Please find below the current Member Learning Programme for 2019. We have added 4 new courses and dates until the end of the year. We are still able to run all of the courses listed within the programme, but delivery will depend on the numbers applying. Therefore, if you wish to attend one of the […]
This year UNISON will be carrying out the pay consultation via online e-ballot. This means that members will be able to vote online to accept or reject the pay offer. Timetable We expect the ballot to follow this schedule: · Ballot opens on Wednesday 22 May · last date for new joiners to be included […]
A pay offer to higher education staff falls far short of the annual rise they deserve as university bosses have seen their salaries soar, says UNISON. The union’s higher education executive has now agreed unanimously to recommend the “inadequate” 2019/20 pay offer from UCEA higher education national employers should be rejected. UNISON will now undertake […]
Welcome to the first Cymru/Wales LGBT Bulletin of 2019. We are trying to improve the way in which we communicate with members and ask you to share this with your networks. LGBT Meeting Dates The dates for the remaining LGBT Self Organised Group meetings are: Friday 17th May, Cardiff (Venue to be confirmed) Friday 13th […]
If you work for a university we want to hear from you. Please take 5 minutes to fill in our 2019 higher education survey. Your views will help us to develop campaigns and to negotiate for improvements in universities. Take the survey now Are our details up to date? UNISON will be Contacting you in […]
The higher education trade unions met the employers on 26 March for the first pay negotiation meeting for 2019/20. The joint trade unions tabled their claim. The employers made the following statement: “The employers opened the negotiations, on behalf of the participating universities, with an initial envelope for discussion of 1.3% across all the elements […]
UNISON members will send a metaphorical rocket – a Brexit firecracker – into the minds of Westminster MPs on 5 November. Members will be taking part in what’s been dubbed the ‘last mile’ citizens’ lobby, a third and final effort to speak up for the rights of EU citizens in the aftermath of the UK’s […]
Take a look at the latest courses available to UNISON members. Member Learning Programme Sep 18 – Nov 18 PDF version Member Learning Programme Sep 18 – Nov 18 Word version
UNISON’s Higher Education Service Group Executive (HESGE) is to organise a national industrial action ballot after over two thirds of those members who voted in a recent branch consultation, rejected the national pay offer. The ballot, taking place in the autumn, will call on members to vote to take strike action to improve the current pay […]
We need to send you a ballot paper soon so that you can vote on the national pay offer from the higher education employers. But before we do, we’d like to check we’ve got the right address for you. If you’ve moved, updating your address online takes only a minute. It’s really important that we […]