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Every day this week on UniteLive, we’re featuring one of our many inspiring women members in the lead up to International Women’s Day on Friday (March 8). Today, we hear from Unite rep Stéf Kasprowski who’s helping her members fight for a better deal at work. — Stéf Kasprowski is a Unite rep who managers […]
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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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Managers must put people before profits and pay staff proper, fair wages
The article University staff vote to strike over ‘ludicrously low’ pay rise first appeared on the UNISON National site.
The University of Cambridge, one of the wealthiest and most illustrious institutions in the country, has been accused of ‘salami slicing’ over its plans to outsource up to 50 maintenance and estates’…Read more…
Members of Unite employed by the Students Union at Sheffield University have won a significant victory on zero hours and sick pay following a year long campaign. Hundreds of student workers, on…Read more…
Redundancies facing permanent staff at Sheffield Hallam students’ union will have a major effect on students, and UNISON members plan to fight back
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Colleges must deliver on their promise to increase staff pay now the government has provided further education an extra £400m funding, said education unions including Unite, as they launched…Read more…
A number of Cambridge University colleges, which are targeting some of their lowest paid employees for the jobs’ axe as they juggle their Covid-19 finances, have been urged to have an urgent rethink…Read more…
‘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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Joint letter to higher education minister calls for immediate action
The article Government must safeguard thousands of university jobs, say education unions first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
Pay, working hours and the threat from Covid-19 are major concerns
The article Survey reveals staff fears ahead of universities reopening first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Protecting health has to be the number one priority
The article Safety must be at the heart of universities’ rebuilding plan first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
UniversityHundreds of outsourced UCL staff are celebrating after UNISON secured the same pay, pension and annual leave rights as directly employed workers.
The article Low-paid UCL workers celebrate…Read more…
Hundreds of UCL cleaners, porters, security officers and catering staff will demand their outsourced jobs be returned to the university, so workers doing the same jobs receive the same pay, pension…Read more…
More than two thirds of staff rejected offers on pay and pensions during the summer
The article Strike ballot for higher education staff over pay and pensions first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
Noisy, colourful and good humoured pickets call for fair pay
The article Birmingham university members strike first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Unite, which represents workers in higher education, are balloting members at several universities for strike action in a dispute over a real terms pay cut. Unite is currently balloting its…Read more…
New pension schemes will leave staff struggling to plan for retirement and significantly worse off in their old age
The article Inferior university pension plans must not become the norm first…Read more…
Responding to the announcement today (Wednesday) that the University of Cambridge is to seek formal accreditation as a real living wage employer,
UNISON’s head of higher education Donna…Read more…
In recent years they’ve seen the value of their pay fall, now the university wants to cut their income in retirement too
The article Proposed pension changes will hit lowest paid university staff…Read more…