Strikes to take place at 150 UK universities over pay and benefits
By 
Jamie Durrani2022-11-09T11:15:00
70,000 staff members will walk out on three days in November in escalation of ongoing row
Almost university in the UK will face three days of walk outs later this month after members of the University and College Union (UCU) backed strike action. Strikes are expected to take place at every single university in the country that has a chemistry department. The strikes are a significant escalation in an ongoing dispute over pay and working conditions, as well as pension cuts affecting staff at the country’s academic institutions.
‘Campuses across the UK are about to experience strike action on a scale never seen before,’ said UCU general secretary Jo Grady in a statement. ‘70,000 staff will walk out and make clear they refuse to accept falling pay, cuts to pensions and insecure employment.’