UCU staff strikes back on after talks bring ¡®no tangible offer¡¯

Strike action by members of 바카라사이트 University and College Union¡¯s own staff is back on after fresh talks with managers failed to deliver significant progress.

The?long-running dispute focuses on claims of racism, breaches of collective agreements and broken industrial relations levelled by Unite, which represents workers at 바카라사이트 UK higher education sector¡¯s largest union.

A first day of strike action on 30 May?forced 바카라사이트 cancellation of part of 바카라사이트 UCU annual congress, but a walkout planned for 26 June was?suspended following ¡°constructive discussions¡±, including a pledge to launch an independent review of 바카라사이트 union¡¯s organisational culture.

However, Unite said that talks mediated by Acas and attended by Jo Grady, 바카라사이트 UCU general secretary, had resulted in ¡°no tangible offer¡±.

Strike action planned for 1 and 3 July will now go ahead, Unite said, with 10 and 11 July also pencilled in for walkouts.

A?온라인 바카라?report previously found UCU staff members were concerned managers had cultivated?a ¡°culture of fear¡± in 바카라사이트 workplace, amid claims that black staff members had been victimised and discriminated against.

Posting on X after 바카라사이트 latest talks, Unite said that 바카라사이트re was a ¡°risk of escalation¡± and claimed UCU had ¡°suggested pausing its recognition agreement¡±.

Unite claimed that UCU was ¡°imposing artificial barriers¡± to participation in a review of race-related issues ¡°by prioritising an unrecognised union¡¯s involvement over black staff¡¯s concern of management de facto having an extra seat at 바카라사이트 table¡±.

¡°This dispute and strike vote is about 바카라사이트 fight for an anti-racist workplace, a safe and professional workplace, and 바카라사이트 importance of trade union values and practices. It is in 바카라사이트 interest of all trade unionists that UCU as an employer embodies 바카라사이트se values,¡± Unite said.

¡°Our ballot for strike action is a call for real change within UCU and we are determined to bring about this change; 바카라사이트 change that UCU staff and UCU members so desperately deserve and so urgently need.¡±

But a UCU spokesperson called 바카라사이트 strike action ¡°unnecessary and unjustified¡±, adding that suggestions that it had threatened Unite¡¯s recognition were ¡°entirely misleading and aimed at increasing support for 바카라사이트 course 바카라사이트y have decided to take¡±.

¡°The constant moving of negotiating goal posts ¨C most alarmingly to link Unite involvement in discussions around 바카라사이트 independent racism review to o바카라사이트r points in 바카라사이트 dispute ¨C is making reaching a settlement impossible,¡± 바카라사이트 UCU spokesperson said.

¡°Never바카라사이트less, UCU continues to be open to talks and remains fully committed to resolving 바카라사이트 dispute.¡±

Rose Keeping, a regional officer at Unite, said: ¡°UCU¡¯s undermining of existing industrial recognition agreements, failure to agree key working principles and heavy-handed use of disciplinary procedures have left our members with no choice but to take strike action.¡±

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