樱花动漫/1076 听16 April 2021
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To听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 FE Branch Secretaries
Topic听听听听听听听听听听听听听 FE negotiators for England: Call for nominations
Action听听听听听听听听听听听 Raise with FE sector conference delegates; nominations to be submitted by 17:00, Friday 21 May 2021
Summary 听听听听 FE negotiators for England will be elected by the interim annual sector conference. Nominations are now called for.听听听听听听 听听听听听听听听听
Contact听听听听听听听听听 Andrew
Harden, Head of Further Education
(aharden@ucu.org.uk)
Dear Colleague
Call for nominations: FE negotiators
for England
Under rule 16.4, FE national sector
conference elects national negotiators for England according to a formula
approved by the sector conference. The formula is attached as Appendix 1. These
elections will take place amongst delegates to the on-line Congress and sector
conferences taking place 29 and 31 May, 2 June 2021 (sector conferences).
Under the formula there are eight
negotiators in total. Three of the negotiators are ex officio, the Vice-President
for FE, and the two vice-chairs of the FE Committee. The other five are elected
from the delegates to conference each year, and serve for one year.
This is a formal request for
nominations for members of the FE negotiating team for England who are elected
from sector conference.
All delegates to Further Education
Sector Conference who are in current employment are eligible to be nominated 鈥�
including members of the Further Education Committee.
At the time of submission of
nomination candidates must be in qualifying employment under rule 3.1.1 or have been in qualifying employment within the preceding 6 months,
unless a pattern of casualised work in the post-16 education sector can be
proven within the preceding 24 months.听 Candidates must provide, as part of their
nomination, evidence of their qualifying employment, normally in the form of a
copy of a payslip for work carried out within the preceding 6 months,
or, in the case of a member who is self-employed, evidence of payment for work
carried out within the preceding 6 months, or of a pattern of casualised work
in the post-16 education sector within the preceding 24 months, to be received
by the deadline for nomination.听 Any
dispute in regards to a candidate鈥檚 eligibility will be referred for decision
to the chair of FEC who shall be advised by the National Head of Democratic
Services.
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS MADE: 16 April 2021
NOMINATIONS CLOSE: 17:00, 21 May 2021
The process is by self-nomination. If
your delegate wishes to stand as one of the five elected negotiators they
should complete the form attached at Appendix 2 and email the completed form to
dbussell@ucu.org.uk together with proof of employment by
17:00 on Friday 21 May 2021.
An electronic
ballot will be held after the on-line Congress and sector conference meetings
on 29 and 31 May, 2 June 2021 (sector conferences). The electorate will be
voting delegates who registered for and joined the on-line FE sector conference
meeting.
Those members
elected will serve until the completion of the next elections at the annual Congress
meeting to be held in 2022.
Yours
sincerely
Dr Jo Grady
General Secretary
Appendix 1
FORMULA FOR THE
ELECTION OF NEGOTIATORS
A.听听听听听听 The total number of representatives shall be eight.
B.听听听听听听 All non-ex officio elected negotiators must be in current employment in the FE sector when elected.
C.听听听听听听 Three negotiators shall be ex officio; namely:
1.听听听听听听 Chair of FEC
2.听听听听听听 Vice-chairs (2) of FEC
D.听听听听听 Five negotiators shall be elected by a meeting of FESC
E.听听听听听听 Elections to these five positions shall be subject to the following proviso at the time of election: that of the eight negotiators at least three shall be women.
F.听听听听听听 Should circumstances arise in which a reserve is required to fill a temporarily vacant place, the Chair and Vice-Chairs of FEC collectively are authorized to determine a suitable replacement for that purpose only.
G.听听听听听 The first set of elections will be held in conjunction with the conference which approves these rules. Subject to (B), all delegates to the relevant FE Sector conference shall be eligible for nomination, and all members of the current FEC. Nominations will be by self-nomination from those who are official voting delegates to the relevant sector conference.
H.听听听听听 After the first election, subsequent elections of negotiators will held at the sector conference during congress. Subject to (B), all delegates to congress within the FE Sector conference shall be eligible for nomination, and all members of the FEC which takes office immediately after congress.
樱花动漫/1076听听 Appendix 2
FORM FOR THE NOMINATION OF NATIONAL FURTHER EDUCATION NEGOTIATORS FOR
ENGLAND
Please email the completed form,
along with proof of qualifying employment (usually in the form of a payslip) to
David Bussell (dbussell@ucu.org.uk) by 17:00 on Friday 21 May 2021.
Name:
Gender:
Branch / LA:
Employment status (please indicate
whether full-time, part-time, hourly-paid etc):
Place(s) of employment
Experience of negotiation (a statement
of no more than 150 words)