University of Cambridge (UNITE) Strike Calendar

Strikes by nearly 600 Cambridge University workers over pay will escalate throughout May, Unite, the UK’s leading union, said today. The workers, including library, museum, estates management, finance, student services and IT staff amongst others, are demanding the introduction of ‘Cambridge weighting’. This is a pensionable local pay supplement for all staff to address the exceptionally high cost of living in the city. The workers are also seeking a full pay review to tackle severe compression at lower grades which has resulted in a lack of fair wage progression. Cambridge University has imposed a 1.4 per cent pay increase for 2025/2026, which is a significant real terms pay cut.