Higher Education pay campaign and strike ballot 2022 – Results
Members at both the University of Aberdeen and Robert Gordon University have overwhelmingly rejected the employer's pay offer this year.
79.2% of Robert Gordon University members who voted, voted to reject the pay offer, and more than half of UNISON members voted, meaning the vote has met the threshhold for industrial action.
71.4% of University of Aberdeen members who voted, voted to reject the pay offer, however we were just two votes short of meeting the threshhold for industrial action. Regrettably therefore even though members rejected the pay offer, industrial action cannot take place at UofA.
The branch committee will meet this week to decide on next steps and to co-ordinate industrial action with other branches in Scotland and elsewhere. We will provide more information on what happens next as soon as possible.
We would like to thank everyone who voted to reject this derisory pay offer, which does nothing to address the severe cost of living crisis we are now going through, and comes on the back of years of below inflation pay increases, including a 0% increase in 2020, and just 2% in 2021.
We trust that all members will now back this democratic decision and send a clear message to HE employers that this pay award is not acceptable, and that they must come back to the negotiating table with a significantly better offer.
On behalf of the
UNISON AUB Branch Committte