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At least 500 Unite members employed by the University of Cambridge spent four days on strike demanding a ‘Cambridge weighting’ pay supplement to deal with the cost of living in one of the most expensive cities in the country. Unite members, including library, museum, estates management, finance, student services and IT staff, walked out on […]
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Unite members in universities across the country have been busy getting out the vote for strike action as the campaign to improve staff pay gathers steam. Thousands of staff across 47 of the UK’s higher education institutions are currently being balloted for strike action after being offered an appalling real-terms pay cut by their employers. […]
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Thousands of staff across the UK’s higher education institutions are being balloted for strike action after being offered an appalling real-terms pay cut by their employers. The national ballot, covering all four nations, will ask members in 47 universities if they have had enough of poverty wages and will take their call for a decent […]
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Staff at Imperial College have taken their campaign over poor pay to the streets as they started a series of ten strike days this week. On Tuesday picket lines appeared at university campuses to tie in with the first week of teaching, whilst today (8 October) staff gathered outside the main campus entrance and the […]
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