Unison to strike at 19 universities
Nineteen Unison Higher Education (HE) branches will strike alongside UCU on 24/25 November, and some on 30 November. The dispute is over pay: the union demanded a rise in 2022-23 of RPI +2% but the employers imposed an offer of around 3%. Some universities have also made bonus payments in an attempt to head off strikes. While it is a minority of all Unison HE branches, the number is set to grow. Around 40 branches that did not make the threshold for striking in this round and some branches who opted out of balloting up till now have opted into a second round of balloting for more strikes...