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In the UK, lecturers at universities will conduct a strike on May 25th and 26th. This strike comes after the teachers rejected a proposed pay increase of 1.1%. When accounting for inflation, the teachers' real wages over the past six years have actually fallen by 14.5%. The teachers' strike will happen during students' exams, so the universities will try to minimize the impact on students with assistance from the University and Colleges Employers' Association. Employers issued a statement that 1.1% only represented one of the incremental pay increases and that workers pay could be increased by as much as 2.3% during some increments.