Ten day walkout to hit English colleges
12 September 2022
Staff at 26 further education colleges in England will take ten days of strike action starting on Monday 26 September unless employers make a significant pay rise to deal with the cost-of-living crisis.
The action will take place over four weeks in the first half term of the academic year:
- week 1: Monday 26, Tuesday 27 and Wednesday 28 September (3 days
- week 2: Thursday 6 and Friday 7 October (2 days)
- week 3: Monday 10 and Tuesday 11 October (2 days)
- week 4: Tuesday 18 Wednesday, 19 and Thursday 20 October (3 days).
In July 89.9% of UCU members voted to take strike action on an overall turnout of 57.9%, which is the biggest mandate for industrial action across English further education colleges since the 50% turnout threshold was brought into force in 2016.
Since 2009 pay in English further education has fallen behind inflation by 35% and the pay gap between school and college teachers stands at around £9k which means unqualified college teachers earn as little as £21k whilst qualified teachers earn as little as £26k.
UCU is demanding employers make a pay offer that reflects the soaring costs college staff currently face.
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