College lecturers have begun a rolling programme of strike action in a dispute over pay and job security.
It comes after EIS-Further Education Lecturers’ Association (EIS-Fela) rejected a pay offer from College Employers Scotland that the union claimed could result in more than 400 lecturing job losses across the further education sector.
EIS-Fela members at New College Lanarkshire were the first to walk out on Monday and will be followed by those at branches at all of Scotland’s other further education colleges in a rolling programme over the next two-and-a-half weeks.
Last Thursday, EIS-Fela members in all of Scotland’s colleges walked out in a national day of strike action, with hundreds gathering at a rally outside the Scottish Parliament on the same day.
EIS general secretary Andrea Bradley said: “College lecturers deserve so much more from their employers and the Scottish Government.
“Beginning at New College Lanarkshire today, EIS-Fela members will undertake 12 days of rolling action and their frustration is not only wholly justified, but also growing.
