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To: Gordon Marsden MP, Shadow Minister for Higher Education
FAIRNESS, TRANSPARENCY & LIVING WAGE IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Raise issues at parliament about the pay gap between the highest and lowest salaries in UK Universities, where Vice Chancellors earn around £250,000 a year plus benefits and many Universities still fail to accredit to the Living Wage. Urge all Higher Education employers to adopt a fairer, transparent approach to wage setting, and to ensure the full Living Wage is paid to all employed and contracted staff.
Why is this important?
Because for many staff working in Universities their pay is squeezed while others are paid extortionately. Wage rises have not kept up with inflation, staff face job insecurity and regradings, and privatised services often pay only the legal minimum wage for working at the same site. Meanwhile private remuneration committees set the highest wages without criteria or accountability, at up to 25x the pay of staff at the same institution and pay rises of up to 40% per year. It's just not fair!
This campaign is led by UNISON.
This campaign is led by UNISON.
