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STRIKING college lecturers have sacrificed six days' Christmas pay in their stand against bosses’ plans to rip up their contracts.
Lambeth College lecturers walked out again yesterday in a dispute over contracts that will leave many with worse pay and conditions.
Despite the costs, they’re now preparing for all-out action and have had a massive £2,000 donated to their fighting fund by supporters and fellow trade unionists.
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Thousands to join ‘megapicket’ in solidarity with striking refuse workers in Birmingham
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As Birmingham’s refuse workers fight brutal pay cuts, Strike Map rallies mass solidarity, with unions, activists, and workers converging to defy scab labour and police intimidation. The message to Labour? Back workers or face rebellion, writes HENRY FOWLER and ROBERT POOLE
