A TEACHING union has said it will bring a college to a standstill in a row over pay.

The University and College Union (UCU) has said all classes will be cancelled on Thursday February 5 because of the failure of Askham Bryan College to honour a pay deal agreed five years ago.

The union says that the deal should have left a mid-ranking further education lecturer earning £4,511 more per year. But so far the union says that along with 10 other colleges, Askham Bryan has failed to honour the deal.

The UCU said the failure to honour the deal is one of the longest IOUs from management to staff in the history of industrial relations UCU head of further education, Barry Lovejoy, said: “This the last chance for Askham Bryan College to avoid disruption. The staff are not greedy; they are merely asking for the money they should have been paid four years ago. We have made it clear that we are willing to discuss flexible agreements to implement the deal, as we have at many other colleges. It is the intransigence of Askham Bryan College that has pushed members' patience too far and forced them into industrial action.”