Strength in numbers as university staff, teachers, rail workers and more rallied today in Lincoln — we went to find out why they are planning to stage even more strikes.
Teachers, university staff, and bus and train drivers went on strike across Lincolnshire on Wednesday over pay and work conditions.
Showing their support at the event were the City of Lincoln Council leader Ric Metcalfe, Labour MP nominee Hamish Falconer and local councillors Chris Burke and Emily Wood.Lincolnshire NEU member Jill Evans, who was striking for the first time, said she was worried about cuts to education. Teachers, university staff and RMT workers marched through Lincoln | Photo: Steve Smailes for the Lincolnite
“We’ve got an absolutely unsustainable workload which is making people ill. Staff are going off sick with stress or being hospitalised. Trade union representatives at the march said there was public support for this often-unpopular move.
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