HSDC Strikes

The News, Portsmouth

Staff across the three HSDC campuses have gone on strike over job cuts and the ongoing financial strain at the college after it was handed a formal notice to intervene.

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00:00I'm Murray McCauley from the University and College Union and I'm standing outside

00:04Haventon South Downs College today because UCU and NEU members are taking

00:09strike action and the reason we are taking strike action is because of the

00:14redundancies and huge job cuts at this college because of the failure of the

00:19leadership of the college to have due control of their finances. This college is facing a financial crisis, it is not the same across the further

00:28education sector so we are taking strike action to protest against the

00:33redundancies and to say we want stable and responsible leadership for this

00:38college so that our members and these students are not facing cuts like this

00:42again in future. Tell me what the reaction has been like this morning just from not

00:46only the members but also you know the the public? We've had really good levels of

00:51support our action this morning we've had lots of union members from UCU and NEU

00:57taking strike action and we've had lots of support from members of the public from

01:01people cheering and honking their their horns and messages of support on social media.

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