Staff can apply to both local and UK funds.
Our Bristol UCU Local Hardship Fund:
- HPTs can claim for up to 14 hours of lost marking and assessment activity.
- Salaried staff on Grades J and below, or on Grade K and above earning £30,000 pa or less, can claim for net deductions up to £75 for your first two days of MAB deductions.
- Assuming deductions of 50% of daily pay, a member who faces 4 x 0.5 days of deductions will receive the full two days of strike pay.
Details of how to claim are available from:
https://www.ucubristol.org.uk/files/2023/06/hardshipguide-2023-mab.pdf and claims should be sent to ucu-hardship@bristol.ac.uk.
UCU Fighting Fund
For action taken after 1 May 2023, where the employer has deducted between 50% and 99% of daily pay for partial performance, the Fund will pay the following to all staff:
- £30 for each day of ASOS taken by members earning £30,000 gross or more per annum; or,
- Up to £45 for each day of ASOS taken by members earning less than £30,000 gross per annum.
This is subject to a cap of 9 days. Details of how to claim are available from: https://my.ucu.org.uk/app/answers/detail/a_id/543
To donate to our Local Hardship Fund:
https://www.ucubristol.org.uk/2021/11/27/bristol-ucu-hardship-fund/
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