Category: Ballot

  • Have you VOTED yet!? Vote YES for Better Pay!

    Pay talks with the University and Colleges Employers’ Association (UCEA) ended in impasse, rather than agreement. UCEA made their latest final pay offer for 2023-24 during the ACAS facilitated dispute resolution talks in February: another below-inflation pay rise. With RPI inflation at 13.8% in February 2023 and even CPI at 10.4%, like many other workers across…

  • We’re Worth More! Vote YES for Strike Action

    The University and Colleges Employers Association have made their final pay offer: a below-inflation pay rise of 3% for most Higher Education staff and between 9% and 3% for those on pay points 3 to 19. They didn’t offer any more during the dispute process and will now impose this pay increase on 1 August 2022.…

  • State Funeral – Strike Dates Change

    Following the events of the last week, and the subsequent national mourning period and planned state funeral for HM Queen Elizabeth II, the strike action due to take place at RGU on Monday 19th September has now been cancelled. The state funeral marks the end of the national mourning period and employers will be working…

  • Vote NOW for Better Pay!

        Why you should vote YES for strike action… The offer is a real terms pay cut   – The pay offer just 1.8% (with lowest paid staff between 1.8 and 3.65%)   – Find out how much you have lost using our PAY CALCULATOR Our pay claim was much higher than the offer…

  • RGU Members Vote for Strike Action Over Pay

    Higher Education pay campaign and strike ballot 2022 – Results Members at both the University of Aberdeen and Robert Gordon University have overwhelmingly rejected the employer's pay offer this year. 79.2% of Robert Gordon University members who voted, voted to reject the pay offer, and more than half of UNISON members voted, meaning the vote…

  • Not Good Enough! Vote YES for Strike Action!

    What did you think of the latest higher education pay offer for 2021/2? Not good enough. That’s what we think. A measly 1.5% pay rise – for the majority of staff – is all they think you’re worth. With inflation running at over 3%, this is a real terms pay cut. Plus the value of…

  • Vote YES to strike for the pay we deserve!

    This week, you should receive a ballot for industrial action on the ‘zero offer’ for the pay year 2021. I am sure you will also receive numerous communications from the employer that seek to undermine UNISON’s campaign for fair pay for university staff. UNISON senior representatives are adamant that the 0% for 2020/21 deserves to…