University lecturers could be joined by catering staff, cleaners and security guards in taking strike action over pay this autumn after a second UK higher education union announced a ballot of its members.
Unison has joined the University and College Union in rejecting a proposed 3 per cent pay rise for most staff, tabled by the University and Colleges Employers Association in May.
A vote on whether to begin industrial action over the rise opened on 22 July, and will run until 19 August in Scotland and 26 August in England, Northern Ireland and Wales.
