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UNISON urges HE employers to ‘eradicate poverty pay’

22-02-2022 15:53

UNISON delegates at today’s higher education conference urged employers to “eradicate poverty pay” in their sector.
They passed a detailed motion addressing a range of pay ambitions, including a new minimum, bottom spine point of £12 an hour, all universities becoming Living Wage Foundation employers, and a maximum 35-hour week for all staff.
The motion outlined an “unprecedented attack on HE pay” over the past two years. Employers made no offer to their staff

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UNISON urges employers to ‘eradicate poverty pay’

22-02-2022 15:53

UNISON delegates at today’s higher education conference urged employers to “eradicate poverty pay” in their sector.
They passed a detailed motion addressing a range of pay ambitions, including a new minimum, bottom spine point of £12 an hour, all universities becoming Living Wage Foundation employers, and a maximum 35-hour week for all staff.
The motion outlined an “unprecedented attack on HE pay” over the past two years. Employers made no offer to their staff

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Higher education staff have ‘yet again kept the sector going’

22-02-2022 15:03

UNISON’s higher education members met today for their first national conference since before the start of the pandemic. They gathered, virtually, to discuss a host of challenges facing their members – not least those related to their pay and pensions.
Chairing the conference, UNISON vice-president Kath Owen said: “The pandemic has shown the extent to which the country relies on public sector workers, keeping society functioning, and higher education workers keeping the universi

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Blog: ‘Reckless’ decision on COVID will put lives at risk

22-02-2022 09:58

The UK government’s reckless decision to scrap all remaining COVID-19 rules in England this week will have a profound impact on the delivery of our public services, as well as putting lives at risk.
The Living with COVID strategy is, in fact, the government ditching its responsibility, just to appease backbenchers.
Allowing individuals and workplaces to make up their own rules will force workers into impossible situations and risks, increasing staffing pressures in public

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