National Result: nearly two thirds of members who voted, voted in favour of strike action, but the turnout fell short of the 50% required for legal industrial action to take place. First of all, thanks to all our members who voted, particularly those who made the effort to call and get a new ballot paper. We really appreciate the level…
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2019-20 Pay Ballot – Last chance to vote!
Since ballot papers were first posted out to home addresses on 9th September, we’ve been campaigning to make sure that all our members use their vote. We’ve send out emails, handed out newsletters and leaflets and spoken to hundreds of people because it’s important that we maximise the turnout. Without at least 50% of our members voting, on a national…
2019-20 Pay Ballot starts 9th September
If you work directly for the University, you should receive a ballot paper to your home address within days of the 9th September. Your employer’s pay offer isn’t good enough. Living costs have soared and yet most staff have been offered another pitiful pay increase of just 1.8%. So we’re asking UNISON members like you to join with colleagues and vote YES…
Pay Consultation Result
Once again, thanks to all our members who voted in the pay consultation. We asked you to either accept the “final” pay offer of 1.8% with slightly more for lower grades, or reject it, with the recommendation that you reject the offer. 82% of our branch members who voted, voted to reject the offer. 18% voted to accept. The turnout…
Thanks to all of you who voted in the pay consultation
We should have the results, both from this University and nationally by the end of this week and we’ll let you know what happens next as soon as we know.
2019-20 Pay Consultation – Make sure you vote!
If you work directly for the University and we have your email address on our system, you should have received an email from “Jon at UNISON”. This gives you a personal link to be able to vote to accept or reject the offer, which is 1.8% or slightly more for grades 1 to 3. Please make sure you follow the…
2018-19 Pay Campaign Strike Ballot Result
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. We are very pleased that…
2018-19 Postal Pay Ballot – two weeks left to vote!
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 another one. Every vote will…
Vote YES for Strike Action!
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 UNISON are incorrect, or you’ve…
Response to the University’s decision to pay the 2%
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 that this is the “final…