If you’re going to have to take strike action to stop your pay sliding down and down, then you might as well make sure you win the strike. UCU’s national ballot result over pay and working conditions is a victory for all UNISON members, because it was necessary for UCU members to be able to take national strike action. They…
October strikes “out of office” message
If you’re on strike this week, why not leave an out of office message that’s something like this? “Thank you for your email. Unfortunately, I won’t be at work on Thursday, Friday and Monday because I’m a member of UNISON, taking strike action as part of a campaign for university workers to be paid properly. Our pay has fallen dramatically,…
13th, 14th and 17th October
We’re giving the University notice of strike action over pay on Thursday 13th, Friday 14th and Monday 17th October. This is because we can’t accept the imposed increase in August, which is so far below the cost of living that it represents a real terms pay cut of between 9% and 4%. We’ll be organising picket lines and calling on…
Calling all Black members – newsletter and training event
The Summer edition of the regional Black members’ newsletter can be found here: SERBMSummerNewsletter2022 Black members have also organised a training weekend, details here: Black-Members-Training-weekend-flyer-and-Application-form (8) Please get in touch if you’d be interested in attending.
Please complete our Stress Survey
This week, we launched our first ever stress survey, which is our attempt to collate information about how members of staff are feeling. As far as we’re concerned, the University is doing what it should be doing, that is monitoring and addressing the issue of work-related stress adequately, so our survey is an attempt to provoke more attention to the…
2022-23 Pay Ballot Result – 82% vote to strike on a 61% turnout
A massive thank you to everyone who voted in our pay ballot. We achieved our highest ever turnout in a postal ballot with four out of five members who voted, voting in favour of taking strike action. This is a result of the 3% (plus more for grades 1 to 4) pay rise imposed this month, which, due to inflation…
12.3% inflation means this dispute over pay is off the scale
With inflation now in double figures (12.3% RPI and 10.1% CPI), it’s clear that this is a major crisis for this government and the economic system that they’re trying to control. For universities, it’s also a major crisis, as if the effects of a decade of marketisation and tuition fee led competition had not already created major winners and losers.…
Pay Ballot Rally – Watch it here now
If you missed our pay ballot rally last week, you can watch it here, featuring our very own Lizzie. Higher Education Pay – strike ballot online rally – YouTube We’re now mid-way through our ballot. All members working directly for the University should have received a ballot paper at home, so please make sure you return it and let us…
Pay Ballot Strike Rally – Thursday 28th July at 1pm
Pay strike ballot rally – online launch We are pleased to announce Christina McAnea, UNISON General Secretary and Jon Richards, UNISON Assistant General Secretary, as speakers at our online rally as part of the strike ballot launch for Higher Education pay. There’s also our very own Lizzie speaking, so please try to attend if you can. Date: Thursday 28 July 2022 Time: 13:00-14:00 Register…