HE unions submit a ‘timely and serious’ pay claim for 2020/21

Higher education unions have submitted their joint pay claim for 2020/21, against a backdrop of five disputes over the past six years on pay and related matters in the sector.
The new claim calls for a pay increase of the retail price index plus 5% on all 49 points of the national pay spine.
The five unions state that: “Our claim is timely and serious and argues the case that all staff deserve a decent pay rise that both keeps up with the increasing cost of living as well as catching up wi