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More than 300 staff will gain as area’s second-largest employer makes the move

UNISON prepares to defend members as staff are asked to pay the price for funding crises at two universities

Although no offer has been tabled, UNISON described the discussions as “constructive” and all parties have said they intend to make progress across all elements of the claim at the next meeting.

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 Rowe-Merriman said: “Cambridge University’s commitment to give its lowest paid staff a fair wage is a move that urgently needs to be replicated in other universities across the UK. There is no place for low pay in higher education.

UNISON’s university members debate the effects of Brexit

Low-paid staff could lose as much as £1,000 a year in retirement

UNISON has written to universities minister Jo Johnson to call for more transparency in decision-making over pay in the higher education sector.

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

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

Service group executive recommends industrial action after employer fails to improve on 1.1% for most staff

A Conservative Party at war with itself, already out of ideas little over a year on from election day and a Prime Minister so afraid of his own shadow that he’s abandoned any semblance of a serious legislative agenda.

‘Casualisation is short sighted, bad for staff and bad for students’ says UNISON, as it reveals growing scale of the problem

Employers’ initial offer to higher education unions does not include the living wage

Open University staff could be balloted over plans to close seven regional offices and lose 500 jobs

Branch delegates gather to discuss strategic concerns of higher education workers, including the government Trade Union Bill