LECTURERS at Accrington and Rossendale College protested at the main gates over new contracts, despite a Court of Appeal ruling that they could not strike.
Staff on the peaceful "protest lines" did not try to stop people going into work. Staff at Blackburn College also held a meeting to discuss action over the new "flexible" contracts.
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