First UK-wide joint strike between higher education unions set for 31 October. Universities across the UK will be brought to a standstill by strike action later this month unless a row over pay can be resolved in the next two weeks.
But the university wants to reduce their rates of pay for working weekends, nights and open days. It is estimated that, as a result, kitchen porters will lose £1,800 every […]
Derbyshire UNISON schools members gathered at Alfreton leisure centre to show collective stregth to protect their pay.
UNISON and the Catholic dioceses of Westminster and Southwark work together to help schools implement the living wage
Lowest paid staff singled out for continued attack, says UNISON
The national minimum wage rates have gone up from today
Bath University has told its low paid staff that it will not negotiate with the campus trade unions to implement a living wage, despite inflation busting payrise for vice chancellor
Income Data Services research reveals that private sector companies use length of service pay progression as well as public sector
The vote opens on 18 September, with ballot papers being sent to members' homes. The higher education service group executive is urging a vote for strike action, demanding an improved offer from the […]
UNISON ran the poll over the summer, asking people What Keeps You Awake at Night and the results show how […]
UNISON reluctantly accepts 0.7% – and living wage – in English further education colleges after consulting branches
Citing the government's 2013/14 funding letter to the English Higher Education Funding Council, the chair of the union's higher education service group told delegates that the […]
General secretary says unions must fight to end low pay and job casualisation
Carolan tells delegates to make sure they take the message out beyond the conference hall to voters
UNISON is to put in claims for the living wage for all members working in academy schools where the union is recognised
