Expect strikes before Christmas, Grady tells UK vice-chancellors

One person in empty line of voting booths to illustrate UK scholars’ strike fatigue leaves union facing uncertain path

Academic fatigue over strikes leaves union facing uncertain path

Experts say exhaustion and worry over disruption to students hit appetite for industrial action but shouldn’t mask the unhappiness across sector

By Anna McKie

10 November

The strike vote turnout is neither unusual nor surprising

Inequality, Covid exhaustion, sympathy for students, fear of public opinion and frustration with UCU tactics are all factors, says Glen O’Hara

By Glen O’Hara

9 November

Turnout hampers strike plans in UK university pay dispute

Combined with results of pensions ballot, union has mandate for walkouts at less than four in 10 institutions polled

By Chris Havergal

5 November

UCU members back strikes over pensions but turnout falls short

Barely half of campuses pass 50 per cent voting threshold required for walkouts to go ahead

By Chris Havergal

4 November

Reader's comments (1)

#1 Submitted by houh on November 17, 2021 - 12:27am

The UK and Australia are very alike in the the university and union domains. I wonder if both would be strengthened through closer engagement and alliance in solidarity going forward. I would volunteer for any working group set up to implement the idea and would expect many academic union colleagues in both countries to want to do so too. Gabriel Donleavy NTEU President UNE Branch Australia.

Expect strikes before Christmas, Grady tells UK vice-chancellors

University and College Union general secretary says sector leaders who focused on turnout were ‘not listening to a consistent message that staff have been delivering to them’

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Expect strikes before Christmas, Grady tells UK vice-chancellors

University and College Union general secretary says sector leaders who focused on turnout were ‘not listening to a consistent message that staff have been delivering to them’

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