对于在英国留学的同学们,一个不好的消息传来:贯穿几乎整个2月的英国高校大罢工刚刚结束,三月的罢工就又来了。
上周末,英国大学工会UCU表示:
本月英国68所大学将面临为期五天的罢工行动,除非副校长撤销削减养老金的计划,并且满足员工对薪酬和工作条件的要求,否则罢工势在必行。
这一次,足足有超过5万名教职员工将在两周内采取为期五天的罢工行动,以解决养老金、薪酬及工作条件的纠纷;与上次相同,将有超过100万的学生受到影响。
在罢工首周,39所大学将从3月21日-3月25日采取五日罢工行动;在次周的罢工行动中,29所大学将从3月28日-4月1日采取五日罢工行动。
下面为大家列出罢工的高校名单,大家可以看看有没有自己的学校:
3月21日-25日 罢工的学校
Aston University
Birkbeck College, University of London
Birmingham, University of
Cambridge, University of
Central Lancashire, University of (UCLan)
Dundee, University of
Durham University
Edinburgh Napier University
Edinburgh, University of
Essex, University of
Glasgow School of Art
Glasgow, University of
Heriot-Watt University
Imperial College London
Institute of Development Studies
Leeds, University of
Leicester, University of
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
Loughborough University
Newcastle University
Northampton, The University of
Northumbria University
Open University (OU) (7 days)*
Queen Margaret University
Queen‘s University of Belfast (QUB)
Royal Holloway, University of London (RHUL)
Royal Northern College of Music
Salford, University of
SOAS, University of London
St Andrews, University of
Stirling, University of
Strathclyde, University of
Sussex, University of
Ulster University
University College London (UCL)
University for the Creative Arts (UCA)
University of the Arts London (UAL)
Writtle University College
York, University of
3月28日-4月1日罢工的学校
Bath, University of
Bradford, University of
Brighton, University of
Bristol, University of
Chester, University of
City, University of London
Courtauld Institute of Art
Goldsmiths, University of London
Greenwich, University of
Keele University
Kent, University of
King’s College London (KCL)
Kingston University
Lancaster, University of
Liverpool Hope University
Liverpool, University of
London School of Economics (LSE)
Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU)
Manchester, The University of
Nottingham, The University of
Oxford Brookes University
Queen Mary, University of London (QMUL)
Reading, University of
Roehampton University
Royal College of Art (RCA)
Sheffield Hallam University
Sheffield, University of
Swansea University
Westminster, University of
那么,究竟为什么英国会有如此大规模的罢工现象呢?
UCU预估,英国目前的通货膨胀率为7.8%,这也就意味着自2009年以来,教职工的实际薪酬下降了超过25.5%;另外,超过7万名教职工是以不安全的合同聘用的;英国大学的性别薪酬差距高达16%,残疾人薪酬差距为9%,种族薪酬差距则更高——17%。
与此同时,工作人员也正在经历与工作有关的压力:至少有超过一半的人可能有抑郁症的迹象。