Why UK Universities are Striking - a podcast by Red

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Footnotes:

For details, see https://www.ucu.org.uk/article/10269/University-staff-balloting-for-pension-strikes-240000-worse-off-as-costs-rise-and-benefits-cut?list=1676

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/11/britain-strike-higher-education-uk-university-college-union-ucu

https://www.ucu.org.uk/article/10342/Value-of-university-staff-pay-has-plummeted-in-last-decade-employers-own-research-reveals?list=1676

For the numbers, see https://www.ucea.ac.uk/library/stakeholder-briefings/newjnchespaypointsrealterms.pdf

See our video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5EReau1cjA and more discussion of this strike in https://jacobinmag.com/2019/01/la-teachers-strike-contract-arlene-inouye?fbclid=IwAR1jU0CcNjNRuZJzsl9sLE6V3UJcTUKDhdBKI5HJkw3HrOMfvJurTJfpUag

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