The universities dispute after 2 March
The first two weeks of spring action by the University and College Union (UCU) saw solid action in many universities. But to win the pension and Four Fights disputes we need to escalate the disruption. Management want to ride this out. We need to make that impossible. On 22 February university bosses voted to confirm USS pension cuts. UCU members were furious, while Unison’s success in winning ballots means the possibility of shutting down campuses is now greater. We do not yet know what strategy UCU’s Higher Education Committee has decided on for the weeks after the current schedule of...