Five reasons to reject the 0% “offer” Pay restraint hasn’t applied equally to all. The gap between high and low pay is rising. The number of staff earning more than £100,000 has increased with some college principals earning footballer wages while the pay bill is shrinking. Work on the Living Wage has been sabotaged by employers […]
“Sixth form colleges need the same funding protection as schools,” says UNISON in the wake of a report from the Sixth Form College Association highlighting the scale of funding cuts
Reacting to the damning CQC report on Care UK at Mills Meadow UNISON has called on the company to pay its staff in Suffolk a decent wage to improve staff recruitment and retention. UNISON Area Organiser Jennie Anderson said “We continually raise concerns about staffing levels with Care UK. It was inevitable that this would […]
Responding to the Chancellor’s Budget Statement today (Wednesday) UNISON Eastern Regional Secretary Glynn Hawker said: “Capping wages at a miserly one per cent for four more years for public sector workers will hasten the reluctant exit of many dedicated staff from our hospitals, schools and local councils. “The economy is growing yet public servants remain […]
The consultation with members working in higher education on the employers’ pay offer for this year closes this Friday, on 26 June.
‘We did not start this attack on school support staff, but we need to defend them by organising’
More than 400 people will receive a pay rise, the majority part-time female staff
All workers at the University of Bath – both staff and workers on outsourced contracts – receive the living wage from 1 April after two-year campaign by unions and students
It comes at a time when there has never been more agreement across the sector regarding the challenges facing […]
Joint higher education unions’ pay claim for 2015-16 covers pay and pay-related equality matters
UNISON vows to keep the pressure on Nottingham Trent University after it refuses to pay its lowest-paid staff the living wage, while paying the vice chancellor more than £600,000 a year
Further education workers in Wales have voted to accept a 1% pay offer made by the employers following the threat of industrial action
Further education workers in Wales have voted to accept a 1% pay offer made by the employers following the threat of industrial action
Trade union members working in further education in Wales will be consulted over a 1% revised pay offer which is expected to be formally announced 12 January
Further education trade unions met today to discuss their next stage in their campaign to secure better pay for the further education workforce. Ballot results published yesterday show that union members working in further education are prepared to take industrial action in the dispute over pay. However, the college employer’s organisation, Colegau Cymru, has indicated […]
