- A win at City of Glasgow College for EIS-FELALooking back at the recent high-profile dispute After more than three months of strike days spanning May until November last year, we have won our dispute! There are now no compulsory redundancies for lecturers at the college. As the biggest college in Scotland this is a win not just for us but for the whole… Read more: A win at City of Glasgow College for EIS-FELA
- Why Palestine is a trade union issue, an EIS issueAt the time of writing, it is 113 days since the most recent escalation of the long-running conflict between Palestine and Israel began. It followed the appalling attacks by Hamas that resulted in the deaths of 1200 Israeli people – both civilians and soldiers – and the taking of 250 hostages, more than a hundred… Read more: Why Palestine is a trade union issue, an EIS issue
- Fighting for the future of FE in ShetlandIt is now two and a half months since senior management at UHI Shetland announced to all staff, that due to budgetary shortfalls, they plan to axe nearly one third of all lecturing jobs. This announcement has been utterly devastating for staff, many of whom have dedicated a large proportion of their working lives to… Read more: Fighting for the future of FE in Shetland
- HerstoryDeveloped by the STUC Women’s Committee, the Herstory Project has been created to gather and highlight the stories of trade union women in Scotland. The project aims to empower trade union women to share their stories on the contribution they have made to the Scottish trade union movement and to ensure their daily roles in… Read more: Herstory
- Scottish European Educational TrustThe health of language learning in schools across Scotland has been a hot topic in recent months. Findings show that over the last 20 years, there has been an overall drop of more than 30% of young people studying French, German, Spanish and Italian during the final stages of secondary school. As a small charity… Read more: Scottish European Educational Trust