England’s FE colleges face ‘unprecedented’ wave of strikes
by Sally Weale Education correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#63HWJ)
Staff across country will take 10 days of action, spread over a four-week period, in protest over latest pay offer
An unprecedented" wave of strikes will disrupt further education (FE) colleges across England later this month, when staff will take 10 days of action, spread over a four-week period, in protest over their latest pay offer.
The University and College Union (UCU), which represents FE staff, claimed it would be the largest ever strike action in English further education, affecting 26 colleges from Yeovil and Bath to Carlisle and Croydon, and it may not stop there.
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