Staff at five Scottish universities prepared to strike in dispute over pay

AROUND 1000 Scottish university staff could strike in the coming weeks in a bitter dispute over pay.

It comes after representatives were unable to reach an agreement on the 2023/24 pay award with the Universities and Colleges Employers Association .

The union claims the vast majority of its members have had a 5-6% pay offer “imposed” on them, following what it termed as a “derisory” uplift of 3% for most of its members in 2022.failure to reach agreement on what it described as the “sub inflation” 2022/23 award which resulted in members taking strike action last year.

Unite regional officer Alison Maclean added: “Any disruption caused by strike action will be the sole fault of the UCEA, who have left our members with no other option. UCEA chief executive Raj Jethwa said: “UCEA continues to meet with Unite, UCU and the other sector trade unions to seek urgent resolution.

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