
Strike ballot opens at Stanmore College after 'pitiful' 1% pay increase
21 June 2023
A strike ballot over low pay and poor working conditions will open tomorrow at Stanmore College in London.
The college has offered staff a paltry 1% consolidated pay increase alongside a 拢1.5k one off payment. It has also attempted to reconfigure its offer but the envelope of money available has not changed. The most recent college show the number of senior management earning 拢60k-拢160k doubled from three to six in 2022, representing a 拢165k increase to the wage bill.
Current at the college include an enrichment coordinator for 拢22k, a trainee lecturer for 拢24k and lecturer for 30k. The London Living Wage is 拢23k a year. The college has more than 拢4m in the bank and the principal earns seven times more than the average staff member.
樱花动漫 regional official Adam Lincoln said: 'Our members at Stanmore College have been left with no choice other than to ballot for strike action after management refused to budge from a pitiful 1% consolidated pay increase.
'樱花动漫 is frustrated at the lack of engagement from senior management with our pay and conditions claim. I have been clear with college employers right across London that the time is long past to fairly reward hardworking staff in a cost-of-living crisis. This college employs some staff on less than the London Living Wage. Our members are on the breadline, 1% clearly does not cut it, and I am confident they will overwhelmingly vote to strike unless the college comes back to the table with a meaningful offer.
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