STAFF at a college in west London will take strike action for five days over plans by the management to fire and rehire over 100 teachers on worse terms and conditions.

The University & College Union (UCU) said that the strike, starting on May 23, comes after 97 per cent of members at Richmond upon Thames College voted for it.

The strike will be followed by staff working strictly to contract and could be escalated to include refusing to cover for colleagues, refusing to reschedule lectures or classes and a boycott of assessments.