Created on: 20 Oct 2025
The EIS has suspended two days of strike action planned to be taken by members of EIS ULA this week following constructive discussions with the senior management of the University, regarding the removal of the threat of compulsory redundancies.
The talks, between EIS ULA representatives and UWS late last week, have resulted in the University confirming that it is now in a position to proceed with its Organisational Change Project without moving to compulsory redundancies.
EIS ULA Branch Officials at UWS, who welcome the development, will meet this week to consider the details tabled by the University.
Commenting on developments, Stuart Brown, EIS Assistant General Secretary, said, "It is encouraging that through constructive dialogue with EIS ULA representatives, that the University of the West of Scotland has agreed to remove the threat of university lecturers being made redundant.
"This positive development has come after eight days of strike action being taken by EIS ULA members; the decision to strike is never one taken lightly and was a last resort in this long running dispute."
As a measure of good faith in response to the welcome removal of the threat of compulsory redundancies, the EIS has suspended this week’s planned strike action.
The UWS EIS ULA Branch Executive will now meet in the coming days to consider last week’s developments in full."