The UEA UCU branch is in dispute with management over proposed redundancies that have put nearly 500 staff ‘at risk’ and would cut 190 staff from its rolls. The branch ran a three-week ballot for industrial action for its members. This ballot has had the highest turnout UEA UCU has ever achieved in a ballot at 67%. An overwhelming 82% of those voted in favour of strike action with 84% also backing action short of strike.
The branch will be considering next steps in their dispute with UEA management.
Other press coverage
- BBC News: University staff back strike action over cuts
- Research Professional News: UEA staff vote for strike action amid ‘financial turmoil’
- Times Higher Education: UEA staff vote to strike over job cuts, Sheffield set to follow
- EDP: UEA staff to strike again over proposed redundancies
- Chemistry World: Science faculty set to be hit by redundancy proposals at University of East Anglia