Email to staff 8 March 2022

Dear colleagues,

The national University and College Union (UCU) has announced that a further round of industrial action will take place in universities across the UK in the form of five days of action in addition to the ongoing action short of a strike.  The action relates to the two ongoing disputes relating to USS pensions, and pay and working conditions.

Strike dates announced are Monday 21 to Friday 25 March 2022 (five days).

The action short of strike already notified remains in place. To remind colleagues this includes:

• Only working contracted hours and duties and not volunteering to do more (from 1 December 2021).
• Not rescheduling classes and lectures cancelled due to strike action (from 21 December 2021).
• Not covering for absent colleagues (from 5 January 2022).
• Removing uploaded materials related to, and/or not sharing materials related to, lectures or classes that will be or have been cancelled as a result of strike action (from 5 January 2022).

We will continue to keep the Industrial Action web pages updated with our responses to your questions. 

With best wishes

Rachael