Members vote for action – but turnout fails to meet Trade Union Act threshold
higher education pay
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.
Latest offer ‘does not meet members’ expectations’ and needs to be improved, joint unions tell UCEA at most recent talks
Unions challenge universities to improve pay that has ‘significantly fallen behind inflation’
‘UNISON is committed to national pay bargaining and will continue to campaign to improve members’ pay, terms and conditions’ says SGE
UNISON believes that no employee in higher education should be paid less than the Living Wage
Summer ballot will see members asked to vote for strike to improve university employers’ 1.1% offer