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Staff at the University of Sussex and University of Winchester vote to strike over pay

Three more days of strike action at the University of Winchester follow seven taken in June this year.

Staff at at the university have voted to strike after a pay offer of just 1.5%

Date

11 October 2021 1:50pm–3:30pm

Location

Online Meeting

The Regional Higher Education Committee represents members across the regional service group and helps to develop campaigns and inform UNISON policy on behalf of Higher Education workers.

Staff at the Universities of Sussex and Winchester are being balloted for strike action over pay from 4 April

Industrial action will take place during ‘clearing week’, which will disrupt the process of filling courses with vacant spots, the union says.

Staff at the universities will take their second round of strike action on dates between 24 and 30 November

Date

19 July 2022 10:30am–3:30pm

Location

Unison Centre, Euston (Room T6.2)

The Regional Higher Education Committee represents members across the regional service group and helps to develop campaigns and inform UNISON policy on behalf of Higher Education workers.

UNISON members at University of Brighton weren’t going to let the weather stop them from making their voices heard over pay. After balloting for industrial action in January, the branch joined UCU members on picket lines for 2 days of action on 1 and 2 March.

UNISON and UCU members brave the cold to strike over pay freeze

If you work in higher education, it’s likely that UNISON has asked you to vote in an industrial action ballot. This is because for the 2020/21 pay offer, the employers rewarded your hard work during the pandemic with a pay freeze. You can find out more about the ballot on our website, but we asked […]

Thousands will suffer in retirement due to government’s public sector exit-payment cap, says UNISON

Thousands of staff benefit – now UNISON urges colleges to follow suit Almost 2,000 employees at the University of Oxford will get a pay rise as the university becomes the largest employer in the city to sign up to the Oxford Living Wage (OLW). Staff will see their wages go up to at least £10.21 […]

UNISON recommends that Higher Education members reject employers’ pay offer

At University of Southampton, campus trade unions rallied with sympathetic students to protest attacks on staff pension schemes. Although only members of USS scheme are currently on strike as part of UCU’s national industrial action, at this university all staff pensions are under threat and in various stages of consultation. This is why members of […]