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Higher education pay offer is ‘best to be achieved through negotiation’

UNISON’s higher education service group met yesterday to discuss the higher education employers’ full and final offer on pay for 2017-18.

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Higher education pay – employers make final offer

Higher education employers have made a full and final offer on pay for 2017-18, following the conclusion of pay negotiations

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Unions call on university employers to improve their pay offer

Latest offer ‘does not meet members’ expectations’ and needs to be improved, joint unions tell UCEA at most recent talks

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‘We will defend our members’ interests’ vows university branch

University of South Wales Group launches formal consultation on budget cuts, including possible job losses

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Higher education unions submit 2017-18 pay claim

Unions challenge universities to improve pay that has ‘significantly fallen behind inflation’

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UNISON’s university workers plan pay campaign

Conference backed a campaign plan for fair pay for higher education workers, with Ms Ward pledging that negotiators “will work with our sister unions on the joint pay claim […]

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Universities urged to support EU staff

Higher education conference calls on employers to give practical support staff to 12,500 support staff dealing with uncertainty following Brexit vote

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‘We have to stand up for each other’ HE conference hears

Assistant general secretary Roger McKenzie opens higher education conference with call to organise and remember union values

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Union urges universities to ‘get houses in order’ on race

Figures show Black workers to be under-represented in higher education workforce

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Academics back strike by King’s College cleaners

Cleaners set to strike as private employer plans to axe hours and jobs

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Mark White OBE – member’s services to education recognised

‘I started my working life on 26 August 1982 and joined our union the same day’

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Higher ed executive decides against industrial action in pay campaign

‘UNISON is committed to national pay bargaining and will continue to campaign to improve members’ pay, terms and conditions’ says SGE

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Higher education – time for the sector to fight back

We may have a different prime minister but staff working in higher education face the same declining pay, the same tough working conditions and the same attacks on the sector that they faced under the previous prime minister

General Secretary's blog, News on the UNISON National site.

Higher education members vote on strike action over pay

Higher education members will be voting over strike action as a result of a 1.1% pay offer for the majority of staff

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How much have higher education workers lost?

UNISON launches ‘salary loss calculator’ for UK university staff ahead of September’s industrial action ballot

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