National Pay Negotiation for the 2022-2023 pay award has already started. The initial proposal is 3%, which isn’t good enough to cover the costs of living in Cambridge with inflation being over 8% and rising. Also, we workers at Cambridge University lost 20% of our pay in the last 12 years, this means that experienced staff is now working 1 day for free, and the newer workforce can’t afford what their older colleagues could afford 12 years ago. Unite is saying enough is enough! Our Cambridge members deserve better! Prices are going up at unprecedented speed, the wages must start […]

Let’s face it, we are not going to get a decent pay rise this year unless we fight for it! The rise in inflation across all measures continues with 30-year highs on both the RPI (7.8%) & CPI (5.5%) Figures show that real pay is plummeting – a fall of 3.8% on RPI real earnings on the year (the worst decline for 11 years) and 1.8% on CPI (the worst decline for 8 years). Let’s face it, we are not going to get a decent pay rise this year unless we fight for it. We haven’t had a decent rise […]

Some recent pay dispute wins, if we fight we can win! Lancashire bus strikes called off after drivers accept improved pay offer The threat of strike action involving bus drivers employed by Stagecoach in south Lancashire has ended after members of Unite, the UK’s leading union accepted a vastly improved pay offer./news-events/news/2021/october/lancashire-bus-strikes-called-off-after-drivers-accept-improved-pay-offer/ Strike fears on Manchester Metrolink ended as pay offer accepted Strike action planned for the Manchester Metrolink tram system, which would have resulted in severe disruption to travel throughout Greater Manchester, has been called off, as a result of members of Unite the UK’s leading union, accepting a […]

Pay Ballot Check Your Email! DO IT! DO IT NOW! This months branch (Dec 2021) voted to ballot our full membership over strike action due to the consistently poor pay deals we have been getting for years. You should have received your ballot in your email if not get in touch at [email protected] Voting closes on the 10th of December but at least we can update your details. (It’s really important). The Pay Ballot, What you are voting for! This is a consultative ballot, thanks to anti-union legislation we have to jump through numerous hoops before we can go on […]