Dear Colleague,
I hope you will not mind us contacting you. As we do not have access to the all-staff emailing, we
have asked union members in each department/section to forward this to non-members, so that we
can explain what is happening on 31 October and thereafter. As you will probably be aware, all three
unions at Exeter will be on strike on 31 October, and UCU members will also be participating in
‘action short of a strike’ from 1 November; further strikes will be planned if these actions do not
bring the employers back to the negotiating table. On the 31st there will be picket lines on the main
entrances to the various campuses during the morning; non-members are not allowed to participate
in the strike, but we do hope that you will stop and talk with us about the action and your views.
There will also be a public meeting at 12.30 in the Phoenix Arts Centre on Gandy Street, to discuss
the implications for higher education of the employers’ unwillingness to offer fair pay to all; nonmembers
are welcome to attend.