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SCOTTISH university lecturers balloting for strike action will press for the reversal of years of real-terms pay cuts with a “day of action” today.
The Educational Institute of Scotland’s University Lecturers’ Association (EIS-ULA) hopes to attract support from students as events take place across the country to raise the dispute’s profile.
EIS is among five unions across Britain which submitted a pay claim last year requesting a 7.5 per cent or £1,500 rise – whichever is greater – for all higher education workers.
Cuts are sweeping campuses as cash-strapped universities slash staff and politicians fail to act on a growing funding emergency. VINCE MILLS reports
Almost half of universities face deficits, merger mania is taking hold, and massive fee hikes that will lock out working-class students are on the horizon, write RUBEN BRETT, PAUL WHITEHOUSE and DAN GRACE