Created on: 31 Aug 2023 | Last modified: 26 Apr 2024
EIS-FELA members across Scotland should have received a fair pay award in September 2022. College Employers Scotland have so far failed to table an acceptable pay offer with assurances on job security.
EIS-FELA will never trade jobs for pay. College Employers Scotland must work with the Scottish Government to provide a fair and fully funded pay award for college lecturers that will not result in job losses.
Following a period of Industrial Action Short of Strike (ASOS) and Strike Action, including targeted Strike Action, in 2023, a new Industrial Action Mandate in pursuit of a fair pay settlement was obtained in January 2024. A programme of ASOS (Action Short of Strike Action) and strike action, is currently underway, in order to produce the pressure to generate a fair pay offer that does not cost jobs.
There is now only a small window of opportunity for the Scottish Government and College Employers Scotland to work together to provide a fully funded pay award before an escalation to further strike action in the coming months.
Monday 22nd April: Borders College, City of Glasgow College, UHI Inverness, UHI North, West and Hebrides
Tuesday 23rd April: Fife College, New College Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire College, UHI Moray, West Lothian College
Wednesday 24th April: Ayrshire College, Forth Valley College, Newbattle Abbey College, Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, UHI Shetland
Thursday 25th April: Dundee and Angus College, Edinburgh College, Glasgow Clyde College, North East Scotland College, West College Scotland
Friday 26th April: Dumfries & Galloway College, Glasgow Kelvin College, UHI Argyll, UHI Perth
Monday 29th April: Ayrshire College, Edinburgh College, Forth Valley College, Newbattle Abbey College, Sabhal Mòr Ostaig
Tuesday 30th April: Dumfries & Galloway College, Dundee and Angus College, North East Scotland College, UHI Perth, UHI Shetland
Wednesday 1st May: Glasgow Kelvin College, UHI Argyll, UHI Inverness, UHI Moray, West College Scotland
Thursday 2nd May: Borders College, New College Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire College, West Lothian College
Friday 3rd May: City of Glasgow College, Fife College, Glasgow Clyde College, UHI North, West and Hebrides
