Staff at a Hampshire-based college are set to strike for two days this week after union members received an “insulting” pay offer.
More than 100 employees at Havant and South Downs College could take part in industrial action on February 22 and 23 amid a row over low pay, with members of both the University and College Union and National Education Union voting to picket.
It comes as the unions have decried a 3 per cent pay offer for most college lecturers, which they claim is a real terms pay cut when inflation is running at more than three times that figure.
The UCU said the final pay award offered was 3 per cent for most college lecturers, who are largely on between £30,000 and £40,000 per year, with a one-off payment of around £400 for most staff.
