WORKERS at the University of Glasgow have once again voted for strike action as they battle real-terms pay cuts, their union said today.

Unison members at the university backed industrial action after the Universities & Colleges Employers Association (UCEA) set pay rises of between 5 and 8 per cent.

The Retail Price Index measure of inflation continues to run to 10.7 per cent amid the ongoing cost-of-profit crisis.

Last year, workers at the university joined comrades across the country on picket lines to overturn a UCEA offer of just 3 per cent as inflation topped 14 per cent, and workers have signalled they are prepared to do the same again.

University of Glasgow Unison co-secretary Sophie Watson told the Morning Star: “[We] are pleased to have secured a mandate for further industrial action on pay.

“Last year, together with other campus trade unions, we negotiated one of the best pay deals in the public sector for existing members of staff.

“We hope to once again lead by example and, together with the other 13 universities with mandates, put pressure on UCEA to table a better pay offer.”

A University of Glasgow spokesman said: “We strongly value the positive relations we have with Unison and the other campus unions and are committed to working in partnership with them to ensure the best possible conditions for colleagues at the University.

The University of Glasgow has called for further talks at national level leading to a mutually agreed settlement to the current dispute with campus trade unions.”