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More than 5,000 staff belonging to the union could take part as they escalate their demands for a fair wage rise after many years of below-inflation increases. In England, 16 […]
Support staff at Leeds Trinity University and the University of Leeds are to stage coordinated strike action, along with 18 other universities in England and Scotland, for at least two days in their ongoing dispute about pay, says UNISON today (Thursday). More than 5,000 staff belonging to the union from the 20 universities could take […]
Thursday 17 August saw day 2 of the strike by professional services staff at the University of Sussex. Here’s what happened.
On 16 August 2023, professional services staff from the University of Sussex walked out for 48 hours in a dispute over pay. Here’s a round-up from day 1 on the picket lines.
Industrial action will take place during ‘clearing week’, which will disrupt the process of filling courses with vacant spots, the union says.
The results are in for the higher education strike ballot that ran from 31 May to 31 July – and 4 higher education institutions in the South West have met the threshold for action.
Support staff at the University of Bedfordshire have won an extra five days’ paid holiday, says UNISON today. It follows a long campaign by the union to highlight what is says is the unfair difference in annual leave entitlement between support staff, who work in professional services, and academics. From September, full-time professional services staff […]
HE members have suffered a real-terms pay cut of around 25% over the last 14 years, due to year on year rises that were below inflation
UNISON South East head of higher education Neil Duncan-Jordan said: "Senior leaders in higher education have been enjoying executive-style […]