UNISON condemns growing pay gap in higher education as new port shows tht senior managers’ pay grew by 3% last year
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University workers still not ‘all in it together’
UNISON condemns growing pay gap in higher education as new port shows tht senior managers’ pay grew by 3% last year
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Christmas cheer and charity
UNISON members are helping workplaces, their families and communities to warm up for the festive season
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NEC higher education general seat by-election
New nomination period opens on Tuesday 15 December 2015 and closes at 5pm on 29 January 2016
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UNISON slams Open University decision to plough on with office and job cuts
UNISON has today (Wednesday) slammed the Open University’s decision to press ahead with office closures and job cuts, despite opposition from its own Senate. The proposed closure of seven regional…Read more…
We will back your struggle against these cuts, Prentis tells OU members
Open University staff could be balloted over plans to close seven regional offices and lose 500 jobs
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UNISON will not be gagged, higher education branches hear at seminar
Branch delegates gather to discuss strategic concerns of higher education workers, including the government Trade Union Bill
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Dragging university bosses out of the Middle Ages
The university principals’ campaign against the very modest proposals to modernise university governance in Scotland is now bordering on the hysterical.
The Scottish Government’s Higher…Read more…
Education Bill will silence parents, UNISON warns
Bill would remove requirement to consult parents before forcing schools to become academies
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Welsh schools cannot survive without support staff
UNISON calling for support and training for those in vital school role
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UNISON calls for review of school support staff contracts that can cut pay by 20%
UNISON’s survey of councillors and local government officers attending the Local Government Association’s 2015 annual conference showed that 82% of respondents agreed it was divisive and unfair…Read more…
Celebrate the stars in our schools
On 27 November make sure school support staff get the attention they deserve
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Prentis: redundancy cap will hit hundreds of thousands
“Proposed public-sector redundancy cap will affect hundreds of thousands of workers providing vital public services”, warns UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis
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STUC call on University governors to reflect diversity of staff
#stuc15 The STUC has called on Scottish Government to legislate for all university governing bodies to have a chair elected by all staff and students, ensure they are representative of the university and wider community – including a quota for women members; and include reserved places for trade union representatives.
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