F&GP Meeting November 2017

Staffing.

22 This has been a very difficult period staffing wise with a great deal of attention to HR being needed and perhaps a disproportionate amount of my time spent on it. Relative to our success over the last four years in recruiting and settling in and induction and supporting some 70 staff overall, the difficulties are perhaps not as bad as they could have been. 23 Recruitment and selection has taken place for the position of a new Education Administrator and I will report on this at the meeting. 24 A period of self-reflection amongst the SMT that I instigated has appeared to have worked. Further support and training will be offered to one member of the SMT. 25 The Office Support Worker has resigned and I am in discussions about the advisability or otherwise of retaining this post.

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A new finance officer has been taken on during Daniella’s maternity cover.

1% of spend on Art.

27 We have recently purchased prints for the restaurant from AEU member Louise Bradley.

Events.

28 Organising the Liberating Arts Festival has been extremely time consuming and has been well managed by our producer Chris Jury. Cutting an extremely long story short we are progressing with this as a cut down version.

Books.

29 Our books on trade union education and trade union related plays have received great reviews which can be seen on the Workable Books site.

Affiliation fees.

30 Current affiliation fees are 98p per member per year. It is up to the F&GP to make a recommendation on this to the NEC.

Staff Pay.

31 The Head of Finance has undertaken some modelling based on different pay increase levels at the GFTU. For GFTU staff for the sake of beginning the discussion I will make a proposal at the meeting. 32 The General Secretary’s salary was due for regrading review last year but this was not undertaken and a report will be presented subsequently.

Unions using Quorn.

33 I am pleased to report that UNISON, NEU and CWU will all be using Quorn for the first time shortly for prestige national events. UNISON Bradford have circulated 10,000 leaflets to their members advertising our new year offer.

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