Monthly Archives: December 2013

GCU Unions clarify management’s misunderstandings

Posted on December 20, 2013 by unionadmin

Following the misleading announcement by HR that current pay negotiations are ‘concluded’ the Combined Unions at Glasgow Caledonian issued the following statement to members today: Hi all You will have seen the email from the head of HR regarding the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

GCU Unions reject suggestion pay round is ‘concluded’

Posted on December 17, 2013 by unionadmin

In an extremely surprising e-mail today university management at Glasgow Caledonian seem to have accepted the suggestion of the university employers representatives UCEA that the pay round has been ‘concluded’ and following this have decided to impose the sub inflation … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Robert Gordon University recognises contribution of its staff.

Posted on December 16, 2013 by unionadmin

Following the lead of UWS, Robert Gordon University, has also decided to embrace the spirit of Christmas and pay its staff a bonus   “to recognise the contribution of staff to another very successful period covering the financial year 2012-13” The e-mail … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged | Leave a comment

Glasgow Caledonian University will NOT join UWS in awarding staff Xmas bonus

Posted on December 13, 2013 by unionadmin

GCU management confirmed to unions yesterday that they had no plans to follow the example of the University of the West of Scotland, which had issued a Christmas payment of £250 pro rata to all core staff, in recognition of  … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

UWS – an example other universities should follow

Posted on December 12, 2013 by unionadmin

Not all universities are adopting the same scrooge like approach to staff remuneration this Christmas. The principal of UWS recently adopted a different approach as seen in their ‘all staff’ e-mail below.  It would be a nice token for other … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Universities can afford to pay up say GCU unions

Posted on December 11, 2013 by unionadmin

On 28 October, the Scottish Government announced that it was allocating £1.061 billion to Scottish Universities, a rise of £19 million from the planned budget for 2013/14.2 The latest available analysis by EIS showed that by 2011-12, Scottish universities had … Continue reading →

Posted in Combined Union Committee | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

GCU Honourary Graduate Lily Cole refuses to cross picket line

Posted on December 4, 2013 by unionadmin

Lily Cole, international fashion model, actress and social entrepreneur, who was recently recognised with an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters by GCU for her outstanding contribution to humanitarian and environmental causes pulled out of speaking at Central St Martins … Continue reading →

Posted in Support | Tagged , | Leave a comment

All of Glasgow supports the strike

Posted on December 4, 2013 by unionadmin

This gallery contains 19 photos.

The University of West of Scotland was shut – and elsewhere pickets were out getting the message across at all the Glasgow Universities from early morning

More Galleries | Leave a comment

GCU unions out in force on strike day December 3rd

Posted on December 4, 2013 by unionadmin

Representatives of Glasgow Caledonian trade unions UCU, Unison, EIS and Unite expressed themselves as extremely heartened by the support they received from staff   on 3rd December following the failure of the UK university managements to seriously negotiate a realistic wages offer … Continue reading →

Posted in Management | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment