The Scottish government must “get around the table” to resolve a pay dispute as college staff begin a second round of strikes, a union has said.
College support staff will strike on different days over the next week, with action having begun on Wednesday at Dundee and Angus College, Fife College and Glasgow Clyde College.
Some 2,000 staff, represented by Unison, are taking action over pay, terms and conditions.
Unison representatives will meet with minister for higher and further education Graeme Dey MSP on Thursday at St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh, to demand his intervention in ending strikes across Scotland.
Some 93% of college support staff represented by Unison previously voted to take action over the dispute.
The new strike action follows a national strike in Scottish colleges which took place on September 6.
Despite previous action, Unison says their employers have failed to provide a better pay offer, and now the union is looked for assurances that employers will withdraw threats of compulsory redundancies.
The union also warned that unless Mr Dey intervened, strikes would continue into the autumn.
Unison said that low-paid college workers were still awaiting a wage rise which was due more than a year ago.
