Blog: ‘Warm words don’t pay the bills’ for university staff

University employee pay has fallen by nearly 20% over the past 12 years. UNISON’s higher education members responded to our recent survey explaining how real terms pay cuts affect them. Some are forced to take on second jobs just to pay their bills, and one member told us they couldn’t even afford to get their prescription, so had to go without.
Thousands of university workers are on the legal minimum wage, with many more thousands falling below the Living Wage Foundation rate. But w