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Workers at London Metropolitan University struck on Thursday of last week against plans to axe 165 jobs. 

A major victory against compulsory redundancies could be on the cards this week for UCU union members at Dundee University. 

UCU union members at Salford University began a four-day strike on Tuesday of this week against victimisations.

Workers at three schools in Lewisham, south east London, were set to begin a two-day strike on Wednesday of next week. 

The growing mood to resist the new Tory government infected the University and College Union (UCU) national conference in Glasgow last weekend.

Workers at London Metropolitan University were set to strike on Thursday of this week against bosses’ plans to axe 165 jobs.

A threatened strike by UCU union members on Thursday of last week at City and Islington College forced bosses to back down over compulsory redundancies.

Strikers shut Small Heath school in Birmingham on Wednesday of last week in protest at plans to turn it into an academy. The walkout involved ATL, NASUWT and NUT union members.

The UCU union’s annual congress takes place this weekend as the new Tory government signals further assaults on services and working conditions.

UCU union members at Dundee university struck on Tuesday of this week against compulsory redundancies.

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College workers in London are preparing for strikes in the wake of the Tory-led government’s cut of 24 percent to adult education funding.