A fresh pay offer for college staff has been rejected by union bosses today, who branded the 2.5 per cent recommendation “totally unacceptable”.
The Association of Colleges (AoC) upped its 2.25 per cent offer from last month to 2.5 per cent in a meeting with the University and College Union (UCU) on Monday.
But the UCU has condemned that offer, calling it “beyond insulting” while the cost-of-living crisis bites.
The UCU, along with the National Education Union, Unison, Unite and GMB, has been holding out for 10 per cent pay rise, with a minimum uplift of £2,000. It said that since 2009 staff had suffered real terms pay cuts and staff pay had fallen behind inflation by more than 35 per cent.
