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University staff in London vote to strike over ‘ludicrously low’ pay rise, says UNISON Thousands of staff at Birkbeck, City, Kings College London, SOAS and London South Bank, including cleaners, administrators, library, catering and security workers have voted to strike in a dispute over pay, says UNISON. The workers, some of the lowest paid in […]
Wednesday 25 May 2022 For immediate release Put NHS pay right to stop health staff in London quitting amid cost-of-living ‘apocalypse’, says UNISON UNISON has today (Wednesday) written to Sajid Javid urging action on pay to stop the exodus of health service staff as they face ‘a cost-of-living apocalypse’. Health workers across London have also written to […]
Low-paid cleaning and catering staff at City, University of London protested today against a system that means they receive less sick and holiday leave than other staff doing similar jobs. Affected workers were at the university’s Northampton Square campus to urge university President Anthony Finkelstein to put an end to the “shameful” two-tier system, and […]
Health workers in South London could be forced from the NHS if two affordable workplace nurseries used by hospital staff are closed without alternatives provided by their employers. The Cedar House Nursery, used by staff at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, and the King’s College Hospital Day Nursery are due to close […]
King’s College London is pressuring security, facilities, administrative, catering and other professional services staff to think again about striking for better pay, says UNISON today (Thursday). New guidance to university managers allows them to discipline security staff who go on strike during their shifts, forcing them to protest only once their work is done, says […]
Health workers are holding events across London today (Friday) to mark the day they should have been receiving their pay rise. At hospitals and other NHS sites across London staff will be visibly protesting the government’s failure to deliver them any kind of pay rise at all this month, let alone one of the size […]
Image: City University Picket line on Thursday 31 March Staff will take further strike days at City University and King’s College London over low pay from this week, UNISON says. Action is to take place on Thursday 31 March and Friday 1 April at City, and Monday 4 and Tuesday 5 April at King’s, following […]
Staff will take two further days of strike action at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) and Birkbeck, University of London, this week over a range of issues including pay and pensions, UNISON says. Workers represented by UNISON at both institutions voted to strike after a pay offer of 1.5%, and will continue […]
The government has failed to honour its own ‘levelling up’ promises with the disappointing 3% pay rise for NHS workers in England, says UNISON. The award announced last week doesn’t meet the real living wage of £9.50 per hour for the lowest paid health service workers and widens the gap between those at the top […]