Oxford leaves Cambridge in its wake, on local pay issues. £1500 Pensionable “Oxford Weighting” * During her admission speech in January 2023 the Vice-Chancellor, Irene Tracey, commissioned a review of all aspects of pay and conditions for University staff. Not very exciting as Universities love a good review, even more than they love a committee. […]
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Reasons to vote
Voting numbers really do matter. Your vote, your voice, matters. The option of holding a strike requires 50% of branch members to take part in the ballot. Even a “no” vote is more important than not voting at all. Remember, industrial action ballots are secret ballots. They are conducted and counted by an independent scrutineer, […]
Unite vows to defend workers from Tory attack on the right to strike A “predictable” attack from a Government that wants the country to take a pay cut Commenting on the transport secretary’s plans to introduce the Transport Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill, Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “This is just another predictable attack on trade unions from […]
National negotiations – pay 2022-23 As many of you will know Unite, along with other education unions, has been challenging yet another clearly inadequate “final” pay offer. The 3% offer made in May completely ignores the huge surge in the cost of living, and fails to recognise the incredibly significant contribution made by staff who have […]
OUTSOURCING SUCKS Outsourcing – Cambridge Uni lowlights? In recent times, especially in London institutions, outsourced staff have found themselves being ‘insourced” as the high cost, lack of control and the unfairness of having staff working in an institution for anotheremployer under worse terms and conditions than direct employees has begun to reflect very badly on […]
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Covid Heros!
What those nice folks at AUDE(Association of University Directors of Estates) think of us… Eighteen months after the start of the Covid-19 pandemic it feels like now is the right time to take stock of what we’ve achieved as university estates and facilities teams – and to say the most enormous Thank You to everyone […]
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STOP PRESS NEWS! This just in! PROGRESSION AND REWARD IS BACK! According to the Reporter, University Council has decided to approve the re-introduction of all reward and progression schemes for the academic year 2021/22. The Council has kept the pay restraint measures under review. It has now approved the re‑introduction of all rewardand progression schemes for […]