Lecturers at Barnsley College were set to strike on Friday of this week to stop compulsory redundancies. The UCU union members voted for strikes by 87 percent.
Teachers at the Islington Arts and Media School in north London were set to strike on Wednesday of this week. They are fighting compulsory redundancies. The NUT union members struck against the cuts last month. They backed strikes by 90 percent in a ballot.
More than 50,000 workers in tax offices across Britain were set to strike this week against a draconian new sickness absence policy imposed by management.