Strathclyde University (UNITE) Strike Calendar
Strike Type: Education
Latest Strathclyde University Industrial Action Updates (2)
Unite can confirm that over 400 hundred workers at the University of Strathclyde will be balloted over strike action in response to proposed job cuts and a failure by the institution to consult on organisational change. In December, it was revealed that the university is set to slash 76 full-time posts, revealing it had a £35m funding gap. Unite has condemned the university’s failure to fully consult unions over the planned cuts to jobs and to rule out compulsory redundancies.
The intensification in the pension dispute follows ‘cynical’ last-minute attempts by the university to row-back on its initial detrimental pension proposals. The latest proposals by the university which included increases in one-off and ongoing pension contributions as part of the proposed transfer into an inferior superannuation scheme were overwhelmingly rejected by Unite members on Friday (7 March). The striking workers are currently part of the Strathclyde Pension Fund (SPF) with many standing to lose thousands of pounds if they are transferred out of the existing scheme into the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS).
Strathclyde University Strike Calendar
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