditions for our members Provide information, advice and representation

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AUT Fixed Term & Part-Time Staff Meeting

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  1. AUT Fixed Term & Part-Time Staff Meeting Fixed Term and Part-Time Staff Recruitment Meeting

  2. AUT Fixed Term & Part Time Staff Meeting What is the Association of University Teachers? • Trade Union for Higher Education Professionals • Negotiate pay and conditions for our members • Provide information, advice and representation • Democratic organisation • Affiliated to the TUC, but not to any political party.

  3. AUT Fixed Term & Part Time Staff Meeting Problems facing Fixed Term Staff • Increasing casualisation in Higher Education • Casualisation affects some more than others... • Leave staff exposed and undervalued • Limits on career progression • Undermines the values and research culture of our universities • Fixed Term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2002 • Local negotiations and campaigns to end the abuse of Fixed Term Contracts • Defending members who suffer discrimination

  4. AUT Fixed Term & Part Time Staff Meeting Problems facing Part-Time Staff • Often treated less favourably than full time colleagues • In terms of pay and working conditions • Winning Pension rights for Part-Time staff • Part-Time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000 • Hourly Paid Staff Campaign Launch January 2005

  5. AUT Fixed Term & Part Time Staff Meeting Reasons to join AUT…. • AUT negotiates your pay • Free legal advice • National and local representation of your interests • AUT campaigns for equal treatment of Fixed Term and Part-Time staff • AUT promotes excellence in Universities • Stress Helpline • Membership cost based on ability to pay

  6. AUT Fixed Term & Part Time Staff Meeting Any questions?

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