The five higher education unions, EIS, GMB, UCU, UNISON and Unite rejected
without hesitation the worst offer in the public sector. They said that the
national HE employers’ organisation the Universities, Colleges and Employers
Association (UCEA) had managed the remarkable feat of still managing to
make the worst pay offer in the public sector by increasing their offer from
0.3% to 0.4%.
The HE unions expressed their extreme frustration at the unwillingness of the
employers to commit to producing joint national redundancy avoidance
materials.
Noting that there was some limited progress on proposals to set up working
groups to advance equality and pay framework and data review issues, it was
agreed that national officers would meet with UCEA to seek to scope out the
potential for further movement and future meetings.
UNISON Head of Higher Education, Jon Richards, said: