Staff at five colleges in Cleveland, Redcar and Stockton-on-Tees have announced new strike dates in a long running dispute over low pay.
On 16 May staff will picket the open day at Redcar and Cleveland College campus and on Wednesday 22 May they will picket Stockton and Riverside College campus.
The strikes are the latest escalation after staff rejected employer Education Training Collective's (ETC) most recent offer.
Members of UCU at Barking and Dagenham College will be out in force tomorrow rallying to protest against management's refusal to improve staff working conditions.
As well as a properly negotiated pay increase, members are calling for management to agree action to tackle workplace stress.
Staff at five colleges in Cleveland, Redcar and Stockton-on-Tees will strike on Wednesday 20 and Thursday 21 March.
The strikes come after an overwhelming 79.3% of UCU members at Bede Sixth Form College, NETA Training Group, Stockton Riverside College, The Skills Academy and Redcar and Cleveland College who voted, rejected the latest pay offer from employer Education Training Collective (ETC). Turnout was 64%.
UCU members at Capital City College Group (CCCG), London's largest further education college group, begin eight days of strike action today in their dispute over pay.
CCCG has already seen three days of strikes in what began as a national dispute over low pay and poor working conditions. With 60 colleges having settled with pay awards of up to 10% CCCG is an isolated employer and must settle the dispute.
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UCU members at Bede Sixth Form College, NETA Training Group, Stockton Riverside College, The Skills Academy, & Redcar and Cleveland College are striking today and tomorrow over pay.
An offer of 3% for 22/23 from their employer body, the Education Training Collective (ETC), was overwhelmingly rejected.
ETC has over £4m cash in the bank and is trying to recruit staff for less than £23k.
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Staff at five colleges in Cleveland, Redcar and Stockton-on-Tees will strike tomorrow and Wednesday in a long-running dispute over low pay.
The strikes are going ahead at Bede Sixth Form College, NETA Training Group, Stockton Riverside College, The Skills Academy, and Redcar and Cleveland College after employer body the Education Training Collective (ETC) refused to make an improved offer on pay.
UCU members in English further education have agreed pay deals of up to 10% at 25 college employers after sustained work through our Respect FE campaign. These awards come on top of 35 deals already announced.
There are now seven hold-out bosses who refuse to make acceptable offers and settle their disputes.
Three new strike days have been announced at colleges which are part of the Education Training Collective (ETC) in Cleveland, Redcar, and Stockton-on-Tees in a long-running dispute over low pay.
ETC has over £4m cash in the bank, and in 2022 its principal was paid over £300k, but is trying to recruit lecturers for less than £26k.
The first strike will take place on 13 December if a better pay offer is not received, with more planned in the new year.
Members are organising and building branches as employers paper over huge problems.
As General Secretary I will commit to amplifying members' voices in Further Education and year-round resourcing of campaigns, bargaining and policy work to build leverage and members' confidence in collective action.
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Problems faced by our members in Further Education go far beyond 8 "hold-out" employers in England.
FE staff have for too long been made to feel like the poor relation in the education sector, with pay far below staff doing equivalent work in schools accompanied by crushing workload.
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Vicky Blake UCU