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…
Fossil Free Careers Campaign
University of Brighton Unison is backing the Fossil Free Careers campaign after a motion was passed at the Annual General Meetings in March 2023. The campaign calls on the University of Brighton Careers and Employability team to stop actively promoting careers in the oil, gas, and mining industries. This means no longer inviting these companies to attend careers fairs, to…
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…
Annual General Meetings 6, 7, 8 & 10 March
Please don’t forget our AGMs are taking place this week. All the information you need on our dedicated AGM page.
Monday 20th and Tuesday 21st February strikes are called off
We’ll have more details later in the week, but after talks at ACAS, all five unions have agreed to suspend planned industrial action. Please see our email.
Thursday 16th February – Come and join us on a march for better pay
Thursday 16th is the first of four days of strike action – our long weekend. We’ll be picketing each site from 8am and on Thursday, we’re meeting from 11.30am at Brighton train station to march down to Victoria Gardens at 12 noon, for a rally with UCU and other trade unionists from Brighton. Please try to join us if you…
UNISON Strike Action – Thursday 16th, Friday 17th, Monday 20th and Tuesday 21st
Our “long weekend” of strike action starts on Thursday with four days. We’re serious about a resolution to the imposition of a massive real-terms pay cut from August last year and we can’t continue to accept the reduction to our wages this implies. We know the University of Brighton is in a poor financial situation, but this is national campaign…
Reports from UNISON’s Higher Education Conference
Leonie Moore and Lee Christien were recently delegates to our annual Higher Education conference. Here are their reports: UNISON 2023 Higher Education Service Group Conference Reports
Black Members’ Conference, January 2023
Bill Acharjee, our joint Black Members’ Officer, attended UNISON’s national conference for Black Members. Here’s his report. ACHARJEE, B – National Black Members Conference 2023 (Report) If you’d like to know more or get involved in our branch’s or our region’s Black members’ group, please just let us know.