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UCU Updates
UCU calls for a YES vote UCU Pay Update – Industrial Action Ballot Following the consultative on-line survey of members, and with the employers unwilling to negotiate on a joint union pay claim it has...
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GCU Unions say “The Universities can afford to increase pay”
According to latest figures Scotland’s Higher Education Institutions held cash reserves of around £2.6Billion at the end of the 2010-2011 financial year, while the pay levels of staff continue to...
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A message of support to EIS from UCU
Although UCU has voted not to strike on this occasion, we are fully behind efforts to win better conditions for staff On behalf of UCU members at Glasgow Caledonian Local UCU President Douglas Chalmers...
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Why we are striking at GCU – EIS
Nick McKerrel: “Our strike on Tuesday is about fair pay in Higher Education” ON Tuesday 23rd October, Members of the EIS employed in Higher Education will be striking. At the request of the...
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EIS take action over pay while Universities stockpile reserves
University unions are angry about the living standards of their members going down – today EIS are taking industrial action and striking over this. All other unions have shown their anger at the living...
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Unions condemn return to heavy handed tactics by management at Glasgow...
Glasgow Caledonian University unions today condemned the re-appearance of heavy handed tactics by management which threaten to return labour relations to rock bottom once more at the university....
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Withholding pay – GCU Management steps back from the brink – but needs to go...
Unions at GCU welcomed the ‘clarification’ statement released by HR following our protestation at the proposal to withhold wages from staff involved in action short of a strike. Following our protests...
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Holyrood Education Committee Must Oppose Pensions Increase say EIS
The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) – the country’s largest teaching union which represents 80% of teachers and lecturers – has today urged the Members of the Scottish Parliament’s Education...
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Caledonian Unions say – vote for Douglas Chalmers for GCU Court
The combined union committee comprising of UCU, EIS, Unison and Unite, have asked their members to vote for Douglas Chalmers for the vacant academic staff position on Court, in the elections this...
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GCU University unions move towards strike action 3rd December
UCU, Unison and Unite members out in force Following the failure of the University and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA) to offer an increased pay offer to university staff, Glasgow Caledonian...
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GCU Unions call for show of solidarity on Strike day Thursday 6th Feb
Unions at GCU have asked staff to turn out in strength on next strike day 6th February to show our determination that we win Fair Pay for all. It will also be to show solidarity with UCU members who...
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Balloons and bacon rolls keep spirits high on GCU picket line
Helium filled balloons supplied by UCU and bacon filled rolls supplied by Unison helped make the joint picket by university unions UCU, EIS, Unison and Unite on 6th February the most successful yet in...
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Countdown to marking boycott on April 28th
UCU General Secretary Sally Hunt has written to members to confirm that a date has been set for members to begin an assessment boycott in the current pay dispute. She wrote: ‘The Higher Education...
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UCU turns out in style for industrial action against Gender Pay Gap and more
Local UCU president Douglas Chalmers writes: Although there was no doubt about the serious issues at stake, there was a carnival atmosphere on the picket line at GCU today, with inflatable balloons...
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