Uni of Liverpool strike victory
Unite and the University and College Union (UCU) workers have won their dispute with the University of Liverpool over hybrid working hours.
The university tried to increase the required in office hours from 40% to 60% without consultation/negotiations with the unions.
This resulted in more than 300 professional service staff taking strike action in June and working to contractual hours only ever since.
When the industrial action began, leader of Unite, Sharon Graham, said: “Management at Liverpool University have tried to ride roughshod over its staff’s work, well-being and personal lives.”
In just under 2 months, the union members voted to halt strike action following successful negotiations between the university and the two unions which meant their obligatory in-office hours would not increase.
Following the win UCU regional manager Marie Monaghan described the outcome as ‘a victory for staff who have been supporting students for years from home and in person.’
Uni of Liverpool Campus
by Rebecca Burgess
