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University support workers on the Unite picket line
Cabinet Office sets out plan for bringing services like cleaning and security back in-house
UNIVERSITY support workers began five days of strike action across four institutions today as a wave of pay disputes continues.
Technicians, cleaners, janitors and security officers at Glasgow, Strathclyde, Abertay and Dundee universities who are members of the Unite union took to picket lines in a fight for a fair pay deal after an increase was imposed by the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA) earlier in the year.
Workers took home an additional £1,000 in February, with the remainder of the rise being implemented last month.
Cuts are sweeping campuses as cash-strapped universities slash staff and politicians fail to act on a growing funding emergency. VINCE MILLS reports
