UCU Cambridge votes to strike over ‘Four fights’

Strikes will take place over issues of pay, unsafe workloads, casualisation and equality failings

The UCU also voted in favour of strike action over pensions last night (4/11)Varsity

by Bethan Moss & Georgia Goble

This article is 4 years old

Friday November 5 2021, 5:40pm

Cambridge University and College Union (UCU) has today (05/11) voted in favour of a second motion to strike, meaning that Cambridge University is likely to see industrial action this side of the Christmas vacation.

Results were announced to members today: 70.1% of members of the Cambridge UCU voted in favour of striking, and 85% voted for action short of strike.

Speaking on a livestream to UCU members nationwide, UCU General Secretary Jo Grady declared that “this union has achieved a tremendous amount in just three weeks.”

LIVE Four Fights ballot results and next steps https://t.co/Knh0u0Gzv6
- UCU (@ucu) November 5, 2021

The motion, which concerns the four fights “pensions and pay, unsafe workloads, casualisation and equality failings” is the second mandate for industrial action passed at Cambridge, following a vote yesterday in favour of strike action over pensions.

Nationwide, 37 institutions have voted in favour of strike action over USS pensions, and 54 have secured a motion to strike overall.

Further action for Cambridge will be discussed at a branch meeting on Tuesday (09/11).

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