UNISON Scotland is calling for urgent action to be taken to
redress the pay balance in universities.
The growing inequality in pay in higher education between
senior managers and the workforce as a whole has been under the spotlight in
the run-up to further strike action called for February 6, 2014.
The union has criticised university bosses for taking above-inflation
salary increases while low-paid staff are left to pay the price. Union members
across Scotland will be embarking on a day of action on Thursday to highlight
that they are worth more than the 1 per cent pay rise being offered to them.
Emma Phillips, Regional Organiser for UNISON Scotland, said:
“The pay balance needs to be urgently redressed.
“If the money exists to pay whopping pay rises to university
bosses, then the money exists for employer’s to improve their measly current 1
per cent pay offer.
“It is the hard work of employees in higher education that
support the delivery of world-class education to students, yet staff have seen
a 13 per cent decrease in the value of their pay in recent years.
“Staff are being asked to do more and take home less and
it’s time for universities to reverse the wage cut.”
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