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Education in London could be hit with widespread disruption on Wednesday 5 May as members of UCU take industrial action over massive funding cuts that are threatening jobs across the capital.
TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
'Today's figure shows that the economy is still in a very difficult place. While the better than expected figures for manufacturing are good news, the rest of the economy is still very fragile.
'The finance sector crash did huge damage to the UK economy, and it still needs a great deal of TLC from the next government. Big spending cuts could easily send us backwards into a double dip as they rip through both public and private sectors.'
UCU today warned the University of Sussex that it will face a second round of strike action on Wednesday 5 May if it pushes ahead with controversial plans for over 100 compulsory redundancies.
Members of UCU at Southgate College will be demonstrating at a lunchtime protest on Tuesday 27 April against plans to axe 60 jobs. The 1pm event has been organised after shocked staff were hit with the news of job losses as they broke up for the Easter holidays.
Teachers and students will march through Bristol tomorrow, 24 April, in protest against course closures and job cuts at the Beacon Centre.