SQA Industrial Action Hitting Student Appeals

8th September 2022

Unite the union confirmed that its Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) members have voted to take strike action.

86.7 per cent supported strike action on a 78.9 per cent turnout. 95.9 per cent of members also voted to take action short of a strike. Unite represents hundreds of SQA workers across all levels of staff and functions.

Unite can confirm the following three days of strike action: 8, 15 and 16 September.

An overtime ban and ban on accrual of time off in lieu will also be in effect from 8 September to 30 November.

Unite's industrial action will now disrupt the standard appeals stage of the process with the trade union estimating that up to 22,000 standard appeals will be ‘severely delayed'.