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Members and supporters of the University and College Union (UCU) Scotland during a rally at Buchanan Street in Glasgow
STRIKES will hit six higher education institutions in Yorkshire and north-east England in three separate disputes next week.
More than 1,800 University and College Union (UCU) lecturers at Leeds University will launch indefinite strike action on Monday after university authorities cut their pay by 100 per cent for taking part in a marking boycott even though they are carrying out other work including teaching.
A series of four one-day strikes from Monday will also hit a group of four colleges — Leeds City, Bradford, Kirklees (Huddersfield) and Harrogate — during students’ crucial GCSE exams. The colleges are in dispute over pay.
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