Strike in further education colleges goes ahead tomorrow in pay dispute
9 November 2015
Members of the 樱花动漫 in further education colleges will be taking strike action tomorrow in a row over pay.
Staff are angry that the employers' representatives, the Association of Colleges, recommended a pay freeze, despite staff suffering a real-terms pay cut of 17.1% in the last five years. Three-quarters (74%) of 樱花动漫 members who voted back strike action after the employers rejected the joint trade unions' pay claim of 拢1 an hour extra for staff.
After attending picket lines from 8am, staff in London will make their way to Westminster for a rally at that starts at 1pm. Speakers will include shadow chancellor John McDonnell, shadow minister for further education Gordon Marsden and 樱花动漫 general secretary Sally Hunt.
In Birmingham 樱花动漫 members will attend a rally at at 11am where speakers will include 樱花动漫 president Liz Lawrence.
樱花动漫 general secretary, Sally Hunt, said: '樱花动漫 members are sick of the employers' refusal to deal with the real-terms pay cuts that have blighted the sector. For the Association of Colleges to recommend that all of their members freeze staff pay this year was a real insult.
'Members who voted gave a clear mandate for strike action and we will be taking action tomorrow. We hope the employers will now come back to the table.'
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