Voting on FESC 2025 Motions

The following is a list of key Further Education Sector Conference (FESC) motions, with commentary from the Campaign for UCU Democracy and a suggestion on how vote on these motions.

     For/Against/AbstainReason
 FE1 FE Pay      For
FE2 Build support for nationally coordinated action 2025/26 ForSupports branches 
FE2A.1 Further education committee Branch decision 
FE3 The New Deal for FE   AgainstAggregated ballot
FE4 FE pay and bargaining Against Ballot before the summer – how??
FE5 After the spending review prepare national action Against Impractical – not building from branches
FE6 Pay Parity with School Teachers   AgainstNational strike action impractical for September
FE7 Closing the Pay Gap in FE For
FE8 Renewed importance of national action AgainstAggregated ballot
FE9 FE Pay campaign – Call for escalation AgainstIt’s unclear – lack focus 
FE10 FE Funding Now ForNo commitments to action in this motion 
FE11 Holiday entitlements of staff and returning in August For 
FE12 Deficit budgets For  
FE13 Climate action in FE ForCampaigning 
FE14  Best deal for members from the new prison education contract For 
FE15 Protect casualised staff amid budget cuts and redundancies For 
FE16 Recruitment and retention of casualised members in further education  For 
FE17 Composite: Campaign to reverse cuts to the adult skills fund    For 
FE18  Composite: To seek realistic funding for ACE from the Labour Government For 
FE19 Fair Pay for Institutes of Adult Learning   For 
FE20 FE Staff Safety in the age of AI   For 
FE21 Working towards tackling workload   For 
FE22 Stop the erosion of hours for delivery of FE programmes  For 
FE23  Disclosure of relevant and confidential background information with staff For 
FE24 Renewing UCU’s Objection to OFSTED in FE For 
FE25 Resisting Reform UK’s racist ideology in education  For 
FE26 Building anti-racist colleges  Not sure – nice idea but workloadWorkload issues
FE27 Combatting far right in FE  ForWorkload issues
FE28 Women and the new deal for FE ForIt’s up to you
FE29 Protecting migrant workers: Fair visa support and workplace rights in FE   For 
FE30 Recruitment and retention of disabled workers in the FE sector For 
FE31 Increasing the visibility of young LGBT+ people in FE For 
FE32 Equality data in FE ForWorkload implications for regional staff
FE33 FE college pay: Investigate senior management excess salaries  For 
FE34 End VAT inequality for FE colleges  For 
FE35 Palestine and the war in Gaza – freedom to discuss             Personal choice 
FE36 Participation in regional FE committees For 
FE37 FE conference democracy  Against Branch independence 

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