樱花动漫

Staff at the Hull College Group will begin a two-day walkout tomorrow (Thursday) as part of a row over plans to slash hundreds of jobs.

樱花动漫 members at Hull College and Harrogate College will be on picket lines from 7am both days in the following locations:

路         Hull College: outside and sites

路         Harrogate College: main entrance on

Hull West and Hessle MP Emma Hardy will also visit the Queens Gardens picket in Hull at 12.30pm tomorrow.

The row centres on plans to cut 231 full-time equivalent posts across the college group's three campuses in Hull, Harrogate and Goole - a move which 樱花动漫 says would lead to around a third of the workforce being cut.

Staff also walked out last Wednesday in protest at the planned cuts, which the union says will lead to fewer learning opportunities for local people.

樱花动漫 members recently delivered a damning vote of no confidence in chief executive officer Michelle Swithenbank. The union said her position was untenable after a failure to defend jobs at the college, as well as efforts to against the running of the college. It took the college four days to issue a statement backing the beleaguered head.

樱花动漫 regional official, Julie Kelley, said: 'Strike action is never taken lightly, but staff at the Hull College Group feel they have been left with little choice. These job cuts would be devastating for staff, students and the local community. We urge the college management to put an urgent stop to these plans and work with us to explore better alternatives which protect jobs and learning opportunities.'

  In the recent strike ballot, 79% of the staff who voted at the college's three campuses in Hull, Harrogate and Goole backed strike action.