Two union branches in Bath are taking action this month, NEU and UCU.
- Royal High School, Bath, 10 February, picket from 0700-0900, rally and refreshments afterwards
- University of Bath, 14-18, 21, 22 February, pickets and teach-outs
Royal High School, Bath, 10 February
For the first time in 149 years, teachers at the Royal High School in Bath will be on strike in a dispute with the Girls’ Day School Trust over pensions. The GDST is trying to take staff out of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme and has threatened fire-and-rehire if they don’t get their way.
On the ballot, the NEU got a massive 84% turnout, smashing the Tory anti-union threshold, with a 95% majority for strike action: 80% of the membership voted for strike. More days of strike action are planned if the employer does not see sense.
If you can send a message of support from your union branch, or say hello on the picket, please do: workers on strike appreciate any solidarity from the movement.
The NEU will picket the school from 0700 to 0900 on Thursday 10 February, with a rally to follow, and refreshments. The address of the school is Royal High School, Lansdown Road, Bath BA1 5SZ.
University of Bath, 14-22 February
In a long-running national dispute over pensions, UCU at the University of Bath will be striking from 14 to 22 February. The branch will be carrying out a mixture of picketing and teach-outs in the city centre.
- Monday 14 February: Picket-lines on campus and the Virgil Building (the old police station on Manvers Street), 0830-1200.
- Tuesday 15 February: UCU Teach Outs at The Grapes, Westgate Street. Two sessions,1200-1400 and 1500-1700.
- Wednesday 16 February: Picket-lines on campus and the Virgil Building, 0830-1200.
- Thursday 17 February: UCU Teach Outs at The Grapes. Two sessions, 1200-1400 and 1500-1700.
- Tuesday 22 February: Picket-lines on campus and the Virgil Building starting at 8:30am and running till 12:00.