{"id":18506,"date":"2018-01-30T16:43:44","date_gmt":"2018-01-30T16:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/?p=18506"},"modified":"2018-01-30T16:46:31","modified_gmt":"2018-01-30T16:46:31","slug":"striking-university-staff-will-not-reschedule-cancelled-lectures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/striking-university-staff-will-not-reschedule-cancelled-lectures\/","title":{"rendered":"Striking university staff will not reschedule cancelled lectures"},"content":{"rendered":"

Academic staff from Cardiff University planning to strike, says cancelled lectures will not be rescheduled.<\/strong>
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\nStaff voted to strike yesterday after a dispute over pensions.<\/p>\n

Cardiff University say they will create a “a university-wide contingency group” so that day to day activities such as teaching and research can continue.<\/p>\n

But Dr Andy Williams the Cardiff spokesman for the University and College Union (UCU) says students’ timetables will be disrupted.<\/p>\n

“Unfortunately for strike action to be effective, there is very little we can do to mitigate the effects of strike action.<\/p>\n

“Those lectures will be cancelled and we’ve been instructed by the union not to reschedule lectures.<\/p>\n

“It’s an unfortunate byproduct of being forced to take this action by the employers.”<\/p>\n

Meanwhile some students are unhappy that they will miss teaching time, with one student saying it does not represent “good value for money.”<\/p>\n

Members of Cardiff UCU voted by 89% to walk out.<\/p>\n

They are joining 60 other UK universities taking industrial action.<\/p>\n

UCU say the pension changes could leave a typical lecturer \u00a310,000 a year worse off in retirement.<\/p>\n

Dr Williams says the changes were “draconian”.<\/p>\n

Employers’ representative Universities UK (UUK) say the changes will give the pension scheme “sustainable footing for the long-term.<\/p>\n

“The scheme will continue to offer attractive pensions through market-leading defined contribution benefits\u201d.<\/p>\n

Across the UK 88% of voting UCU members chose strike action.<\/p>\n

But the Universities and Colleges Employment Association criticised the voting process.<\/p>\n

“Although UCU achieved a mandate for industrial action in 61 out of the 68 HE institutions balloted, the number of UCU members voting in favour of strike action represents an estimate of just 16% of academic staff in those HE institutions and 12% of active USS members in HE.” <\/p>\n

Dr Williams said “there’s never been a strike in universities as big as this before.<\/p>\n

“The widespread support that this strike has got reflects the anger that we all feel about moves to decimate our pensions.<\/p>\n

“We’ll see unfortunately how disruptive it’s going to be, when this begins in a few weeks time.”<\/p>\n

The strikes are set to begin on February 22nd. The 14 day strike will be spread out over four weeks. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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