The University and College Union (UCU) has announced that it will be pausing strike action for two weeks amid “significant progress” in negotiations with university employers.
Staff and lecturers at Hatfield’s University of Hertfordshire were taking part in the UCU strikes and will be a part of this move designed to “create a period of calm”.
The strikes scheduled for February 21 to 28, March 1 and March 2, will not go ahead.
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UCU general secretary Jo Grady said: “We have reached a point in discussions with our employers where we have made significant progress across a range of issues.
“To allow our ongoing negotiations to continue in a constructive environment we have agreed to pause action across our pay and working conditions and USS pensions disputes for the next two weeks and create a period of calm.”
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All the action scheduled after these dates remains in place as “this will put pressure on the employers”.
Lecturers and other staff on the picket lines at the Hatfield university said they had faced years of real terms pay cuts.
UCEA will use the next two weeks to consult their stakeholders on a range of non-pay issues.
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