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Affected areas include the NHS, higher education and the Environment Agency

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

Hundreds of staff at the University of Brighton including cleaners, administrators, library, catering and security workers will begin strike action this week in a dispute over pay, says UNISON. The workers, some of the lowest paid in the higher education sector, will walk out tomorrow (13 October), Friday (14) and Monday (17) after rejecting a […]

Low pay has been a massive, and growing, problem in the university sector for a decade and more.

A 3% pay award is nowhere near enough.

Managers must put people before profits and pay staff proper, fair wages

Cleaners, administrators, library, catering and security workers at Bath Spa University, University of Bristol, University of Gloucestershire and the University of the West of England have voted to strike in a dispute over pay.

University workers including administrators, cleaners, security and catering staff are voting on whether to strike over pay, says UNISON today. Staff from the University of Bedfordshire, University of the Arts Norwich and University of East Anglia are balloting after overwhelmingly rejecting a 3% pay offer from the University and Colleges Employers Association in May. Nationally, […]

Staff at the University of Leicester including administrators, cleaners, security and catering staff have until 26 August 2022 to vote on whether to strike over pay. Employees overwhelmingly rejected a 3% pay offer from the University and Colleges Employers Association in May. UNISON says employers refused to increase their offer despite union negotiators making the […]

A university worker in Wales has been forced to give up on her pension as rising bills and the cost-of-living crisis deepens.

Action is over the 2021-22 pay round with member resoundingly rejecting the latest offer

Pay rises in higher education over the last 13 years have all been below inflation, so the purchasing power of members’ […]

The strike started as employers are urged to “show some commitment to their loyal, low paid staff”

The UCEA’s decision not to present a pay offer ‘sends a message that employers don’t understand the urgency of the issue’

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