Category: Campaigns
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RGU Members Vote of No Confidence in University Executive
The RGU section of UNISON Aberdeen Universities branch has approved and submitted a formal statement of no confidence in the University Executive team, which has been delivered to the Principal, Prof. Steve Olivier. In a consultative ballot of members 93% of respondents voted in favour of submitting the statement. This decision reflects significant concerns among…
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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…
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RGU STRIKE Update – December 2022
In the run-up to the Christmas break, here's another strike update video for you. Follow us on FACEBOOK – we'll continue to send updates from the picket lines and on the overall dispute. You can also see some of the photo's and videos from the picket lines this week as well. Click here and like…
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UNISON seeks improved pay offer over 0.9%
UNISON will seek an improved pay offer when unions and higher education employers meet at their next scheduled negotiating session on 12 May. This follows an offer from the University and Colleges Employers Association for a 0.9% pay rise for pay spine point 9 and above, with higher increases on points 1-8, (see below). This…
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Vote “YES” for Strike Action
UPDATE: (Sept 2016) The result of the ballot was to only narrowly in favour of strike action. The HE Executive therefore took the decision not to proceed with Industrial Action in this instance. UNISON is balloting members in higher education, urging them to vote ‘Yes’ for strike action for better pay. The decision of the…
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Vote YES for Strike Action over HE Pay
<!–<!– <!– Why you should vote YES for strike action… The offer is a real terms pay cut – The current rate of Inflation is 3.2%; the pay offer just 2% – Find out how much you have lost using our PAY CALCULATOR We have had years of below inflation pay rises…
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UNISON Consults on Final Pay Offer
We have now received a "full and final" written pay offer from the national employers’ organisation the Universities & Colleges Employers Association (UCEA). The offer for 2016-17 follows pay talks between the employers and joint higher ed unions, and consists of: a 1.1% increase from 1 August for all staff covered by the higher education…
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Revoke Donald Trump’s Honorary Degree
UPDATE: RGU have announced that they are to revoke Trump's Honorary Degree for “statements that are wholly incompatible with the ethos and values of the University”. Well done RGU! UNISON members working at Robert Gordon University have written to the Principal of Robert Gordon University calling on them to remove his honorary degree because he…
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RGU Car Parking Charges – Result!
The Robert Gordon University has recently been consulting UNISON on proposals to dramatically increase car parking charges. We would like to thank all our members who took part in the consultation by providing feedback and attending meetings over the proposals. Taking into account all the information from our members, the branch were of the opinion…
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Protect The Right to Strike
The Conservative Government's Trade Union Bill is a new set of laws that will severely restrict working peoples’ ability to organise for their own rights and campaign for a more progressive society. It will go through Parliament this Autumn and could be law by February 2016 and will apply in England, Scotland and Wales. UNISON…