Weekly Update: Monday 19th May

Morning all,

• Glasgow No Cuts and SU4QE Campaign Update: Look out for an all-Glasgow members’ email which will detail the significant progress made so far in our Dispute. Please contact glasgowla@eis.org.uk if your Branch would like a speaker to attend any upcoming meetings and we’ll get this organised. We’d address all aspects of Glasgow SU4QE campaigning and any other agenda items which have been raised.
• Consultative Ballot: Following a decision of EIS national Council on Friday, preparation will be undertaken to conduct a consultative ballot for industrial action in pursuit of the SNCT dispute regarding reducing weekly class contact time to 21 hours and the press release can be found here. There is further detail on this and both the current pay claim and back tax in recent members’ bulletin to be found here.
• Level 1 Rep’s Training: On CPD manager for this Thursday 22^nd May IS day. This is all day in person training for new and aspiring Reps but also a chance for the more experienced to refresh and discuss local updates.
• Pensions Q&A: Stephen Stewart, EIS Pensions and Payroll Specialist, is holding a further round of 4pm Teams meetings and you can register by clicking one of these links: This Wednesday 21st May, Thursday 29th May or Tuesday 3rd June. This is an opportunity for EIS members to raise general queries around pensions and the McCloud Remedy. We limit these sessions to 50 members to allow for questions and answers.
• Pensions: To ensure that all pension and pay-related queries are handled efficiently, we have introduced a dedicated mailbox: pensions@eis.org.uk. Going forward, please direct all pension and pay queries to this email address.
• EIS Financial Services Webinars: The remaining two of four webinars are designed for members aged 40 years and under. Click the link/s of your choice to register for these twilight events, all starting at 4.30pm. Money Saving Tips – Wednesday 21^st May: register here and Prioritising your Debt – Wednesday 28^th May: register here
• Stand Up To Racism Summit: This takes place on Saturday 31^st March and you can sign up with this link. Stop Reform 2026: organising against racism and fascism in Scotland Tickets, Sat, May 31, 2025 at 11:00 AM | Eventbrite
• World Refugee Day: This is Saturday 21^st of June with a march and rally organised by Stand Up to Racism planned. The local banner will be there and further details to follow in the coming weeks.

Thanks,

Jane