Hackney College workers fight back
On Monday 21 June students and staff at Hackney Community College joined others around the country in a protest against public sector cuts. University Colleges Union (UCU) and Unison had asked members to organise lunchtime protests. 70 colleges and universities according to the union took part in the protest against £1.2 billion cuts in University funding and the loss of up to 7,000 jobs in further education. At Hackney there was banner making, giant games, budget themed twister, tug of war, food and discussion from 12 pm to 1pm in the college grounds. In February over £1million in cuts were...