Category: Pay

The result of the national pay ballot across all universities was as follows: 3,381 voting in favour of taking strike action (54.9%) 2,782 voting in favour of not taking strike action (45.1%) The Higher Education Service Group Executive (HESGE) met in September and voted to not take any action in the form of a strike, […]

Higher education pay ballot 2016 Vote yes to strike action in the higher education pay ballot Reject the 1.1% pay offer   Ballot opens 30 August Ballot closes 19 September UNISON is balloting members who work in universities on whether to take strike action over the employers’ miserly pay offer of 1.1%. UNISON’s higher education […]

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 […]

Ballot papers for UoB-employed members should be with you by 17 June at the very latest along with the newsletters. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU USE YOUR VOTE!

We’ll be arranging a consultative ballot for all UoB-employed members, with ballot forms coming out with our newsletter this month. Please make sure you let us know what you think.

  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, […]