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| College staff in strike over pay | College staff in strike over pay |
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| Lecturers at eight colleges in England are staging strikes over pay. | Lecturers at eight colleges in England are staging strikes over pay. |
| Members of the University and College Union (UCU) claim the colleges have failed to honour a pay deal agreed in 2004. | Members of the University and College Union (UCU) claim the colleges have failed to honour a pay deal agreed in 2004. |
| Three of the colleges are in London, others are in Doncaster, Rotherham, Sandwell and Sussex. | Three of the colleges are in London, others are in Doncaster, Rotherham, Sandwell and Sussex. |
| The Association of Colleges says it is disappointed by the action, which it says will be supported by "a small minority of staff". | |
| The industrial action involves members of the UCU working at Croydon College, Greenwich, the College of North West London, Dearne Valley, Doncaster, Rotherham, Sandwell, and Sussex Downs. | The industrial action involves members of the UCU working at Croydon College, Greenwich, the College of North West London, Dearne Valley, Doncaster, Rotherham, Sandwell, and Sussex Downs. |
| Staff at a ninth college - Askham Bryan in North Yorkshire - were also due to go on strike but it is understood they suspended the action pending talks. | Staff at a ninth college - Askham Bryan in North Yorkshire - were also due to go on strike but it is understood they suspended the action pending talks. |
| 'IOUs' | 'IOUs' |
| The union said the pay deal which has not been implemented would have given the average lecturer an extra £4,500 a year. | The union said the pay deal which has not been implemented would have given the average lecturer an extra £4,500 a year. |
| General secretary, Sally Hunt, said: "The colleges only have themselves to blame for today's disruption. The staff are not greedy; they are merely asking for the money they should have been paid four years ago. | General secretary, Sally Hunt, said: "The colleges only have themselves to blame for today's disruption. The staff are not greedy; they are merely asking for the money they should have been paid four years ago. |
| "It is the intransigence of the 'IOU colleges' that has pushed members' patience too far and forced them into today's industrial action." | "It is the intransigence of the 'IOU colleges' that has pushed members' patience too far and forced them into today's industrial action." |
| Evan Williams, from the Association of Colleges, said: "We are disappointed that UCU has decided to take industrial action in a small number of colleges. | Evan Williams, from the Association of Colleges, said: "We are disappointed that UCU has decided to take industrial action in a small number of colleges. |
| "We anticipate that a very small minority of staff in these colleges will take part in action and that each institution will work hard to minimise any disruption to students." | "We anticipate that a very small minority of staff in these colleges will take part in action and that each institution will work hard to minimise any disruption to students." |