Breaking: University of Manchester lecturers will continue to strike after rejecting UUK’s offer
The decision was made this morning
The University of Manchester UCU has made the unanimous decision to reject UUK's pension offer this morning, meaning that lecturer strikes will continue.
Unanimous rejection at Manchester #NoCapitulation pic.twitter.com/fG0hyufmAN
— UMUCU (@UM_UCU) March 13, 2018
Meetings took place at universities across the UK today to vote on a new pension offer from UUK, which would have meant the strikes ending tomorrow.
According to protesters on the picket lines, the offer consisted of a £7,000 loss for lecturers, rather than the initial pension offer of a £10,000 loss.
However, many university unions taking part in the strikes have been rejecting the offers this morning, meaning there will not yet be an end to the strikes and exam period could be affected.
@UM_UCU meeting – Room (n = ~ 300) erupts with cheers: it’s a NO from Manchester! #USSstrike #Pensions #NoCapitulation pic.twitter.com/AFkIhHdlfV
— Williamson Building (@WilliamsonBldg) March 13, 2018
As of 11.30 this morning, it has been reported that 21 universities have rejected the offer, and more are suspected to follow.
So far we have heard from 21 UCU branches who have voted (most at formal EGMs) to reject the pensions deal #strikeforUSS #NoCapitulation
— Leicester UCU (@leicesterucu) March 13, 2018
Image credit: University of Manchester UCU
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