Category: Campaigns
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RGU Members Vote of No Confidence in University Executive
The RGU section of UNISON Aberdeen Universities branch has approved and submitted a formal statement of no confidence in the University Executive team, which has been delivered to the Principal, Prof. Steve Olivier. In a consultative ballot of members 93% of respondents voted in favour of submitting the statement. This decision reflects significant concerns among…
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Have you VOTED yet!? Vote YES for Better Pay!
Pay talks with the University and Colleges Employers’ Association (UCEA) ended in impasse, rather than agreement. UCEA made their latest final pay offer for 2023-24 during the ACAS facilitated dispute resolution talks in February: another below-inflation pay rise. With RPI inflation at 13.8% in February 2023 and even CPI at 10.4%, like many other workers across…
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RGU STRIKE Update – December 2022
In the run-up to the Christmas break, here's another strike update video for you. Follow us on FACEBOOK – we'll continue to send updates from the picket lines and on the overall dispute. You can also see some of the photo's and videos from the picket lines this week as well. Click here and like…
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HE Employers Make Final Pay Offer
UNISON has received a "full and final" pay offer from higher education employers, which the union's higher education service group executive will discuss on Monday 18 May. The offer for 2015-16 follows pay talks between the employers and joint higher ed unions, and consists of: a 1% increase from 1 August for all staff covered…
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HE unions submit 2015-16 pay claim
Higher education unions have submitted a joint pay claim for 2015-16 to the national employers' organisation, the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA). The claim has been submitted by UNISON, UCU, Unite, GMB and EiS and covers two main areas – pay and pay-related equality matters – which the unions want to negotiate concurrently. The…
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Branch Members REJECT HE Pay Offer
The local branch consultation on the national Higher Education pay offer has now closed with members rejecting the employers offer by over a two thirds majority (69% reject, 31% accept). UNISON’s higher education service group executive said it “was clear that the offer falls well short of its aims. Recent years have seen a series…
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UNISON Scotland General Election Manifesto
The vast majority of UNISON Scotland’s members work in areas which are devolved to the Scottish Parliament, but even so the general election will still have a huge bearing on our working lives. With reserved issues including overall public spending levels, most economic policy, welfare spending and employment rights it could hardly be otherwise. The…
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UNISON seeks improved pay offer over 0.9%
UNISON will seek an improved pay offer when unions and higher education employers meet at their next scheduled negotiating session on 12 May. This follows an offer from the University and Colleges Employers Association for a 0.9% pay rise for pay spine point 9 and above, with higher increases on points 1-8, (see below). This…
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Vote “YES” for Strike Action
UPDATE: (Sept 2016) The result of the ballot was to only narrowly in favour of strike action. The HE Executive therefore took the decision not to proceed with Industrial Action in this instance. UNISON is balloting members in higher education, urging them to vote ‘Yes’ for strike action for better pay. The decision of the…
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Vote YES for Strike Action over HE Pay
<!–<!– <!– Why you should vote YES for strike action… The offer is a real terms pay cut – The current rate of Inflation is 3.2%; the pay offer just 2% – Find out how much you have lost using our PAY CALCULATOR We have had years of below inflation pay rises…