The School has a formal joint recognition and procedural agreement in place with the Universities and Colleges Union (UCU), UNISON and Unite. This agreement sets out how the School formally works with its trade unions and the assistance the School provides to enable them to carry out their official duties within the LSE. The agreement can be found here: Recognition and Procedure Agreement.
In terms of representing staff on matters of pay and conditions of service, UCU is recognised as the body representing academic, research and support staff in roles at bands 6 to 9 and UNISON and Unite represent professional support staff in roles at bands 1 to 5.
For more information please contact your HR Partner (details can be found at: HR who's who) or your local trade union official, as follows:
UCU
Secretary: Dave Morris
Contact details: D.Morris1@lse.ac.uk telephone number: 020 7955 6023
UNISON
Branch Secretary:Sophia Douglas
Contact details: s.n.douglas@lse.ac.uk telephone number: 020 7107 5279
Unite
Branch Chair: Ian Marston
Contact details: i.marston@lse.ac.uk
Union Subscriptions
The current union subscription rates can be viewed by visiting each trade union's web page:
UCU http://www.ucu.org.uk/
UNISON http://www.unison.org.uk/
Unite http://www.unitetheunion.org/
Staff may pay unions direct or have the deduction taken directly from their salary. If you think the incorrect rate is being deducted from your salary, please contact the Pay and Information Team: fin.div.payroll@lse.ac.uk.