University workers strike, students occupy in solidarity
University workers strike
By Ollie Moore
The strikes by higher education workers in the University and College Union (UCU) around pensions, pay, and workload, running from 25 November to 4 December, have seen significant student support.
A UCU striker in Cambridge sent this report of picketing at his university to Solidarity:
“There was a much noisier response from the road traffic today [27 November] where the West Cambridge picket is based. Possibly a sign that locally the news that a major strike is going on has got through.
“It genuinely also felt like fewer people were crossing our picket