The UK’s largest academic union is attempting to rally its members to support another round of industrial action, but divisions and disillusionment are threatening to undermine the efforts.
Only a third of University and College Union (UCU) branches were going ahead with what was intended to be five days of national strikes between 25 and 29 September.
Those not taking part cited the need to regroup after a year that has seen several similar walkouts and a five-month marking boycott bruise relations with employers, without securing much material gain for members.
Others blamed the union’s leadership for a lack of strategy, saying taking the hit on pay was “pointless”, with some branches now calling for general secretary Jo Grady to resign.
