Search Results for “Pay and conditions” tagged higher education

Ballot papers will be sent to members' home addresses starting on 5 November and the ballot will close on Friday 23 November. Energy Due to resignations, by-elections will be held […]

This is Living Wage Week, and UNISON is campaigning for a living wage for all its members

Members of UNISON and UCU overwhelmingly passed a motion of no confidence in the senior management. The vote comes after […]

The deal means that cleaners, porters and security staff at the university - its lowest-paid workers - will receive an extra 25p an hour […]

The new rate for the LLW is now £8.55 per hour (increased from £8.30 per hour), and will be paid to all in-house and contracted-out staff who are on site at London Met. UNISON fought […]

University agrees to boost lowest paid

More than 120 people braved the weather to attend, and speakers included UNISON North West regional secretary Kevan Nelson, as well as the University and […]

Low-paid staff at the University of the West of Scotland (UWS) are celebrating the decision to start paying the Living Wage of £7.45 per hour. Today's […]

Well it's time to share some of those riches, and it's time they treated their staff fairly. "Paying the living wage to staff in higher education is […]

And while Andy Cunningham from Manchester Metropolitan University agreed that "Facebook isn't a silver […]

It is the right decision for students and staff. "It seems straight common sense that at a time of heavy public spending cuts […]

The University and College Union (UCU) and UNISON led protests against the move and raised fears that the institution […]

UNISON and the other HE unions had previously presented our joint claim for […]

Survey of young people shows that 93% do not think that the government is doing enough to help them to cope with the recession

The two sides are due to meet again on Wednesday 8 May and the unions hope the employers will come back with an improved offer and ways to address other […]