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THOUSANDS of “angry and determined” college staff are going on strike tomorrow in protest at the effects of government funding cuts.
Workers from 34 sixth-form colleges will walk out, having voted overwhelmingly for strike action.
The staff, who are members of the NEU union, are demanding that Education Secretary Gavin Williamson agree to improve their pay and conditions through better funding for education for 16 to 19-year-olds.
With 170,000 children living in poverty in north-east England and teachers leaving in droves over 20 per cent real-terms pay cuts since 2010, all while private companies siphon off billions, it is time to unite and fight for education, writes MATT WRACK
Unions slam use of review bodies and long-term decline in value of wages