18th September 2023
Strike action by University and College Union (UCU) has gone ahead, affecting classes from today. Students in various schools have had classes cancelled on the first day of term as a result of strikes by the UCU over pay and working conditions. The Glasgow Guardian has been made aware of a number of courses which ...
8th September 2023
Support staff set to strike after the University fails to reach an agreement on a 2023/24 pay rise. On 29 August, Unite the Union confirmed that around 1,000 members employed in four universities and four colleges across Scotland are set to take strike action during the first weeks of the new academic term. Plans for ...
27th September 2022
‘We cannot afford another year of pay cuts’ Unison workers on strike demand a pay rise Over a hundred staff and students picketed outside the University of Glasgow’s main gate on Monday 19 and Tuesday 20 September. The strike was called after a below-inflation 3 percent pay rise was rejected by Unison, the union representing ...
15th January 2022
Following a collective grievance raised by Unite the Union members of MacMerry300 and Abandon Ship Ltd bars across Glasgow and Dundee, The Glasgow Guardian spoke to student-age Glasgow hospitality staff about the unfolding situation. Grievances included lack of adherence to Covid-19 restrictions and procedures, as well as long-term issues involving staff pay. The Glasgow Guardian ...
20th July 2021
Unite the Union members demonstrate outside James McCune Smith Building at University’s “fire and rehire”-style practices At midday on Tuesday 13 July, members of Unite the Union and staff at the University of Glasgow gathered outside the new state-of-the-art James McCune Smith Building to protest against the University’s “fire and rehire”-style employment policy that is ...
