AQA – Unison and Unite strike
| Unite members are to join Unison colleagues in the ongoing pay dispute with exam board AQA. Unite members at England’s largest exam board AQA are to strike in a dispute over pay, as Unison reveals plans for seven further days of walk-outs on the issue. More than 100 Unite members at AQA are to walk out across 16 and 17 July, as the union says members are “struggling to afford basics”. Meanwhile around 400 members of Unison will walk out from 13 to 19 July, as their pay dispute with AQA rumbles on. Unite said a poll of its members employed by AQA found more than 10 per cent “regularly use or are considering using” food banks. Meanwhile half said their debts have increased in the last year. The union said its lowest-paid member at AQA is earning £24,479 a year. Unite members have rejected a pay offer from AQA, saying it doesn’t go far enough to redress years of “real-terms pay cuts”. Meanwhile annual accounts for 2025 show AQA has free reserves of more than £88 million. Unite strike days: Thursday 16 and Friday 17 July Unison strike days:Monday 13 to Sunday 19 July They will also be visiting Parliament on Friday 17 July to lobby MPs on the issue of low pay at AQA. |