Overview
- Picket lines were mounted across university sites on Monday, with a rally drawing hundreds to George Square at noon.
- The union says the £140 million savings plan puts as many as 1,800 jobs at risk after leaders declined to rule out compulsory redundancies.
- University leaders cite sector-wide financial pressures and a forecast operating deficit, saying they must reduce staff numbers and operating costs.
- Management has opened a new voluntary redundancy scheme for senior grades and an enhanced retirement offer, after about 350 staff left under an earlier programme.
- The strike follows a June 20 walkout and continuing action short of a strike, and UCU says it is taking steps to extend its industrial action mandate beyond November.