http://www.aub-unison.org.uk/ Latest news and press releases from Aberdeen Universities UNISON Branch. en-GB Aberdeen Universities UNISON Branch Webmaster (http://www.aub-unison.org.uk/) Copyright (c)2010 Aberdeen Universities UNISON Branch. 2010-06-18 daily 1 2003-12-01T21:00+00:00 http://www.aub-unison.org.uk/images/unisonHElogo.png http://www.aub-unison.org.uk/ http://www.aub-unison.org.uk/index.cfm?section=2#piid252 There will be a National Day of Action to highlight the plight of staff and students threatened by more cuts in public spending The branch at both universities in conjunction with the other campus ... 2010-06-18 http://www.aub-unison.org.uk/index.cfm?section=2#piid251 The latest national pay negotiations held by the Joint National Committee for Higher Education Staff (JNCHES) at which the employers, the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA): Sta... 2010-06-14 http://www.aub-unison.org.uk/index.cfm?section=2#piid250 At the New JNCHES meeting on 29 March, UCEA made an offer to explore how a non-consolidated cash sum equivalent to 0.25% of pay bill could be applied. The employers made no serious attempt to addre... 2010-04-05 http://www.aub-unison.org.uk/index.cfm?section=2#piid249 Our competition this year asked members to solve the anagram "WNONSAM" - and select the matching answer from the grid. The answer was of course "F: Snowman" and everyone picked the right answer with ... 2009-12-19 http://www.aub-unison.org.uk/index.cfm?section=2#piid248 Members of UNISON, working in higher education (HE), have voted to accept this year's national pay offer of 0.5%. The offer also included a commitment to set up national working groups to improve equa... 2009-10-06 http://www.aub-unison.org.uk/index.cfm?section=2#piid247 UNISON nationally have now received a 'full and final' written pay offer from the national employers' organisation the Universities & Colleges Employers Association (UCEA). This consists of a 0.5% ... 2009-08-17 http://www.aub-unison.org.uk/index.cfm?section=2#piid246 The five higher education trade unions* today expressed their dismay at the appalling final pay offer of 0.5% for 2009/10, made by the University and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA). They also r... 2009-07-16 http://www.aub-unison.org.uk/index.cfm?section=2#piid245 During long and fractious negotiations held on 19th May the national HE employers made a minimal increase in their pay offer for 2009/10 from 0.3% to 0.4%. In response to a number of points raised in... 2009-05-21 http://www.aub-unison.org.uk/index.cfm?section=2#piid242 General secretary Dave Prentis is calling on UNISON members to help save the minimum wage from the Tory axe. He issued the call three days before senior Conservative Christopher Chope's Employment ... 2009-05-12 http://www.aub-unison.org.uk/index.cfm?section=2#piid241 2p or not 2p? That's the question for low paid staff in HE. The employers have offered a miserly 0.3% pay increase for next year - that's around 2p an hour for those at the bottom of the national sc... 2009-05-11 http://www.aub-unison.org.uk/index.cfm?section=2#piid240 The Higher Education unions EIS, GMB, UCU UNISON and Unite today unanimously rejected a derisory pay offer from the national HE employers of 0.3%. Following the employers' earlier ultimatum of 'jobs o... 2009-04-27 http://www.aub-unison.org.uk/index.cfm?section=2#piid239 The HE Unions EIS, GMB, UCU, UNISON and Unite expressed their amazement that the national HE employers: The Universities, Colleges Employers Association (UCEA) failed to make an offer at pay talks yes... 2009-03-31 http://www.aub-unison.org.uk/index.cfm?section=2#piid237 Our competition this year asked the question: "In the poem 'Twas the night before Christmas', originally published in 1823, there were only eight reindeer mentioned. Who is the odd one out?" Of the... 2008-12-15 http://www.aub-unison.org.uk/index.cfm?section=2#piid233 5%. That's the increase you should get in your pay for the rest of the year, if you are covered by the national agreement - which nearly every Higher Education Institution (HEI) abides by. This is... 2008-10-14 http://www.aub-unison.org.uk/index.cfm?section=2#piid232 Some members may have noticed a change to their tax code and taxation amount in their payslips this month, this is because of the adjustment to the Personal Allowance in response to the Chancellor's s... 2008-09-29