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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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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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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
The article Autumn term strikes set to go ahead at 13 universities first appeared on the UNISON National site.
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
The article Autumn term strikes set to go ahead at 13 universities first appeared on the UNISON National site.
As the higher education (HE) autumn term strike ballot enters its final month, UNISON has been using Movement to encourage voting
The article Movement – keeping momentum going in HE strike ballot first appeared on the UNISON National site.
As the higher education autumn term strike ballot enters its final few weeks, UNISON has been using a new way of encouraging voting
The article Movement – keeping momentum going in HE strike ballot first appeared on the UNISON National site.
The higher education ballot is open until 31 July
The article Still time to vote on HE pay first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Staff are already leaving for better-paid jobs in supermarkets, warehouses and coffee shops.
The article Raise wage offer and prevent more university strikes, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.
HE joint-unions and the employer, UCEA, have released a statement as they move into time-limited talks
The article HE strikes called off as talks move forward first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Unions and employers to hold conciliation talks in long-running HE pay dispute
The article Higher education pay dispute enters new talks first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Shadow higher education minister Matt Western promises positive, long-lasting reform under a Labour government
The article Labour vows to work with HE unions ‘as partners, not adversaries’ first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Most politicians don’t understand the cost of living crisis, because ‘they have never had to face it’, UNISON’s HE conference is told
The article UK’s model for funding higher education is a ‘broken system’ first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Those on the highest grades are offered the highest percentage rise, as new strikes dates are announced
The article Unions ‘shocked’ by revised higher education pay offer first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Affected areas include the NHS, higher education and the Environment Agency
The article NEC hears plans for industrial action, plus new ballots first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Low pay has been a massive, and growing, problem in the university sector for a decade and more.
The article Workers at Leeds Beckett University begin strike over pay, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.
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…
Action is over the 2021-22 pay round and the detrimental changes to the USS pension scheme
The article Leeds university members prepare to strike again first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
The union has given notification of a formal dispute to the HE employers, the University and Colleges Employers Association, after 83% say ‘no’ to 3% offer
The article Higher education members vote to reject pay offer first appeared on the UNISON National site.
The strike started as employers are urged to “show some commitment to their loyal, low paid staff”
The article One week, all-out strike under way at University of Dundee first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
The UCEA’s decision not to present a pay offer ‘sends a message that employers don’t understand the urgency of the issue’
The article Delays to university pay talks are ‘unacceptable’…Read more…