Members of the Unison union take further industrial action in Leeds after rejecting a 3% pay offer.
Hundreds of support staff at two universities in Leeds are to walk out on Thursday in strike action over pay.
They join academics at 150 universities including those in Leeds who are due to begin national industrial action.This latest wave of walkouts follows a series of strikes by University of Leeds support staff in September and October after Unison members rejected a 3% pay rise from the Universities and Colleges Employers Association in May.
She said low pay had been "a massive and growing problem in the university sector for more than a decade".
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