Category: Pay

  • Higher Education Ballot Result

    UNISON members working in higher education in England, Scotland and Wales have voted for industrial action to press their wage claim – but the turnout wasn’t enough to meet the threshold for strikes set out in the 2017 Trade Union Act. That act does not apply in Northern Ireland, and the union is still awaiting…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Vote NOW for Better Pay!

        Why you should vote YES for strike action… The offer is a real terms pay cut   – The pay offer just 1.8% (with lowest paid staff between 1.8 and 3.65%)   – Find out how much you have lost using our PAY CALCULATOR Our pay claim was much higher than the offer…

  • UNISON Consults on Final Pay Offer

    We have now received a "full and final" written pay offer from the national employers’ organisation the Universities & Colleges Employers Association (UCEA). The offer for 2016-17 follows pay talks between the employers and joint higher ed unions, and consists of: a 1.1% increase from 1 August for all staff covered by the higher education…

  • Branch Pay Offer Consultation 2017/18

    We have now received a "full and final" written pay offer from the national employers’ organisation the Universities & Colleges Employers Association (UCEA). The offer for 2017-18 follows pay talks between the employers and joint Higher Education unions, and consists of: a 1.7% increase from 1 August for all staff covered by the higher education…

  • We’re Worth More! Vote YES for Strike Action

    The University and Colleges Employers Association have made their final pay offer: a below-inflation pay rise of 3% for most Higher Education staff and between 9% and 3% for those on pay points 3 to 19. They didn’t offer any more during the dispute process and will now impose this pay increase on 1 August 2022.…

  • RGU Members Vote for Strike Action Over Pay

    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…

  • RGU STRIKE Update – September 2022

    We had a great turnout on the picket lines for our first two days of strike action.  Rather than a long email, I though this time I'd do a short video update for you all – click here to watch it: Follow us on FACEBOOK – we'll continue to send updates from the picket lines…