Kirklees College staff set to go on strike as industrial action affects four Yorkshire sites during GCSE exam season
Staff at Kirklees College will go on strike for four days this month unless employers make an improved pay offer, the University and College Union (UCU) has confirmed.
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The days of industrial action involving staff at Kirklees, Leeds City, Harrogate and Bradford colleges are set to take place on June 5, 7, 12 and 14 – during a period when students are scheduled to set GCSE maths and English exams.
The UCU is demanding a meaningful pay rise to help staff during the cost of living crisis and action to end to excessive workloads.
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Hide AdUCU regional official Julie Kelley said: “Our members are utterly dedicated to supporting their students and striking during exams is a last resort from staff who are being pushed into poverty.
"Our members are fed up with a decade of low pay. They need a salary that allows them to live with dignity and workloads that are manageable.”