A pay offer to higher education staff falls far short of the annual rise they deserve as university bosses have seen their salaries soar, says UNISON. The union’s higher education executive has now agreed unanimously to recommend the “inadequate” 2019/20 pay offer from UCEA higher education national employers should be rejected. UNISON will now undertake […]
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UNISON’s service group executive will meet on 7 May to decide response and consultation procedures
Offer still falls ‘far short’ of joint union pay claim, says head of education Jon Richards
University vice chancellors’ pay has hit the headlines after the report on the subject from the new Office for Students – so we decided to take a deeper look at the figures behind the headlines.
The OfS report demonstrates the inequality and injustice at the heart of higher education pay
Members vote for action – but turnout fails to meet Trade Union Act threshold
Ballot papers must be received before 25 October 2018
National pay offer rejected by two thirds of members in recent consultation
2%/£425 offer ‘falls short’ of joint unions’ pay claim
Service group executive meets on 23 May to consider offer of 2% or £425 a year
UNISON welcomes ‘urgently needed first step’ but says more must be done to tackle pay inequality
Meeting follows offer of 1.7%, or £325 a year, made in talks on 13 April
The union kicked off 2018 with a month of individual successes, stirring calls to action and an ingenious new campaign. And that was just in January. Here are our ‘high 5’ highlights
But employers still haven’t gone ‘far enough’ says UNISON
UNISON’s higher education service group met yesterday to discuss the higher education employers’ full and final offer on pay for 2017-18.