What We’ve Won

Victories don’t happen by accident

These are not gifts from management. They are the result of organised workers demanding better — and refusing to back down.

The following documents our wins across Pay, Childcare, Redeployment, and Casework — gains achieved through collective organising, sustained branch pressure, and strike action.

Pay: London Weighting Allowance

The following table summarises the trajectory of London Weighting Allowance negotiations at KCL. It documents a pattern of incremental gains and provides the baseline from which the current claim proceeds.
2021
£3,500
Baseline LWA before branch campaign
2022
£4,000
Increase secured through branch negotiations
2023
£4,200
Increase secured through branch negotiations
Branch submitted new claim for £6,500 (referencing £9,600 London Weighting benchmark from Loughborough report)
2023–2024
£5,000 + annual uplift
Strike and Marking & Assessment Boycott settlement. Annual uplift: higher of national award or 2.5%.
Branch agreed not to reopen LWA negotiations until 2026.

All figures are annual additions to base salary.

Other Wins

Redeployment
Add wins here.
Childcare
Add wins here.
Casework Wins

Protecting Staff from Moving Goalposts on Probation

UCU caseworkers identified a pattern of staff being assessed against probation criteria that differed from those they were given when they started their roles. We raised this at the Joint Negotiating Committee, where management confirmed that confirmation in post must be based solely on the criteria staff were informed of at the outset. We have since continued to support affected members case-by-case through HR, ensuring this principle is applied in practice.