TEACHERS, lecturers and support staff from Harrow visited Parliament to lobby their MPs about pension cuts.
As part of their ongoing bid calling on the government to rethink its proposals to make changes to public sector pensions, thousands union members descended on Parliament, with a petition signed by 154,000 people.
This followed industrial action in June, when members of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) took the unprecedented step of striking over the government proposals.
Nicholas Batty, ATL Branch Secretary for Harrow and a lecturer at Harrow College, said: "This event was planned to ensure that teaching would not be disrupted.
"It occurred in the middle of half-term week, which effectively means that teachers attending were dedicating a days' holiday to the future of education in this country.
"My message is that this government is attempting to drive through changes that would be deeply damaging to staff recruitment, retention, mobility, morale and motivation and jeopardise the education of the young people of Harrow."
This latest action was part of a joint campaign by seven leading education unions to protest about negotiations.
They have stressed that if ministers do not renegotiate, they will be 'left with no option but to take further action', including supporting the planned TUC (Trades Union Congress) day of action on 30 November.
