Staff will strike act all six of Northern Ireland's (NI) colleges tomorrow
UCU is striking alongside workers across NI in a generalised day of action called by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU). UCU general secretary Jo Grady will be on the picket line at Southern Regional College from 8.30am and will then be speaking at the ICTU strike rally at Belfast City Hall from 12pm.
The walkout is the latest escalation in a long-running pay dispute that has seen staff take action repeatedly since September. Further education lecturers have seen a real-terms pay cut of 25% since 2015 due to seeing lecturer pay awards limited to between 1 % and 2% per year.
The ICTU is demanding the restoration of Stormont, and for the UK government to release the monies it has available to settle NI public sector pay disputes.
