Jo Grady
University staff in UK begin two-day strike protesting below-inflation pay offer
Around 70,000 workers across 150 universities in the UK have begun striking demanding an increase in wages at par with inflation, an end to cuts in benefits and pensions, and the regularization of contracts
University and College Union secures big win against work casualization in the UK
Following UCU-led negotiations with the Open University (OU) authorities, 4,800 casualized associate lecturers are now entitled to contracts and other rights
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