University staff are on strike after a union claimed their employer said wages will be cut by half in response to a boycott.
Staff at Edinburgh University taking part in the University and College Union’s (UCU) marking and assessment boycott will have their wages deducted by 50%, though management could deduct 100% of earnings, the union said.
Workers on strike on Friday will stage demonstrations in Edinburgh’s Bristo Square, George Square in Glasgow, and outside the university’s Nucleus building.
The UCU also announced there will be more strikes throughout the new academic year, with 10 days of walkouts to take place in September.
In April, the UCU renewed its industrial action mandate, allowing strikes to be called for another six months.
The marking and assessment boycott began on April 20, as the UCU hit out at what it described as “a real-terms pay cut, working conditions including increasing casualisation, pay gaps and unmanageable workloads”.
