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The strike started as employers are urged to “show some commitment to their loyal, low paid staff”

University staff provide vital services, but they’ve seen the value of their pay plummet

Dates announced as ballots at 10 institutions pass the legal threshold for turnout

After a clear majority of HE members reject the final pay offer, UNISON wants to bring employers back to the negotiating table

The pay offer keeps up with inflation, but does not catch up with pay lost to HE staff over the past ten years

Joint statement also calls for all employers in the sector to give paid time off if vaccinations cannot be made in working hours

UNISON is concerned that many members won’t be able to afford to save for their retirement under proposed changes

Staff running these exams, many of them already at heightened risk, will be exposed to unnecessary additional danger

‘It just feels like a ticking time bomb until there’s a big outbreak here. Since the students came back, it feels like I’m on the frontline’

Support workers at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) have voted overwhelmingly to take action to save jobs