Tag Archives: Unison

GCU Unions reject suggestion pay round is ‘concluded’

Posted on December 17, 2013 by

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 →

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GCU unions out in force on strike day December 3rd

Posted on December 4, 2013 by

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 →

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GCU University unions move towards strike action 3rd December

Posted on November 24, 2013 by

Following the failure of the University and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA) to offer an increased pay offer to university staff, Glasgow Caledonian University unions will be joining their colleagues throughout Scotland and South of the border in a further day’s … Continue reading →

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UCU Unison Unite pre-strike rally Wednesday M201

Posted on October 25, 2013 by

UCU Unison Unite Supported by GCU Combined Union Committee. United for Education – Fair Pay Now Pre-Strike Rally Wednesday October 30th 12 noon M201 (Old Library) Speakers tbc The pay claim is affordable The money is there – universities have more than £1 BILLION … Continue reading →

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Why we are striking at GCU – EIS

Posted on October 22, 2012 by

ON Tuesday 23rd October, Members of the EIS employed in Higher Education will be striking. At the request of the Caledonianunion blog, Dr Nick McKerrell  Convenor of the Combined Unions at Caledonian and the EIS branch sent a message to … Continue reading →

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UCU Updates

Posted on October 2, 2012 by

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 been decided that UCU will ballot members nationally on possible industrial action … Continue reading →

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Piping in the start of the Demo

Posted on November 30, 2011 by

Showing that you’d have to get up early in the morning to beat the unions at GCU, a piper regales the security staff as they march off the campus at the turn of midnight on the 29th. Organised by Unison … Continue reading →

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