lecturer.at.the.picket

This ballot sets the tone for our future in FE. Imagine Science teachers were paid more than Art teachers. There would be an uproar about the disparity and EIS would condemn it. So why do lecturers deserve less than our teacher colleagues? We don't. Vote reject!

@SandraW79347 @MrMcEnaney 100% While personally I think this is the best thing I've ever heard from Gilruth re keeping external examinations at National 5, it's another example of SNP wasting money on a report they go on to dismiss.

@MrMcEnaney SNP NEVER listen. Whenever they enter into consultation it is a sham. It is their way or the highway every time.

And there we have it. After all those reviews, and all that work, and those promises of reform - the SNP government decides they know better. If there was any hope of real reform left, today is the day it surely died. heraldscotland.com/news/24596594.…

@MrMcEnaney Weighing in here as I have before on this subject but both me and my husband are working class. My daughter had such a horrendous time at high school that we worked extra hrs to fund her place at private school. Not everyone attending is upper class nor is everyone paying.

@Sandraneeswax 100% £2000 is owed for both 2022/23 and 2023/24. £1500 is owed for 2023/24. Total owed in back pay is £5500. For FTE I estimate it'll be around £2700 net

@PeteWoodsTweets @scotgov @EISFela 100% I called this last week that we'd settle for a very poor offer & then teachers would be offered a much better rise. That's three consecutive years we've accepted much lower offers. Members really need to value their worth more. What was the point in 27 strike days?

Can’t help but feel further insulted by the @scotgov seeing this. 28 days strike(+) @EISFela took to end up with considerably less than Teachers over 3 years; + 4.14% in year 4 (which was supposedly restorative).

@EISUnion Yes EIS thinks 3.2% for Lecturers for 2024/25 pay is 'good'. £1500 vs £2071 is a huge difference when it's also happened in 2022/23 and 2023/24. We teach too. We even teach school classes! I am secondary qualified.

The EIS has decided to recommend acceptance of a new, improved pay offer of 4.27% to Scotland’s teachers. We will open a consultative ballot tomorrow, with a recommendation that members should vote to accept the improved 4.27% pay offer from employers. eis.org.uk/latest-news/pa…

@EISUnion Yet you asked us #FE lecturers to settle for a lot less. How does that work, then? #twotiermembers

@Sandraneeswax @EISFela @MrMcEnaney I'm disappointed by this for my former colleagues. Ones who likely fought the fight with us over the last two years too

@April23098569 @Lecturer_Picket @EISFela We are all GTC registered and many EIS represents many in both professions. I think we should be working together more. I know we would be negotiating with separate bodies but nothing to stop us making the same claim and standing together to get it. Unity is strength.

@Lecturer_Picket Sadly @EISFela and our colleagues who voted yes sold us all down the river. I’d better not hear anyone moaning about it next year.

@Lecturer_Picket Should never have accepted the 3.2 but hey …

With EIS Fela's recommendation, we accepted 3.2% (£1500) for 24/25 & today teachers were offered 4.27%. Fela members need to wake up to the disparity between EIS members. If accepted, top teacher salary is £50587 vs our £48357. Next year we will still be below this at £50359.

@EdnaKrabapple1 @MisterHBrown @wyllie_cameron @MrRobHistory Well 27 days of strike action lead to us ending up thousands of pounds behind you so I don't blame you. I think 4.27% is a fair offer. Above inflation. They definitely need to lower class numbers, have proper support for the needs in classes etc etc.

@MisterHBrown @wyllie_cameron @MrRobHistory I will not strike again over pay. Our conditions are awful. That's what needs dealt with.

Not a good one

@CollEmployScot I think you'll find this is absolutely your doing in the past for never negotiating in good faith and on time! Shame on you for bragging that you've finally done your job on time this year.

College support staff are set to receive their 2024/25 salary rise on time – a first since the national process for deciding pay and conditions was launched. Read more: bit.ly/3MtcwFN

@CollEmployScot (2) important of further education at every turn through consistent underfunding. You reap what you sow, you will find that with this constant woeful lack of funding, your own position will become more tenuous. And there will be no one left to fight for you.

@CollEmployScot Your comment on this seems to be wilfully ignoring the fact that you fought against us at every turn, that had you had your way, it would have been a lot less than the (not great) award we finally got. You are all not fit for purpose, a crutch to a government undermining the

@NiallCArtist @MrMcEnaney @PeteWoodsTweets @EISFela Niall, this was more than about pay. You and your comrades who stood on those picket lines for days on end can look any of your workmates in the eye and know you couldn’t have done anything more to fight for everyone involved in FE. That is worth more than anything. Solidarity ❤️

@StudentActionFE You have been a great supporter of students and lecturers. Thank you.

Well, it would appear that the war has been won ✊🏼❤️. Congratulations to every single lecturer who stood strong on those picket lines knowing they were worth more than what CES were offering.

@EISFela You must be joking. Why should we be paid £5k less than the schoolteachers for doing the exact same job? Have you not been watching the news, Next got taken to court for doing that!

It's hard to believe any public sector workers in Scotland would have 27 days of strike action to fight for fair pay. Yet the offer on the table to us is far from equitable with our teacher colleagues, in fact we will end up thousands of pounds below. Don't forget to vote.