University staff in Edinburgh to stay directly employed

UNISON has welcomed news that members at Edinburgh’s Queen Margaret University have succeeded in preventing their jobs being outsourced, after a unanimous strike vote in October, with action set for later this month.
The campus operations staff – including supervisors, security officers, facilities assistants and members of the grounds team – returned a 100% vote for action on a 75% turnout.
They received “valuable” support from fellow campus unions UCU and EIS, as