UCU goes ahead with ballots on cross-sector strike action

Switch to aggregated voting means staff at 149 UK universities could walk out if union gets majority turnout and support

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July 1, 2022

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July 4, 2022

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Cardiff, Wales - November 2019 Sign attached to a tree near an official picket line outside Cardiff University. It marks industrial action by members of the Universities and College Union.

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