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Academy school support staff to vote on strike

UNISON members in academy schools are voting on strike action after a derisory 1% pay offer meant that they were being expected to take another pay cut this year

Article on the UNISON National site.

Universities caught paying below living wage to fund raisers

Some of Britain’s biggest universities are paying less than the living wage to staff on their fund-raising teams as they bid to boost funds

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON to organise ballot in academy schools

UNISON will be issuing more and more detailed information and advice for banches shortly. UNISON in education Key issue: pay in education Key issue […]

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Further education final offer and consultation

The uplift equates to £288.42 per annum. For those working in roles above SCP5, a 1% consolidated increase is to be applied. It is also […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

EPSU leader spells out the Europe we want

EPSU general secretary Jan Willem Goudriaan’s message to UNISON’s local government conference was that we could change Europe for the betterment of the majority of its people

Article on the UNISON National site.

Britain needs a pay rise national demonstration – 18 October

There will also be a short march for those who do not wish to do the full route. There will be an assembly area on the Embankment and a […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

NEC lays ground for action on pay

Pre-conference executive meeting hears updates on pay disputes across public services

Article on the UNISON National site.

Higher education members vote to accept pay offer

UNISON’s higher education members have voted overwhelmingly to accept a pay offer that will see thousands of low-paid university staff receive the living wage of £7.65p per hour and end a long-running pay dispute in the sector

Article on the UNISON National site.

Are low pay and high prices hitting you?

As part of the local government NJC 2014 pay campaign in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, UNISON is running a survey to check the impact of falling pay and rising prices

Article on the UNISON National site.

Local government strike ballot will start on 23 May

The UNISON local government industrial action ballot in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will start on 23 May

Article on the UNISON National site.

City University London takes leap forward on living wage

City University London has announced that any future contract renewals or outsourcing of workers to private companies will have minimum pay rates that will reflect at least the London living wage

Article on the UNISON National site.

Southampton University announces discretionary living wage

The University of Southampton has become the latest employer since the start of the higher education pay dispute to say that it will raise the salary of its lowest-paid employees

Article on the UNISON National site.

Efficiency myth of privatisation exploded

Privatisation does not produce efficiency, just a downward pressure on pay, writes Sara Gorton of UNISON in a new Left Foot Forward blog as part of Fair Pay Fortnight

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Teesside University becomes a living wage employer

Teesside University has become the latest university to announce that it is to raise the pay of its lowest-paid staff

Article on the UNISON National site.

Birmingham University staff strike over pay

Support grows for striking university staff as information reveals scale of spending on agency staff

Article on the UNISON National site.