This is the final offer in detail that we’re consulting members on. If you’ve not already done so, please make sure you have your say. Respond to the email, or use the links here: Higher Education Pay 2024-25 | UNISON National
Category: Pay
2024-25 Pay Consultation
All members working directly for the University are now able to contribute to our pay consultation. You should have received an email on or around 7 August – just follow the link to have your say, or let us know if you can’t find the email. Further details about the pay offer and what it involves are here: Higher Education…
Results of the 2023-24 Pay Re-ballot
We’re pleased to announce that we’ve once again beaten the 50%+ turnout threshold in our pay re-ballot. 75% of members who voted were in favour of strike action, on a 53% turnout. Thanks to everyone who made the effort, especially if you had to call to get hold of a replacement ballot paper. We’ll now use our mandate to continue…
Pay Re-Ballot is now live – please make sure you vote!
As you’ll know, we took strike action on 2nd and 3rd October to pressurise the University and UCEA, the employers’ organisation to which the University is affiliated, to re-open negotiations over the 2023-24 pay round. Thanks to our pressure, we were given between 5% and 7% in August, depending on spinal point, but with inflation very high at the time…
FAQs for Strike Action – 2nd and 3rd October
We’ve updated some of our FAQs. Please have a look, especially if you’ve not been on strike before. October 2023 Pay Strikes FAQs
Our proposed strike dates: Monday 2nd and Tuesday 3rd October
After our ballot, where 75% of members voting were in favour of taking action, UNISON has decided to call an England-wide strike across all university branches with a mandate. This is due to the inadequacy of the 2023-24 pay increase (5% to 8%, depending on grade, which is still well below inflation and therefore a real-terms pay cut). Of course,…
2023-24 Pay Ballot Result
We’re pleased to announce the results of our strike ballot over the 2023-24 pay increase: 74.5% of members voting, voted in favour of strike action, on a turnout of 56.3% A massive thanks to everyone who voted and everyone who encouraged others to vote. As we know, the rules are set to make it extremely difficult for union branches to…
Please remember to vote in our pay ballot!
If you work directly for the University, you should have received a green envelope at your home address with a ballot paper in it. It’s really important that we maximise the number of members voting, which is why we’ve spent weeks contacting members asking them to vote. Please don’t be one of those members who doesn’t manage to have your…
Support Fair Pay for Students’ Union Staff!
BSU staff have experienced nearly a decade of below-inflation pay awards, and we believe it is time to take action. The University of Brighton UNISON branch has submitted a pay claim on behalf of staff working for Brighton Students’ Union (BSU) in the 2023/24 academic year. The pay claim has been put forward due to several factors that affect BSU…
Imposed Pay Scales March 2023 & August 2023
Here’s my attempt to show the effect of the February/March 2023 pay uplift and what has been imposed for August 2023. UNISON has not accepted this, and we’ll ballot later in the year over strike action, but this should explain what’s been offered by UCEA. Figures are not official and could be subject to errors (entirely my own) and rounding…