ENU Dispute

EIS ULA members at Edinburgh Napier University (ENU) are taking strike action after university management refused to give staff a no compulsory redundancy guarantee.

Pickets will be held at all three campuses on each strike date (unless notified). All members are encouraged to join the pickets-family, friends and supporters all welcome!

2026 Initial Strike dates:

• Tuesday 10th and Thursday 12th February
• Monday 16th and Friday 20th February
• Tuesday 24th, Wednesday 25th and Thursday 26th February
• Monday 2nd, Tuesday 3rd and Thursday 5th March

2026 Further Strike dates:

• Wednesday 18th, Thursday 19th and Friday 20th March   SUSPENDED

• Tuesday 24th, Wednesday 25th, Thursday 26th and Friday 27th March   SUSPENDED

• Monday 13th, Tuesday 14th, Wednesday 15th and Thursday 16th April SUSPENDED

• Tuesday 21st, Wednesday 22nd, Thursday 23rd and Friday 24th of April  SUSPENDED

• Monday 4th, Tuesday 5th, Wednesday 6th and Thursday 7th May

• Monday 11th, Tuesday 12th, Wednesday 13th and Thursday 14th May

• Tuesday 19th, Wednesday 20th, Thursday 21st and Friday 22nd May

• Tuesday 26th, Wednesday 27th, Thursday 28th, Friday 29th May

Campus Pickets:

• Craiglockhart Campus 219 Colinton Rd, Edinburgh EH14 1DJ
• Merchiston Campus 10 Colinton Rd, Edinburgh EH10 5DT
• Sighthill Campus 9 Sighthill Ct, Edinburgh EH11 4BN

Pickets start at 8.00am on each day of action. Placards, flags, leaflets, beanies, gloves and thermal cups all available from your picket line supervisor!

An updated guide to picketing for EIS members can be found at https://www.eis.org.uk/enu-dispute/picketing. I would ask all members to read this guidance, especially the use of the University’s parking facilities which I would extend to entering their premises.

For members who are attending pickets, we would welcome any pictures of you and your colleagues (and pets!) on the picket lines that the EIS can share through our social media platforms and use in wider communications. If you have any pictures that you wish to share, please send these to comms@eis.org.uk.

Strike Pay

Please remember that members are eligible to receive strike pay for each day of strike action taken during this dispute. At a request of the Branch, this has now been increased from 50% to 75%, effective from Thursday 26th February.  Online forms for members to claim strike pay for the first TEN days of strike action have been included in previous emails to members.  There will be separate forms for members to claim strike pay for any subsequent strike dates.