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Sheffield teachers stage second day of strike
NEU members on the picket line outside Longley Park Sixth Form

TEACHERS at a sixth form college in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, staged a second day of strike action today over the alleged victimisation of their union representative by managers.

Members of the National Education Union (NEU) at Longley Park Sixth Form College walked out in protest at management’s treatment of union rep Duncan Blackie.

The union said that the employers, Brigantia Learning Trust, misused “performance management procedures” to victimise Mr Blackie.

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