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• Raise wage offer and prevent more university strikes, says UNISON

  06-04-2023 16:34
  
  Support staff at 14 universities in England are being balloted from this week for industrial action over the “inadequate” pay offer from the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA), says UNISON today (Thursday).
  Over the next five weeks, higher education workers including cleaners, IT technicians and library staff are to vote on whether to strike after the university employers put forward a wage rise that’s way below inflation, the union says.
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• Trade unionist Gonul Erden released from prison in Turkey

  06-04-2023 13:53
  
  On 13 March, the trade unionist and longstanding friend of UNISON Gonul Erden, was released from prison in Turkey.
  Ms Erden (pictured above, centre) is one of eight leading members of SES, the health and social services union in Turkey, who are charged with terrorism for their trade union work.
  UNISON representatives attended the fourth trial date at the heavy penal court in Ankara on 13 March. The hearing focused on two things: Gonul and fellow trade unionist Selma Atabey’s requests for b
  
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