UEA members of UCU, Unite and Unison came together in joint strike action calling for an increase to the pay offer of 1%.
At a time when Unison have identified that over 4000 staff employed in HE earn less than the living wage, & when an Associate Tutor at UEA regretfully didn’t miss his teaching ‘because if I don’t do the 2 hours I won’t eat this week’ the employers group UCEA said that ‘the vast majority of staff think this is a fair offer’. And meanwhile Vice-Chancellors’ pay for the most part has continued to rise