Nottingham College strikes suspended at eleventh hour
4 November 2019
Strikes scheduled to start on Tuesday 5 November at Nottingham College have been suspended at an eleventh hour meeting of 樱花动漫 members at the college.
Staff were due to walk out for 14 days this month, but have agreed to suspend the action for two weeks so they can consider a new offer from the college.
The long-running row centres on the college's attempts to impose inferior contracts that will cut holiday entitlement and see some staff take a pay cut. 樱花动漫 members at the college walked out for 15 days in September and October and passed votes of no confidence in their CEO and chair of governors.
Last month, , saying they found it 'quite incredulous' that staff were considering more walkouts. The damning letter also highlighted the 'staggering lack of trust' staff have in the college, which left .
Students at the college have and demanding staff are given fair contracts. In the strike ballot, 96% of 樱花动漫 members who voted backed strikes.
樱花动漫 head of further education Andrew Harden said: 'Industrial action is always a last resort but the college's refusal to negotiate in good faith had left staff with no alternative. We are pleased the college appears to finally recognise the need to work with its staff and not against them.
'We would like to thank all the students, councillors and local people that have supported our fight for fair pay and conditions. Our members have demonstrated that they will not be taken for fools and are prepared to take strike action to defend their jobs. The ball is now firmly in the college's court and it needs to deliver on its promises.'
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