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Higher education pay dispute enters new talks

09-02-2023 19:27

UNISON has welcomed the decision by university employers to enter negotiations to resolve disruptive strike action currently affecting 150 universities.
UNISON and the four other higher education unions (UCU, EIS, GMB and Unite) and employer representative the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA), have agreed to further talks mediated by the conciliation service Acas.
The talks will begin on Monday 13 February.
Acas mediated talks are intended to address

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It’s time the PM ditched the pretence and came clean with the public, says UNISON

09-02-2023 18:39

If the government has no intention of resolving the NHS dispute, the prime minister must come clean and admit to the public that many more months of disruption are on the cards, says UNISON today (Thursday).
Ministers say they only want to talk about the NHS wage rise due in April. But the current round of strikes is over the government’s failure to tackle the growing staffing emergency and pay health workers properly this financial year, says the union.
By refusing point blank to discuss

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Recap: Second day of EA strikes

09-02-2023 17:09

Environment Agency workers across the country walked out yesterday, in their second day of strike action over pay this year.
UNISON’s head of environment, Donna Rowe-Merriman, said: “EA members will not be ignored on the issue of pay any longer. They have taken strike action to ensure their issues are recognised by the public – and by their employer.
“Our members will not be pushed from pillar to post – they want action from this government to resolve pay, now, for

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NEC hears of ongoing industrial action across the union

09-02-2023 16:50

The first National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of 2023 heard a long list of all the industrial action that members are currently taking part in, across the UK.
“It’s been a very busy few months,” admitted general secretary Christina McAnea. “I’ll be heading to the South West for our next ambulance strike day on Friday, and we’re working on keeping up the huge media attention and public support that our strikes have attracted so far.
“Our health team,

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