When UCU takes industrial action, it typically makes hardship funds available to members facing deductions from pay.<\/p>\n
In national disputes, national UCU sets the parameters for claims, such as how many days of action are covered and how much of the loss can be paid from the fund.<\/p>\n
University of Kent UCU then usually passes a branch motion to top up these hardship funds, for example by covering extra days.<\/p>\n
In local action, the branch will usually also offer a hardship fund, to cover as many days as is deemed financially viable.<\/p>\n
Details of any proposed hardship fund motion will be sent to members by email before a branch meeting. Once a motion is passed, emails will be sent to members about it.<\/p>\n
The exact details always depend upon the amount of action being taken and the expected employer deductions. The current active motion (passed 11 March 2025) is available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Our current claim process is available HERE<\/a>. In general, we need proof of deductions (e.g. payslip) and then bank details to make a payment.<\/p>\n Please send any queries to the current local hardship committee (Owen Lyne:\u00a0owenlyne@gmail.com<\/a>, Trude Sundberg: trude.sundberg@gmail.com<\/a> and Roger Giner-Sorolla: r.s.giner-sorolla@kent.ac.uk<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When UCU takes industrial action, it typically makes hardship funds available to members facing deductions from pay. In national disputes, national UCU sets the parameters … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53579,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ucuuok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/778"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ucuuok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ucuuok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ucuuok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53579"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ucuuok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=778"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ucuuok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":922,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ucuuok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/778\/revisions\/922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ucuuok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}