Unions representing further education (FE) lecturers in Northern Ireland have rejected what they called a derisory pay offer.
The UCU and NASUWT said their members had been offered 1% for 2021-22 and 1% for 2022-23.
They said that an additional offer of a one-off payment to staff was not the same as an annual pay deal.
The Department for the Economy (DfE) has been contacted by BBC News NI for comment.
The UCU claimed that "the position lecturer staff find themselves in is a direct consequence of having no government".
The unions also claimed that a previous offer of 2% for 2021-22 had been blocked by the department.
