40,000 UCU members could strike, shutting down 66 universities

40,000 UCU members could strike, shutting down 66 universities

John McDonnell promised to support the strikes if they went ahead (Pic: Socialist Worker) 40,000 UCU union members are being balloted for strikes over pensions. The ballot ends on Friday.

If workers vote for action, walkouts could paralyse some 66 universities across Britain every week next month.

Carlo Morelli is a lecturer at Dundee university and a member of the UCU’s national executive committee. He told Socialist Worker, “People need to prepare now for the strikes that will come. We should call activists’ meetings to organise them.”Workers are in dispute over plans to change their USS defined benefit pension scheme to […]

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