University of Brighton UNISON BranchHi all, a belated Happy New Year to all our members, and if you’re reading this and you’re not a member then please have a long hard think about joining. Our first newsletter of 2019 has been available for a while, but if you’ve not seen it yet you can find it by following the […]
You can find it in the usual place (top right hand corner, Newsletters, obvs.) Please let us know if you have any comments or questions. I’ve been asked to say hello to Anna and all her friends at school, so if you’re reading this, hello!
Apologies for this month’s newsletter appearing a bit later than usual. You can find it in the usual place – Newsletter shortcut in the top right-hand corner, where you can find back issues as well. Please let us know if you have any comments.
Members may already have seen the result of our national postal ballot over pay. The national website has details here. 61.9% of members who voted, voted to reject the 2.0% pay offer and were prepared to take strike action, but the turnout of 31.0% falls short of what is required to take the campaign further. […]
If you work for the University and haven’t yet voted, you have two weeks to do so. It’s really important that we get a decent turnout, so please make every effort to vote by the 25th October deadline. If you’ve not had a ballot paper, please let us know and call 0800 0857 857 for […]
Available in the usual place. Please make sure you vote in our postal pay ballot, and if you have any questions then feel free to give us a call.
If you work directly for the University, you should have received a ballot paper from the Electoral Reform Service. It’s important that you vote, so please make sure you do, by posting your ballot back to them by the 25th October. If you haven’t got one, it’s either because your home address details held by […]
The law team from the Brighton Business School has again taken part in the Brighton Legal Walk, which raises money for vital local legal advice charities. Access to legal advice has been savaged over recent years, while need just keeps on rising. Beneficiaries of the walk include Brighton Housing Trust, which has helped protect thousands of […]
UNISON is disappointed with the decision to make a payment of 2%, backdated to 1st August. Obviously we always welcome genuine increases to wages (!) but as we’ve pointed out elsewhere on many occasions, 2.0% or even 2.6% for the lowest paid, when inflation is nearer 3.2%, represents a real terms pay cut. The fact […]
You can find this, as well as at least a year’s worth of back issues, in the usual place, by following the Newsletter link. This month’s issue is mainly concerned with the national pay ballot.