Staff at nine higher education institutions vote for action
The article University strikes loom unless pay increases first appeared on the UNISON National site.
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Staff at nine higher education institutions vote for action
The article University strikes loom unless pay increases 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.
Workers have reached breaking point and have little choice but to strike
The article University staff to strike over pay as new term begins first appeared on the UNISON National site.
No worker wants to go out on strike, but staff can’t afford to feed their kids, pay for housing or fill up their petrol tanks
The article University staff reject below-inflation pay offer and vote on strike action first appeared on the UNISON National site.
The importance of university staff during the pandemic cannot be overstated.
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“Black staff and students must have the same opportunities to develop their studies and careers as their white counterparts.”
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‘It just feels like a ticking time bomb until there’s a big outbreak here. Since the students came back, it feels like I’m on the frontline’
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UNISON will strongly resist Sodexo’s attempt to put workers out of a job
The article Sodexo threatens sweeping redundancies at City University first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
UNISON and the joint higher education trade unions have expressed say they’re “extremely disappointed” at a proposal to freeze pay for higher education support staff
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Support package announced yesterday by government doesn’t offer any new funds
The article UNISON urges government to support universities properly first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Higher education needs extra measures
The article Government must not allow universities to fail during the coronavirus outbreak, warn unions first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Union welcomes move by City, University of London, to protect incomes of outsourced catering staff
The article University agrees pay for zero-hours staff first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
All staff deserve a pay rise that keeps up with the cost of living while catching up with 10 years of lost pay
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Official statistics body to stop collecting data on support staff, making them invisible
The article Our members count, UNISON tells universities first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Pay, pensions, equality and climate dominate discussion at UNISON higher education conference
The article ‘Every higher education worker should get the pay they deserve’ first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
‘We are the first and main line of defence,’ higher education conference hears
The article Preparing for the future first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Delegates gather to debate the issues at UNISON’s higher education conference
The article University staff map out the challenges ahead first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Lecturers start industrial action on campuses across UK
The article UNISON sends solidarity message to UCU strikers first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Campus operations staff at Queen Margaret University chalk up win in campaign against outsourcing threat
The article University staff in Edinburgh to stay directly employed first appeared on the…Read more…
University workers vote 2-1 for strike action, but ballot does not meet the threshold for legal strike action
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