2 days to action… Why strike?

Because there are scandalous levels of casualisation in Higher Education. The sector currently employs 75,000 on atypical academic contracts according to HESA data. At least 21,000 teaching staff have zero-hours contracts, and 67% of research staff are on fixed-term contracts – around a third of these on contracts of 12 months or less. There is no defense for universities treating large sections of their staff in this way, and UCU is calling for specific action to take away the scourge of insecurity endemic in the sector.

STRIKE OVER PAY & RELATED ISSUES

Wednesday 25th & Thursday 26th May

Endemic job insecurity leads to demotivated workers.