Category: Campaigns
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Branch Members REJECT HE Pay Offer
The local branch consultation on the national Higher Education pay offer has now closed with members rejecting the employers offer by over a two thirds majority (69% reject, 31% accept). UNISON’s higher education service group executive said it “was clear that the offer falls well short of its aims. Recent years have seen a series…
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UNISON Scotland General Election Manifesto
The vast majority of UNISON Scotland’s members work in areas which are devolved to the Scottish Parliament, but even so the general election will still have a huge bearing on our working lives. With reserved issues including overall public spending levels, most economic policy, welfare spending and employment rights it could hardly be otherwise. The…
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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…
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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…