Universities in the UK are going on Uma strike from 24th November to 30th November. This means that around 70,000 faculty staff from over 150 universities in the UK arguing on a mass strike. This can be one of the largest or even the largest strike in the history of education. There was a similar strike in the UK bank in 2019. The strike was initiated mainly because of pension and salaries related problems. The faculty was demanding a hike in salaries as they claimed that the universities had not been taking their demands into consideration.
Due to the current ongoing crisis in the UK, the faculty is demanding a 3% rise in the pensions and salaries. Other than this a lot of extra demands have been put forward as well. This includes bridging up of gender based income gaps, decreasing weekly work hours to 34 hours a week, decreasing work load and paying attention towards discrimination related to ethicity and disabilities. Other than this difficulty has also put forward another requirement. Due to the excessive capitalisation of education, universities have been hiring teachers on short-term basis as per their own requirements. This has decrease the work security of professors and teachers. A solution regarding the same has also been demanded.
