Created on: 22 Apr 2007 | Last modified: 26 Apr 2023
Scotland’s college lecturers have continued a twelve-day rolling programme of strike action in pursuit of a fair pay award and job security.
Scotland’s college lecturers have today, Tuesday 12th September, continued a twelve-day rolling programme of strike action in pursuit of a fair pay award and job security.
Following four days of strike action at Hutchesons’ Grammar School, The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) dispute at the School is now settled on the basis of a 7-point agreement.
Scotland’s college lecturers have begun a twelve-day rolling programme of strike action in pursuit of a fair pay award and job security.
College lecturers have today (Thursday 7th September) begun a programme of sustained strike action, comprising of national, rolling and targeted strikes
Strike action continues at City of Glasgow college, rally to be held with General Secretary present 5th September 2023
The EIS has called on the Scottish Government and College Employers Scotland to take definitive action to ensure that college lecturers receive a fair and fully funded pay award.
College lecturers to take national strike action, including targeted strikes in constituencies of Scottish Government Ministers, for a fully funded Pay Award
The EIS has announced additional strike dates in the ongoing dispute at City of Glasgow College (CoGC) over plans from the college management to cut course provision and jobs.
The Educational Institute of Scotland, has written to First Minister Humza Yousaf calling for action on the lack of job security for many newly and recently qualified teachers across Scotland.
The EIS has commended Scotland’s students and teachers following the publication of SQA qualifications results for this year.
Members of the EIS at Hutchesons’ Grammar School have voted for union recognition in a historic ballot at the school.
Members of the EIS-Further Education Lecturers Association (EIS-FELA) have been carrying out industrial action short of strike action (ASOS) in pursuit of the pay claim for 2022-23
The EIS has today (Monday) hit out at North Lanarkshire Council’s notification to around 130 teachers late last Friday afternoon that they would be out of work after the summer break.
Members of the Educational Institute of Scotland - Further Education Lecturers’ Association (EIS-FELA) at Edinburgh College have today (Monday) taken the first in a series of days of strike action in response to compulsory redundancies at the College.
EIS Comments on the announcement that the SQA reforms will be delayed until at least the next parliamentary year
The EIS has responded to the Parliamentary Statement by Education Secretary, Jenny Gilruth, on the reform of Scottish Education.
Picket lines are in place again at Hutchesons’ Grammar sites this morning
The General Secretary of the EIS has used her keynote address at the EIS Annual General Meeting (AGM) to outline the key campaigning priorities for the EIS in the year ahead.
The outgoing President of the EIS has used her keynote address at the EIS AGM to highlight the importance of active trade unions to ensuring enhanced support for Scotland’s education system.
The EIS has this afternoon (Tuesday) agreed to suspend strike action scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday at Hutchesons’ Grammar School.
Members of the EIS-FELA at Dundee & Angus College are balloting for industrial action, following a proposal by the college to begin compulsory redundancies by the end of June.
The EIS has agreed to suspend strike action scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday at Hutchesons’ Grammar School, a fee-paying school in Glasgow.
Negotiators from EIS-FELA met again, with College Employers Scotland, in an attempt to settle a long running pay dispute.
Following the recommendation in the Muir Review to build a consensual vision for the future of Scottish education, the report sets out the vision, values and action necessary to make it a reality.
There has been strong turnout on picket lines as lecturers at City of Glasgow College (CoGC) began a programme of strike action over planned cuts and redundancies.
Teachers at Hutchesons’ Grammar School, an independent school in Glasgow, are today and tomorrow continuing their programme of strike action over the school’s enforcement of damaging contractual changes to teachers’ pension entitlements.
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A survey of lecturers has opened in response to the prospect of compulsory redundancies at Dundee & Angus College.
Teachers at Hutchesons' Grammar School, an independent school in Glasgow, have commenced a programme of strike action over the school's enforcement of damaging contractual changes to teachers' pension entitlements.
The Executive Committee of the EIS-Further Education Lecturers Association (EIS-FELA) has condemned the lack of fair working practices across Scotland’s public college sector.
Teachers at Hutchesons’ Grammar School, an independent school in Glasgow, have voted strongly in favour of taking strike action over the school’s plans to enforce damaging contractual changes to teachers’ pension entitlements.
Local EIS-FELA representatives met this morning with members of City of Glasgow College senior management to be told that the college workforce will be reduced by up to 100 through the use of compulsory redundancies.
The EIS raised serious concerns over reported comments from First Minister Humza Yousaf which suggest that the Scottish Government may pull back on its manifesto commitment to the roll-out of universal free school meals.
The EIS has condemned the Scottish Government’s decision to withdraw a combined £46 million of additional funding for Scotland’s Further and Higher Education sectors.
A survey of Scotland’s teachers, carried out by the EIS has laid bare the health and wellbeing implications of severe levels of teacher workload, chronic system underfunding and the impact of the current cost of living crisis on teachers and schools.
College Lecturers Begin Industrial Action In Pursuit Of Fair Pay
The EIS welcomes the third publication of the Diversity in Teaching Profession Scotland Annual Data Report
Scotland's colleges are facing a programme of sustained industrial action by college lecturers, over pay, following the conclusion of a statutory ballot late yesterday (Thursday 13th April).
City of Glasgow College lecturers are now voting on whether to take industrial action over the College’s plans to reduce the number of lecturing staff
Today (Monday 13th March 2023), the EIS-Further Education Lecturers Association (EIS-FELA) has issued seven days’ notice letters informing college employers that a statutory ballot for industrial action will commence on Monday 20th March.
Teachers in Fife and Orkney were on the picket lines today, as the long-running dispute over teacher pay rolls on.
Teachers in North Ayrshire and Perth & Kinross were on the picket lines today, as the long-running dispute over teacher pay continues.
The SNCT Extended Joint Chairs met this afternoon at 1630hrs. Disappointingly, no new offer was brought to the table by Scottish Government and COSLA.
The EIS has today (Thursday) called upon the Scottish Government to commit to properly funding Scottish education, and fair pay increases for teaching professionals, in its budget statement today.
The EIS has written to the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, calling for urgent action on the rollout of universal free school meals to mitigate against the impact of poverty in light of the growing cost of living crisis.
Members of the Argyll College EIS-FELA branch are being told by the management of the college that their courses are ‘no longer financially viable’
The EIS has congratulated Scotland’s students following the publication of this year’s qualifications results.
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