Pay award for 2012
Members of all 5 HE trade unions are being balloted for industrial action over pay
Read MoreHE Pay and conditions – Members vote to ballot for action
After UCU members voted by 70% to 30% to reject the employers’ offer of 1% on all pay points, the union has asked the employers for further talks to resolve the dispute and the Higher Education Committee has approved the move to a ballot should such talks fail to result in an acceptable offer.
Read MoreNational Pay Claim
The third New JNCHES national claim negotiating meeting took place on 22 May. The full and final offer made by the employers’ representatives at UCEA falls short of the HE trade unions expectations, and indeed barely addresses the various elements in the claim in any serious way. The trade unions were unanimous in stating that their respective negotiating teams would not be recommending acceptance of the final offer to members. All five unions; UCU, Unison, Unite, GMB and EIS will now consult members via their respective democratic structures. EIS and Unite rejected the offer.
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