
Why the UCU Strike Matters
Workers on strike in UK universities said no to a bad deal yesterday — and they’re prepared for the long haul.
Steven Parfitt is a historian at Loughborough University specializing in British, American, and global labour and social history. He is the author of the recent book, Knights Across the Atlantic: The Knights of Labor in Britain and Ireland.
Workers on strike in UK universities said no to a bad deal yesterday — and they’re prepared for the long haul.
University lecturers in the UK will walk off tomorrow in the largest-ever strike called in British higher education.
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