Staff at Glasgow Caledonian University to strike over redundancies

Summarised from 4 outlets · Updated 2 Oct, 12:56 · Archive

Staff at Glasgow Caledonian University will strike from Thursday over redundancy plans.

Staff at Glasgow Caledonian University will begin striking from Thursday in response to redundancy plans at the institution.

Three trade unions are coordinating the action: UNISON, the UCU and the EIS. According to the unions, security staff, cleaners, couriers, accommodation workers and registry staff will all walk out. Lecturers and support staff are also involved in the dispute.

The unions have indicated that the strike will effectively close the university. The action is set to last over two weeks.

The Glasgow Caledonian strike follows similar industrial action elsewhere in Scottish higher education. Staff at Edinburgh University recently announced a five-week strike in response to potential job losses and the closure of ninety programmes.

How it is being reported

• Hundreds rally outside Holyrood over university programme cuts and job cut fearsThe Herald · 1 Oct, 14:08
• Three unions to strike at once over Glasgow Caledonian job cutsBBC Glasgow And West · 30 Sept, 23:01
• Glasgow Caledonian chaos as uni staff set to strike for two weeks over redundanciesGlasgow Live · 30 Sept, 16:56
• Staff at top Glasgow university to strike for over two weeks amid redundancy rowGlasgow Times · 30 Sept, 16:15

In this story: Glasgow Caledonian University · UNISON · UCU · EIS · Edinburgh University · Glasgow

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