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UNISON members at University of Brighton weren’t going to let the weather stop them from making their voices heard over pay. After balloting for industrial action in January, the branch joined UCU members on picket lines for 2 days of action on 1 and 2 March

Staff at at the university have voted to strike after a pay offer of just 1.5%

We know that this will have a disproportionate impact on lower income and Black young people as well as, potentially, mature students.” A second consultation will consider plans […]

Union warns that increasing the length of time graduates will have to pay back loans will disproportionately affect lower earners and those from disadvantaged backgrounds

Among them, Black Lives Matter – a higher education trade union programme of action, noted how the movement that grew out of international outrage […]

‘Defending pensions is about ensuring that we, and future generations, don’t retire into poverty’

Negotiate for a national agreement to bring outsourced workers in higher education back into direct university employment; in the event that the joint pay […]

HE national conference hears that members’ COVID sacrifices were ‘in stark contrast’ to the behaviour of government

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

Victory for UNISON over University Of Winchester pensions