Lecturers warn of national strike

University teachers may opt for a national strike unless an agreement is reached on the redundancies, said a teacher 'union leader.

Sally Hunt, UCU head of the Union, said there would soon be a point where its members to push for action at a national level.

Teachers were fired daily reporting, "she said.

University employers said they were "disappointed" by the threat of national strike action.

The University and College Union, to hold its annual conference, said there had been more than 15 strikes on the areas since March.

And a number of colleges and other institutions were waiting for the strike ballot papers to come back.
"You can not continue with that, without a backlash," Ms. Hunt warned.

She said she just heard about 100 jobs at the University of Glasgow. And this came on top of the losses at King's, Westminster, UCL and the University of the Arts.

Three colleges in the West Midlands ballot on strike, as is the largest college in England, Manchester College

In preparation for the conference, Ms Hunt said: "We are almost daily reports from our officers get fired and there is a point in time when you can not actually wear without a setback."

"We are in dialogue with employers and higher education have been for the last two years applications and negotiate a contract job security.

"We have a number of parameters between universities and unions negotiate to get these reductions."
"Road courses jobs'

She said that if these talks are not successful, the union would consider a vote on the strike.

"It's getting to the point where there is a question mark in my head - how long is this still a local action?

"Soon we want our members to a national level and also a national response."

The union wants meaningful dialogue of universities and a halt compulsory redundancies.

In her address to Congress on Monday, she will argue that the new government, colleges and universities to cut budgets by £ 1.5 billion, while offering £ 8 billion in tax giveaways to business.
'Rise together'

"We will not accept attacks on education is implemented by the present government," she says.

"We will also be a step back, while students with the opportunity to benefit from education have stopped doing this and told their fate in life to accept."

"The conference day began, I counted more than 100 institutions that cuts - cutting classes, lay off staff, usually both," said Ms. Hunt.

Higher education employers' association, the universities and colleges Employers Association, expressed "disappointment" with the possibility of national strike action.

Chief executive Jocelyn Prudence also noted that universities were independent employers

"A one-size-fits-all approach would be for the CBI to create an agreement for the private sector," she said.