Claim is for 5% or £1,500, whichever is greater, and the living wage
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Southampton university staff celebrate pensions win
Current staff to keep final salary pensions after strong campaign against proposals to change them – though scheme will be closed to new non-academic staff from 2019
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UNISON recommends that HE members reject employers’ pay offer
2%/£425 offer ‘falls short’ of joint unions’ pay claim
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Academy workers face jobs threat
UNISON is organising meetings and support after Cheshire academy chain announced 43 redundancies at seven schools across the county
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Nursery campaigners meet minister to call for better funding
Salford UNISON, parents and mayor put the case to Nadhim Zahawi
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Higher ed employers make final offer
Service group executive meets on 23 May to consider offer of 2% or £425 a year
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University of Bath agrees to reinstate living wage
UNISON welcomes ‘urgently needed first step’ but says more must be done to tackle pay inequality
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Nursery funding campaign goes to Westminster
Salford campaigners to the fore in launching national funding for nurseries campaign at Parliament on 25 April
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HE unions and employers to meet again in May to talk about pay
Meeting follows offer of 1.7%, or £325 a year, made in talks on 13 April
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Universities members vote to accept proposals on USS pension scheme
Higher education service group executive calls off industrial action ballot following vote
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University pay talks begin
Although no offer has been tabled, UNISON described the discussions as “constructive” and all parties have said they intend to make progress across all elements of the claim at the next meeting.
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University members asked to strike to defend USS pension scheme
Industrial action ballot follows 91% rejection of proposed move to ‘defined contribution’ scheme in consultation of affected members
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Funding review ‘must recognise real cost of providing quality college education’
UNISON reacts to minister’s announcement of review into English further education funding, alongside ‘efficiency and resilience’
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English schools having to spend more than they get to educate pupils
UNISON calls on government to ‘give more money to schools now’ as Education Policy Institute report shows more schools recording larger deficits
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National Careers Week – the lost art of giving good guidance
It’s National Careers Week – but thanks to years of government cuts, careers advice at school isn’t what it used to be. UNISON thinks young people deserve a better start to their working life
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Redundancy threats stalk northern colleges
FE colleges in northern England announce plans for hundreds of job losses
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National Apprenticeship Week – raising the standard
It’s National Apprenticeship Week and UNISON is celebrating the good, while protecting against the bad and the ugly side of apprenticeships
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Help a million children get the free school meals they need
UNISON backs Children’s Society campaign against changes to free school meal eligibility in England which could stop up to one million children qualifying
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UNISON welcomes moves to protect apprentices
‘Largest apprenticeship provider in the north of England’ signs up to UNISON apprenticeships charter
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‘We are a force for good,’ UNISON’s university activists hear
Service group chair Denise Ward opens union’s higher ed conference with call to build strength
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