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Some university bosses ‘had 8% rise’ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-25577066 UNISON response: http://www.unison.org.uk/news/unison-condemns-outrageous-pay-rises-for-vice-chancellors

Venue: Kent Centre for Law, Gender & Sexuality Common Room, Eliot College (directions below) When: 15:00 – 16:00 on Wednesday 11 December 2013 In the last 2 months university students and staff have protested against a range of university management policies including, for example, the closure of University of London student union, privatization of key …

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As members will no doubt be aware a second day of strike action was held on Tuesday 3rd December 2013, jointly with UCU and Unite. We were also very grateful for support (and tea!) from a considerable number of members of Kent Union during the picketing and subsequent teach-in that day. Kent Union’s supportive position …

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The Branch Annual General Meeting (AGM) takes place on Tuesday 14 January 2014. The venue is Rutherford Lecture Theatre 1 and the time is 10:30-11:30. Refreshments from 10:15. All UNISON members can attend and have this counted as working time – but clear it with your line manager first. If you are on leave please …

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As has been notified to members there will be a further day of industrial action on Tuesday 3 December 2013. We don’t know how many members took part in the strike action on 31st October but it seemed to be a quieter than usual day on campus and the Branch Committee thanks all those who …

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Here is the official announcement of the second day of industrial action to take place on 3 December 2013: http://www.unison.org.uk/news/university-staff-announce-3-december-for-second-date-of-strike-action.

The venue for our AGM on 14 January will be Rutherford Lecture Theatre. A second day of industrial action has been announced for 3 December which is a Tuesday.

The branch committee met today and have scheduled a date for the next branch AGM. Fuller details will be publicised in due course but if you can mark this in your diaries now please we’d be really grateful. Date: Tuesday 14 January 2013 Time: 10:00 Venue: to be advised Light refreshments will be available. Securing …

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UNISON members may want to consider taking advantage of an offer from the Open University which is available for the last time to start in March 2014. Deadline for registrations is 9 January 2014. The Open University is dedicated to extending educational opportunities to people from all walks of life.  If you haven’t studied for …

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