Jo Grady
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 40 |
| Date of birth | April 7,1984 |
| Zodiac sign | Aries |
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| ID | 3549828 |
Jo Grady Life story
Jo Grady is a senior lecturer in Employment Relations at The University of Sheffield and a British trade union leader who serves as the general secretary of the University and College Union.
University staff strike disrupts freshers' week
... UCU general secretary Jo Grady said " renewing our mandate and keeping the pressure on is the way we will win this dispute"...
More university strike days planned for September
... UCU general secretary Jo Grady said: " The UK higher education sector presents itself as a world leader, but it is riddled with casualisation, insecurity and low pay - our members have no choice but to stand up for themselves...
University marking boycott: Robert Halfon calls for talks to end dispute
... Mr Halfon wrote to UCU general secretary Dr Jo Grady on Friday ahead of that meeting, saying: " It is unacceptable that students, many of whom have already suffered significant disruption to their studies over recent years, face further disruption and uncertainty"...
Marking boycott impact downplayed by universities, union claims
... The union s general secretary, Jo Grady, added that the figures account for less than half of the universities hit by the industrial action, and that more than 5,000 students had so far been told their degrees had been affected...
University strikes mandate renewed for six more months
... Driving seat UCU general secretary Jo Grady said university staff were " in the driving seat" after the latest ballot results, adding that " this dispute is not over"...
University strikes: UCU action paused over seven days
... Pausing walkouts over the next fortnight will enable a " period of calm" Jo Grady of the UCU said...
University staff join strikes on 1 February
... UCU general secretary Jo Grady said staff would be walking out " alongside fellow trade unions"...
University staff plan 18 new days of strikes
... UCU general secretary Dr Jo Grady said the " clock is now ticking" for a deal to be reached...
University staff join strikes on 1 February
By Hazel ShearingEducation correspondent
Staff across 150 UK universities will strike on 1 February, the University and College Union has announced.
It is The First of 18 strike days planned in February and March. The UCU said it would confirm The Other 17 next week.
A pay offer worth 4-5% made during talks with employers last week was insufficient, it said.
But the Universities and Colleges Employers' Association has said the offer is actually worth up to 7%.
UCU General Secretary Jo Grady said staff would be Walking Out " alongside fellow trade unions".
, civil servants and will also be striking That Day .
University staff held Three Days of strikes in November. Some academic staff and those in other professional roles, including administrators, librarians and technicians, also walked out earlier in 2022 and in 2021.
This year's 3% pay increase is far below the Retail Prices Index (RPI) rate of inflation, which currently stands at 14%.
But the dispute has also included calls to tackle " excessive workloads" resulting in hours of " unpaid work".
And many staff members are protesting at the use of short-term insecure contracts.
At the universities that have existed since before 1992, there is also a separate dispute, about proposed changes to The Pension scheme.
National strikes by teachers in England and Wales are scheduled for 1 February, 15 and 16 March. There are several regional dates too.
Source of news: bbc.com
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