European Trade Union Committee for Education

As it was reported earlier, the University and College Union, UCU, one of the ETUCE member organisations in the United Kingdom, is at the centre of the fight against the end of guaranteed pension benefits in the British higher education sector.

Following the first phase of UCU’s strike action, the education trade union has managed to force the university employers association to agree to negotiations through the national arbitration and conciliation body (ACAS).

Yet, despite these advances, UCU intends to follow-up on the next wave of strike action which is to begin on 5 March for the benefit of meaningful negotiations and as a result – the end of dispute.

“If the governments want to preserve the profession, they should start moving from rhetoric to concrete actions. Teachers and education personnel all over the European region want to see the governments’ commitment to give more support to teachers in practice and not only on papers”, stressed Susan Flocken, ETUCE European Director.

To show solidarity with UCU on twitter, please use @ucu and #ucustrike.

More information on UCU fighting fund can be found here.