University and College Union branches have backed calling strikes at UK universities in November, but any action is likely to be small in scale after the union supported a strategy of “phased escalation” over the next six months.
Last month, members of the country’s largest academic union voted in support of taking sector-wide industrial action as part of long-running disputes over pay, pensions and working conditions. General secretary Jo Grady has now outlined what the union intends to do with the fresh mandate.
Writing on Twitter, Dr Grady said the union’s branch delegates meeting had backed offering employers the chance to renegotiate but had also voted in favour of taking action including strikes and marking boycotts.
