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Dear All,<\/p>\n
Some UCU members on precarious contracts, or who are financially unstable for other reasons, are understandably anxious about striking and its financial consequences.<\/p>\n
If this is you, Kent branch UCU has good news for you:\u00a0we\u2019ve\u00a0got\u00a0your\u00a0back<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0We\u00a0have\u00a0a healthy strike fund out of which\u00a0we\u00a0can subsidise lost income\u00a0from the very first day of industrial action<\/strong>.\u00a0 Claimants last time found the process remarkably easy and quick \u2013 just ask around.\u00a0 Last time claimants could receive up to \u00a350 per day.\u00a0\u00a0This time that\u00a0we\u00a0are planning to be more\u00a0generous<\/strong>\u00a0(update to come later).\u00a0 After one or two\u00a0days\u2019\u00a0support from the local fund\u00a0(depending on whether you earn more or less than\u00a0\u00a330k\u00a0\u200b), eligibility for support from the National Fighting Fund will kick in. See\u00a0<\/strong>here<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0for National Fighting Fund criteria.<\/p>\n In addition to Branch Funds, Kent Precariat has money to help those on precarious contracts taking industrial action.<\/p>\n During the last round of industrial action, and thanks to Kent UCU pressure, the University of Kent agreed not to financially penalise GTAs for striking.\u00a0 Moreover, HPLs\u00a0were offered replacement teaching to compensate for paid hours lost to action.\u00a0 There is every reason to hope that the University will be reasonable once again this time around.\u00a0 But if not, Kent ,\u00a0National UCU\u00a0 and Kent Precariat\u00a0have\u00a0the resources to help.<\/p>\n WE\u00a0HAVE\u00a0YOUR\u00a0BACK<\/strong><\/p>\n For pensions, for workload, for equality, for pay, for anti-casualisation \u2013 Kent UCU urges you to vote\u00a0YES<\/strong>\u00a0to action and\u00a0YES<\/strong>\u00a0to action short of a strike in both ballots.\u00a0 Whatever you do,<\/strong>\u00a0PLEASE VOTE<\/strong>.\u00a0Deadline 30 October.<\/p>\n TWO BALLOTS \u2022 ONE FUTURE \u2022 BE THE\u00a0XX<\/p>\n Sent on behalf of Kent UCU committee & reps\u200b<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dear All, Some UCU members on precarious contracts, or who are financially unstable for other reasons, are understandably anxious about striking and its financial consequences. … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39717,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[155772,155769,155770],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ucuuok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ucuuok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ucuuok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ucuuok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39717"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ucuuok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=383"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ucuuok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":384,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ucuuok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383\/revisions\/384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ucuuok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ucuuok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ucuuok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}