Branch Motion on Health and Safety amended and passed at GUCU branch meeting 23.09.2020
This Branch notes:
- The heightened level of concern in relation to the Health and Safety provisions for a return to campus;
- That the College has now moved to alert level 4 and red scenario under its own policies;
- That College has not demonstrated a sufficient level of risk assessment, nor has it put into place, the requisite investment in suitable control measures to protect staff, students and visitors to the College;
- That by committing itself to a business plan in which the shedding of staff is a priority, it makes the enterprise of working safely increasingly unlikely and this impacts upon precarious workers and those with protected characteristics, placing them at further risk;
- That as a workplace, the College therefore poses a potentially significant risk to its own population but also to the general public, living in, and using the local area.
This branch demands
- A review of the institutional risk assessment and the right to interpret it as requiring more time to implement a higher level of mitigations;
- In the interim that all teaching should be remote and students supported in halls and accommodation,
- This position should continue until the R-rate is under control and the aforementioned control measures successfully implemented.
- That appropriate safety measures are put in place for performance-based face-to-face teaching
This branch resolves:
- To call a Covid-19-based Health and Safety dispute should these demands not be met prior to 5 October
Original Branch Motion
This Branch notes:
- the heightened level of concern in relation to the Health and Safety provisions for a return to campus,
that College has not demonstrated a sufficient level of risk assessment, nor has it put into place, the requisite investment in suitable control measures to protect staff, students and visitors to the College. That by committing itself to a business plan in which the shedding of staff is a priority, it makes the enterprise of working safely increasingly unlikely and this impacts upon precarious workers and those with protected characteristics, placing them at further risk; That as a workplace, the College therefore poses a potentially significant risk to its own population but also to the general public, living in, and using the local area.
This branch demands:
- A review of the institutional risk assessment and the right to interpret it as requiring more time to implement a higher level of mitigations, In the interim, that all teaching should be remote and students supported in halls and accommodation, until the R-rate is under control and the aforementioned control measures successfully implemented.
This branch resolves:
- To call a Covid-19-based Health and Safety dispute should these demands not be met prior to the start of term.
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