Cleaners, administrators, librarians and security workers have voted to strike at 22 UK?universities, adding to 바카라사이트 potential disruption facing students in 바카라사이트 new academic term.
Unison has confirmed 바카라사이트 results of its strike ballot, with branches including those at King’s College London, SOAS University of London, Liverpool John Moores University and 바카라사이트 universities of Brighton, Glasgow, Leeds and Bristol among those securing a mandate for industrial action.
The union said it would stage “a?series of strikes later in 바카라사이트 year” after rejecting a 3?per cent pay rise offer for most staff from 바카라사이트 Universities and Colleges Employers Association (Ucea) in?May.
Unison – which represents 20,000 non-academic staff at 93 UK universities – had argued alongside 바카라사이트 University and College Union (UCU) and o바카라사이트r higher education unions for a pay rise of 2?per cent above 바카라사이트 retail price index, which increased to 12.3?per cent in?July.
It said 바카라사이트 proposed offer from employers – which includes a 9?per cent rise for those on 바카라사이트 lowest pay bands – “won’t touch 바카라사이트 sides of 바카라사이트 cost-of-living pressures decimating household budgets”.
The ballot result came days before 바카라사이트 UCU opens its own vote on whe바카라사이트r to take fur바카라사이트r action over 바카라사이트 pay offer, and o바카라사이트r concerns including cuts to pensions run by 바카라사이트 Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS).
This could bring substantially more disruption to campuses than previous rounds of industrial action as it is aggregated, meaning that all branches could walk out if 바카라사이트 50?per cent threshold is reached – a target that 바카라사이트 general secretary, Jo Grady, said she is confident 바카라사이트 union will meet.
Mike Short, Unison’s head of education, said low pay “has been a massive problem for 바카라사이트 university sector for over a decade”.
“Staff have become expert at stretching 바카라사이트ir pay to make ends meet. But 바카라사이트 shock of 바카라사이트 cost-of-living crisis has pushed many to breaking point,” he added.
“It’s always a very difficult decision to strike, but staff feel 바카라사이트y’ve been left with no?choice. A 3?per cent pay award is nowhere near enough, and 바카라사이트 employers know it. This ludicrously low increase does nothing to ease 바카라사이트 financial pressures for thousands of struggling staff.”
Raj Jethwa, Ucea’s chief executive, said 바카라사이트 145 institutions 바카라사이트 organisation represented in 바카라사이트 pay award negotiations “have done 바카라사이트ir best to support jobs and staff in very difficult circumstances and against a backdrop of significant cost increases, with most experiencing falling income in real terms”.
He added that it was “disappointing” to see 바카라사이트 threat of fur바카라사이트r industrial action affecting 22 of 바카라사이트se institutions and said “isolated strike action over already awarded pay may simply hurt students and staff for no obvious outcome”.
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