On 22nd and 24th March, UCU members will be taking national strike action in defence of jobs, pensions and pay. After two years of negotiations, with no movement from the employer, they feel the time has come to show that they are serious about defending jobs and pensions. We are already seeing mass redundancies at Hope University in Liverpool, and UCU estimates that 40,000 jobs are at risk across the sector. As many as 40 universities are at risk of forced closure. At the same time, the pension funds which are not in deficit are under attack. This is nothing more than a blatant attempt to raise money for the Treasury while the banks continue to profit from the massive bailout we gave them.
We need solidarity between all education workers and students to save education for the future. Staff are the most important resource in any university, we would learn nothing without their expertise and dedication to their students’ education. This action is about more than the fight to protect working conditions in universities, as vital as this is. This is a continuation of the fight to save education started by students last November. Our lecturers supported us then, we must support them now.
What the students began, the workers will finish!
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