Staff at Oxfordshire and Norwich colleges to walk out over pay and conditions
Among staff from the 25 colleges striking are union members from Abingdon & Witney College, and City College Norwich
Staff at 25 colleges across England will stage three days of strike action next week in a dispute over pay and working conditions.
Among those striking are staff from Abingdon & Witney College, and City College Norwich.
Members of the University and College Union (UCU) will walk out from Wednesday to Friday, mounting picket lines outside colleges and holding a national rally in Westminster on Friday.
The UCU said its members at other colleges have settled their disputes following pay awards worth up to 8.7%.
The union said it was pressing employers to work with them to implement meaningful sectoral bargaining, so further education can avoid the cycle of strike ballots and disruption seen over the past few years.
UCU general secretary Jo Grady said: "Industrial action is a last resort for our members, but staff up and down England have been left with no choice.
"There is still time for colleges to make fair offers that help close the pay gap between school and college teachers.
"Our demands are reasonable, and management at colleges where staff are taking action need to look at those that worked to settle their disputes.
"Employers must now agree to meaningful sectoral bargaining so further education can avoid the cycle of strike ballots and disruption that we have seen over the past few years."
Colleges where UCU members are taking strike action are:
Abingdon & Witney College
Bournemouth and Poole College of FE
Capital City College
Chesterfield College
City College Norwich
City of Bristol College
City of Liverpool College
City of Portsmouth College
City of Wolverhampton College
Hugh Baird College
Isle of Wight College
Kirklees College
Lancaster and Morecambe College
Loughborough College Group
Morley College
New College Swindon
SK College Group
South & City College
South Bank Colleges
Stanmore College
The Sheffield College
Truro & Penwith College
Windsor Forest Colleges Group
Wirral Met College
Working Men's College