Created on: 09 Oct 2023
The value of your pay has dropped substantially since 2009. However, for the last 5 years, UCEA have been imposing pay awards that have made matters worse. Below inflationary pay rises, twinned with a cost-of-living crisis are putting massive pressure on your standard of living.
The table below shows, in stark terms, that de-valuing of pay.
SPINE POINT |
|
|
Real Terms Pay Cut in 2023-24 compared to 2019-20 salary ( ) |
|
Actual Salary 2019-20 ( pa) |
Salary if it had risen with RPI inflation since 2019-20 ( pa) |
|
20 |
25,217 |
32540 |
7323 |
21 |
25,941 |
33475 |
7543 |
22 |
26,715 |
35700 |
8985 |
23 |
27,511 |
35501 |
7990 |
24 |
28,331 |
36559 |
8228 |
25 |
29,176 |
37649 |
8473 |
26 |
30,046 |
38771 |
8725 |
27 |
30,942 |
39930 |
8988 |
28 |
31,865 |
41119 |
9254 |
29 |
32,816 |
42346 |
9530 |
30 |
33,797 |
43612 |
9845 |
31 |
34,804 |
44912 |
10108 |
32 |
35,845 |
46255 |
10410 |
33 |
36,914 |
47635 |
10721 |
34 |
38,017 |
49058 |
11041 |
35 |
39,152 |
50523 |
11371 |
36 |
40,322 |
52033 |
11711 |
37 |
41,526 |
53587 |
12061 |
38 |
42,793 |
55221 |
12428 |
39 |
44,046 |
56838 |
12797 |
40 |
45,361 |
58882 |
13521 |
41 |
46,718 |
60286 |
13568 |
42 |
48,114 |
62088 |
13974 |
43 |
49,553 |
64311 |
14758 |
44 |
51,034 |
65855 |
14821 |
45 |
52,559 |
67823 |
15264 |
46 |
54,131 |
69852 |
15721 |
47 |
55,751 |
71942 |
16191 |
48 |
57,418 |
74071 |
16653 |
49 |
59,135 |
76310 |
17175 |
50 |
60,905 |
78593 |
17688 |
51 |
62,727 |
80945 |
18218 |
If you sit on spine point 44, your pay is now 14821 below where it would have been if your employer had given flat inflationary rises, as measured by RPI. That is more than 7 times the average energy bill in Scotland, even after the rise in energy costs. It works out at £1235.08 per month before tax, missing from your pay packets.
If it was in your pay packet. Instead of your employer s bank account, it would also be pensionable. This pay cut lasts beyond this year, beyond your employment and even beyond your career!
UCEA, representing the employer have made absolutely no attempt to remedy the downward pressure on academic pay. Instead, they come to negotiations with a pre-determined outcome, which is always something less than inflation and therefore a real terms cut to the value of your pay.
Something must be done to stop this constant de-valuing of academic pay. It s time for EIS members to stand up for fair pay.
This week you have received your ballot paper and EIS Executive is recommending that you vote YES to both strike action and action short of a strike in this ballot.
Talking alone will not solve this problem. It s time to show the employers that we re not going to accept real terms, year on year pay cuts anymore.
Post your ballot today!