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UCU back in pay discussions »

UCU

Following a breakdown in relations between the lecturers' union and employers' associations over an eight per cent pay rise demand, the two groups are both set to head back to the negotiating table. The University and College Union (UCU) has, effectiv...

Mon 23 Feb 2009 by Matthew Moore | Read more »

Lecturers demand "inflation busting" 8% gross pay rise »

UCU

The Universities and Colleges Union (UCU) has announced that it plans to push ahead with its demand for an eight per cent increase in lecturers' pay. A UCU spokesperson said that the union: “will press ahead with demands for a rise equivalent to...

Sun 23 Nov 2008 by Constantine Innemée | Read more »

Wage rise blamed for wave of university redundancies »

Cost increases and budget insufficiencies are to result in staff redundancies at Queen Margaret University according to an announcement last week. Escalating pensions and skyrocketing energy expenditure have been blamed for the estimated 35 job cuts, d...

Fri 03 Oct 2008 by , Robyn Keystone | Read more »

Scottish services frozen by further strike action »

Edinburgh’s public services were brought to a standstill on 24 September for the second time in as many months, as 150,000 public sectors workers went on strike after unions and local authorities failed to reach agreement on a new pay deal.Twenty...

Fri 03 Oct 2008 by Lyndsey Cameron | Read more »

Council workers' strike set to "bring Scotland to a standstill" »

Representatives from trade unions Unite and GMB have confirmed that they will join fellow public sector union Unison for a one-day strike on Wednesday 24 September.This latest bout of industrial action is set to bring Scotland to a 24-hour standstill, ...

Wed 17 Sep 2008 by Graham Mackay | Read more »

University staff set for five per cent pay increase »

Staff at universities in Edinburgh are set to receive pay increases of around five per cent later this year as part of a rise in pay for university employees throughout the country.The increase is a result of a three-year pay deal agreed in 2006 after ...

Wed 17 Sep 2008 by Nick Eardley | Read more »

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