Delegates met in Milton Keynes to tackle a wide-ranging agenda
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Higher education conference hears of ‘systemic under funding’
Delegates met in Milton Keynes to tackle a wide-ranging agenda
The article Higher education conference hears of ‘systemic under funding’ first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Today’s top stories…London NHS workers to strike
NHS workers at four London NHS Trusts will take strike action next month in a dispute over safe staffing and pay. The workers, who are members of Unite are employed at Barts Health NHS Trust, Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Trust, East London Foundation Trust and Guys and St Thomas’. Over 2,800 workers will be involved […]
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Today’s top stories…Selby bin strikes off after pay win
Selby bin strikes by refuse workers employed by Urbaser on behalf of the North Yorkshire unitary authority have ended after an improved pay deal was secured. The workers voted to accept the deal, which will see pay increase by eight per cent backdated to April for all workers. Drivers will also see their bonus for […]
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Today’s top stories…Barts NHS Trust workers vote to strike
NHS workers at Barts Health NHS Trust have overwhelmingly voted for a campaign of industrial action today by a margin of 95 per cent in a dispute over low pay and safe staffing. The workers and their representatives will meet over the coming days to agree strike dates. Last year Unite activists and union reps […]
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‘The fight for fair pay continues’
Unite members employed by Leeds University went out on strike this week from Monday (August 14) to Friday (August 18). In the joint strike action with Unison, the striking staff are demanding that their employer come back to the negotiating table for the 2023-24 pay round. They’re asking employers to look not only at pay, […]
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Autumn term strikes set to go ahead at 13 universities
HE members have suffered a real-terms pay cut of around 25% over the last 14 years, due to year on year rises that were below inflation
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Autumn term strikes set to go ahead at 13 universities
HE members have suffered a real-terms pay cut of around 25% over the last 14 years, due to year on year rises that were below inflation
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Movement – keeping momentum going in HE strike ballot
As the higher education (HE) autumn term strike ballot enters its final month, UNISON has been using Movement to encourage voting
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Movement – keeping momentum going in HE strike ballot
As the higher education autumn term strike ballot enters its final few weeks, UNISON has been using a new way of encouraging voting
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Still time to vote on HE pay
The higher education ballot is open until 31 July
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Raise wage offer and prevent more university strikes, says UNISON
Staff are already leaving for better-paid jobs in supermarkets, warehouses and coffee shops.
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HE strikes called off as talks move forward
HE joint-unions and the employer, UCEA, have released a statement as they move into time-limited talks
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Higher education pay dispute enters new talks
Unions and employers to hold conciliation talks in long-running HE pay dispute
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Labour vows to work with HE unions ‘as partners, not adversaries’
Shadow higher education minister Matt Western promises positive, long-lasting reform under a Labour government
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UK’s model for funding higher education is a ‘broken system’
Most politicians don’t understand the cost of living crisis, because ‘they have never had to face it’, UNISON’s HE conference is told
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Unions ‘shocked’ by revised higher education pay offer
Those on the highest grades are offered the highest percentage rise, as new strikes dates are announced
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NEC hears plans for industrial action, plus new ballots
Affected areas include the NHS, higher education and the Environment Agency
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Workers at Leeds Beckett University begin strike over pay, says UNISON
Low pay has been a massive, and growing, problem in the university sector for a decade and more.
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RCA members fight for fair pay
Unite members at the Royal College of Art (RCA) stood proudly on picket lines on Wednesday (June 22) as they took strike action for fair pay. They are currently taking industrial action over an…Read more…