Geldof tells higher education workers “a fair day’s work deserves a fair day’s pay”

Bob Geldof has lent his support to UNISON’s Higher Education members

UNISON NI and trust get members fighting fit

UNISON’s Omagh and Fermanagh branch joins forces with Western Health Trust to help members get fit

Strike over ‘phantom pay rise’ leaves universities and colleges resembling ghost towns

Many universities and colleges across the country resemble ghost towns with UNISON members in Higher Education staging a one day walkout in a protest over a phantom pay rise.

A whistle stop tour of the picket lines

Dave Prentis set off on a whistle stop tour of pickets lines in central London on the morning of the higher education pay strike

International messages of support sent to higher ed workers

Unions from Canada, Germany, Greece and Korea support higher ed workers striking today

Solidarity across the UK as strikers come out in force

Strike day begins at midnight with Glasgow walkout and continues to build through morning

‘A decent pay award should be the right of every worker’

UNISON presidential team sends message of support to higher education workers striking today over 1% pay offer

Universities on strike in London

Higher education members strike over 1% pay offer

New Fair Deal guidance published

New guidance applies where a public service is outsourced to a private or independent provider

Vice chancellors are on £242,000 while the lowest paid don’t even get living wage

Higher education members strike on 31 October against the 1% they have been offered

Historic UK wide strike to hit universities

The UK wide strike is to go ahead after university employers ignored calls to make a last minute improved offer to defuse tensions and avoid disruption to students

Dave Prentis sends message of support to striking higher education workers

UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis today sent a message of support to higher education workers striking tomorrow over a 1% pay offer

Welfare reform and pay freezes see low paid workers worse off than in 2010

The National Policy Institute report reveals that this devastating combination means that, even an immediate pay rise to the level of a Living Wage in 2013 would not, in itself, lift recipients out of low pay.

UNISON calls on Welsh health minister to tackle surgery confusion

UNISON is calling on the Welsh health minister to intervene to stop the chaos and confusion being caused over whether or not orthopaedic elective surgery in the Hywel Dda health board is to be cancelled or continued

Swansea support

Students back call for fair pay for higher education workers