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Bargaining in UK Higher Education
Ben Thomas
National Officer
Education and Children’s Services Unit
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Background
UNISON
Largest union in the UK with over 1.3 million members.
Members in local government, health, education and utilities.
50,000 members working in higher education
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The History of Higher Education in the UK
•Ancient
•Red Brick
•Plate Glass
•Polytechnics
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History
Almost exclusively for the privileged
1961 Education Act
‘The Golden Age’
Expansion
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History
1989 first student loans
Fees
Top up fees
Current proposals
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Bargaining
• National Bargaining
• 10 separate agreements
• Dearing Report
• Bett Report
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Bargaining
• National Agreement 2001
• Single Table Bargaining
• Single Pay Spine
• Job Evaluation
• Harmonisation
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Bargaining
• Real Pay Growth
• Reduction in the working week
• Improved conditions of service
•Narrowed the gender pay gap
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The Present Day
• 350,000 staff in higher education
• 169 universities
• Broadly 50/50 support staff/Academic
• 50% unionised
• UCU and UNISON largest unions
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The Present Day
• HE White Paper
• Fees $14,000 per year
• Change the culture of HE
• Increased competition
• Student Choice
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The Present Day
• Increase shared services
• More privatisation
• Minimum wage regulations
• Increasing places in elite institutions
• New providers including for profit providers
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The Present Day
• Quotas
•Sponsored Places
• Visa restrictions
• Pensions
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Challenges for UNISON
• National Bargaining
• Impact on student numbers
• Jobs cuts and job security
• Privatisation
• Pay
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Challenges for UNISON
• Recruitment and organisation
• Recruiting in private companies
• Pensions
• Uncertainty
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What are we doing
• Organising
• Campaigning
• Industrial Action
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