Strikes at 150 UK universities are being staged by UCU members on 24, 25 and 30 November
The union is calling for a “meaningful” pay rise to deal with the cost-of-living crisis and action to end the use of “insecure” contracts.
It said that employers imposed a 3 per cent pay rise this year following more than a decade of below inflation pay awards. On pensions, the UCU is demanding employers revoke a “package of cuts” made earlier this year which it claims will see the average union member lose 35 per cent from their guaranteed future retirement income.
Raj Jethwa, chief executive of the Universities and Colleges Employers Association, said: “There will be disappointment across the sector at UCU’s decision to call three days of strike action later this month.“While UCEA is not proposing to reopen the 2022-23 pay round, which our member HE institutions have consistently confirmed as fully concluded, we are consulting on the possibility of bringing forward the 2023-24 pay negotiations.
He added: “Any threats of industrial action will do nothing to support students, staff or the many HE institutions working hard to avoid redundancies or maintain staffing levels, having delivered the August pay uplift.”
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