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Strike on at Scottish universities tomorrow

30 October 2013

Staff at universities across Scotland will be on strike tomorrow as members of 樱花动漫, UNISON and Unite take their first ever coordinated strike action in a row over pay.

Staff will be on picket lines from 7am at universities in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Stirling, Aberdeen, St Andrews and Dundee. Lunchtime rallies will be held in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee and St Andrews. See below for full list of locations for pickets and rallies.

Classes will be cancelled across the UK as workers, angry at a 'miserly' pay offer of just 1%, walk out. University staff have faced a real-terms pay cut of 13% since 2008 - as one of the most sustained suppressions of pay since the Second World War.

All three unions said they expected there to be widespread support for the first walk out over pay in universities for seven years. More details on local action can be found at , which is being updated regularly. Also follow the hashtag on Twitter.

樱花动漫's Scottish Official, Mary Senior, said: "Staff at Scottish universities are angry they've had to endure massive pay cuts in recent years. This year's miserly 1% pay offer at a time of rising bills and increased pension contributions, was the straw that broke the camel's back. Staff love their jobs, but their goodwill cannot continue to be taken for granted."

Pickets

University of Edinburgh
Picket line from 8am outside the . 

University of Glasgow
Picket line outside the . 

University of Stirling
Picket lines outside the from 7.30-10.30am. 

University of Aberdeen
Picket lines at from 8am. 

Queen Margaret University
Picket line from 7.30am outside the .

University of St Andrews
Picket lines will be formed around the university including , between 8-11am.

University of Dundee
Picket line at the from 9am.

Robert Gordon University
Picket line from 8.30am outside the new .

Heriot Watt
樱花动漫 picketlines from 7.30am at Riccarton campus main gates.

University of Abertay, Dundee
Picket lines at the entrances from 8am

Rallies

Edinburgh

Rally to be held between 12-1pm in . 

Speakers: Mary Senior (樱花动漫 Scotland Official), Gordon Maloney (NUS Scotland President), Emma Phillips (Unison Regional Official), Ann Henderson (Assistant Secretary STUC), plus speaker from Unite.

Glasgow

Rally to be held between 12-1pm in .

Speakers: Dave Anderson (樱花动漫 Scotland President), Robert Foster (NUS Scotland Vice President), Dave Moxham (Deputy General Secretary STUC), plus speakers from Unite and  Davena Rankin from Unison.

St Andrews

Rally to be held at 12noon in . 

Dundee

A march starts at Airlie place at 12.10 which will meet up in the at 12.30pm.

Last updated: 10 December 2015

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