2% breakthrough in HE pay talks

Higher education unions have secured a 2% pay offer for 2014/15 with a minimum rate equivalent to the living wage in negotiations with Universities and Colleges Employers Association. This follows a long running national dispute against pay restraint in the higher education sector which included three days of national strike action in recent months by UNISON, UCU, Unite and Scottish academics union EIS. Unions will now consult on the offer which marks a turning point after five years of falling wage levels:
http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-5812-College-bosses-budge-at-last-with-2-pay-offer#.U1GMclpwbIU
http://www.unison.org.uk/news/he-employers-offer-2pc-and-living-wage