The month-long strike by state university non-academic employees will end from next week following a decision by their trade union alliance to suspend their action until November 2nd following successful negotiations with the Government. A spokesperson for the University Trade Union Alliance (UTUA) told the Daily News that they will suspend their action in expectation of proposals to be put forward by the National Salaries Commission in November.The non-academic staff cadres stopped work for 31-days disrupting the state higher education sector over unresolved salary anomalies.The decision to return to work was reached after a Cabinet decision earlier this week to resolve the issue. Accordingly, an agreement was signed yesterday between the Higher Education Ministry, the University Grants Commission and the University Trade Union Alliance.
