UCU FE colleges strike over pay, workload and observation policies
Channel: ReelNews
Date: 2021-10-13

FE lecturers at Capital City College Group, the largest Further Education college in London comprising City & Islington, CHENEL and Westminster Kingsway, are on strike alongside many other colleges nationwide.


UCU members have only been offered a 1% pay rise after years of falling behind university lecturers - and een that hasn't been implemented. They now earn on average £9,000 less than their HE counterparts.


This is exascerbated by a vastly increased workload and - at Capital City College Group - a new monitoring policy which is basically a bullies' charter.


The strike is absolutely solid - and the workers are determined to get what they deserve. As they say, staff's working conditions are students learning conditions, and this is a battle to defend the right to a decent education for working class communities.