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| 31/03/2009 |
Bolton University condemned as being immoral in row over pay |
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BOLTON University has been accused of being immoral for failing to pay staff the going rate for the job while adding more than £19,000 a year to the vice chancellor's pay packet.
UNISON, the largest trade union for support staff in higher education, says Bolton is the only university in Britain that has not implemented the nationally agreed 2008 pay award.
And while staff are being denied a 2.5% pay rise they should have received from October 2008, vice chancellor Dr George Holmes is being handed an additional 11.6% - seeing his £167,300-a-year salary soar by £19,407.
UNISON Regional Organiser Paul Foley said it was "immoral" for staff to be refused a modest rise at the same time as the vice chancellor is banking such a massive increase.
Mr Foley said staff hoped the university's Board of Governors would approve the national agreement when it met this month (March). However, it deferred its decision until June.
He said: "It is bad enough that Bolton University is the only university to fail to implement the 2008 pay rise in full. But this is all the more galling when you hear that the vice chancellor has pocketed a whopping 11.6% increase.
"Dr Holmes has continually told the staff that the university needs to be prudent. Clearly this does not apply to his own salary."
Mr Foley condemned the university's actions.
He added: "It is now time for the university to do the right thing and immediately implement the national pay agreement for all its hard working and loyal staff."
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