University lecturers and administrative staff are today staging their first national strike over pay for seven years.

It was gathered according to report by Mediapostng that they are actually clamouring for increase in their Salaries.

Read Full Details here http://www.mediapostng.com/2013/10/university-lecturers-in-uk-embark-on.html

This is Serious, are they really borrowing a leaf from ASUU Strike??
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.source: http://www.omogist.com/2013/10/unbelievable-university-lecturers-in-uk.html
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Haba! @op!
Your topic/post is misleading.

They did not join ASUU strike, rather, they re protesting for their own course.

Here's the full detail:

Tens of thousands of people are due to take part
in the one-day walkout, which is expected to
cause disruption at institutions across the UK.
The action is being organised by three unions -
the University and College Union (UCU), Unison
and Unite.
They have said they expect it to be well
supported and to have a widespread impact on
universities.
It could mean lecturers or tutorials cancelled,
or possibly even whole departments disrupted,
as well as affecting support services such as
catering, cleaning and security.
But Universities and Colleges Employers
Association (UCEA), which represents and
negotiates on behalf of institutions and has
expressed "disappointed'' at the move, has
predicted there will be a ''low level impact'' on
students.
The strike action centres on a 1% pay rise
offered to university staff - including lecturers,
technicians and administration workers - which
the unions insist means there has been a 13%
pay cut in real terms since October 2008.
UCU general secretary Sally Hunt said: "Staff
around the UK are taking strike action
tomorrow to try and reverse some of the most
sustained pay cuts since the Second World War.
"They don't want to be on strike and we hope
this action will bring the employers back to the
negotiating table to try and resolve the dispute.
"We are already hearing news of closed
departments, buildings and some universities'
entire teaching for the day.
"Staff are furious at what has happened to their
pay and that is why they feel they've been
forced into this action. We urge the employers
to come back to the negotiating table."
Unite national officer for education Mike
McCartney said: "Our members are taking this
action with a heavy heart, but they have
endured a five-year pay drought.
"We are calling for the employers to get around
the table urgently so that our members
contribution to the prestige and reputation of
higher education is recognised."
UCEA has rejected union allegations this week
that employers have refused to talk.
"We have met repeatedly over the last six
months and as recently as last week," a
spokesman said.
"Behind the campaign headlines, our trade
unions know that pay increases to higher
education staff on the pay spine will mean that
salary costs in most higher education
institutions will actually rise by around 3% this
year.
"The increase on all pay points is just one
element of the pay picture. Many staff will also
get generous incremental increases and
contribution pay.
"These pay increases will be seen as generous
by many looking into the sector.
"Any industrial action is naturally
disappointing. However, with less than 5% of
staff voting to support this strike, our
institutions tell us that the vast majority of staff
understand the reality of the current
environment and would not wish to harm their
institutions and especially their students."
UCEA said that according to the latest data
available to them, 378,250 people work in the
sector and of these 29,538 or 7.8% voted from
the three unions. Around 17,800 voted in
favour of strike action.
University lecturers and administrative
staff are today staging their first national
strike over pay for seven years.

hahaha falls from magic cube and breaks waist

boy

They're obviously fighting for a lost cause like ASUU

*looks around*where am I?




The title is misleading
Op is being mischievous
The lecturers are misguided
This post is being misconstrued
Tenks
more coming

An ASUU demonstration without the likes of Mbu out in a show of force? Are you sure you haven't consumed an excess of low-grade alcohol this morning, @OP?

Police tear-gas ASUU leaders, stop meeting

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A team of policemen from the Gwagwalada division of the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) yesterday, in Gwagwalada, expended more than 10 canisters of teargas in trying to prevent members of the University of Abuja branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) from performing their activity.

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Police Barricade Unical Gate, Stop ASUU Strike Protest in Calabar

Hundreds of heavily armed police drafted from formations around Calabar, the Cross River State capital on Monday barricaded the main gate and other entrances to the University of Calabar to stop members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU from carrying out a planned city walk.

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OP,pls correct this topic before u put NL into trouble.It's a day walkout and not ASUU strike.

Just saying shaa