UNISON members in higher education are to be balloted on whether they wish to take strike action over their employers’ pay offer, which would see most staff receive a 1.1% increase. UNISON’s Higher Education Service Group Executive will be calling on members to reject the 1.1% pay offer and take strike action to put pressure […]
Author: Sarah Pickett
UNISON has made a formal complaint to the Metropolitan Police about racist posters that have been displayed on UKIP ad-vans in the capital yesterday. http://www.union-news.co.uk/unison-makes-formal-complaint-about-extreme-and-vile-ukip-poster/
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HE PAY NEWS
UNISON’s national Higher Education Service Group Executive (HESGE) met on the 10th May 2016 to consider the full and final offer made by UCEA, the national higher education employers’ organisation. After a long debate the HESGE voted unanimously to reject the employers’ offer. The committee was clear that the offer of 1.1% for most staff, […]
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At it’s last all members meeting the following motion put forward by Preston Park ward was passed. “This Labour Party branch notes the University of Brighton Senior Management Team and Board of Governors’ decision to wind down the Hastings campus over the next two years leading to closure in 2018 putting jobs at risk and […]
A demo is being planned for Saturday 14th May in Hastings to publicise the threat of closure of the Hastings Campus. This is a new event – further details to follow….
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HASTINGS PUBLIC MEETING MAY 4TH
PUBLIC MEETING to discuss the threat of closure of Hastings campus. Weds 4th May, 7.30pm, Azur , Marina Pavilion Saint Leonards-on-sea TN38 0BU Speakers to be announced.
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NEWS from Sussex Defend the NHS
Please find attached a flyer concerning an appalling new govt initiative which will destroy the NHS in the next few months. Sounds like a conspiracy theory? Tragically it is all too real. We have seen today a letter from our region’s supremo to the CCG and HWB If you haven’t heard of it it is […]
Dear colleagues The first Joint Negotiating Committee (JNC) between University management and trade unions since the Hastings decision was announced took place yesterday. We thought that all members of University staff would appreciate a report. In advance of the meeting, the trade union side (UCU and Unison) had requested all the relevant information and data […]