Survey findings on the cost of living crisis During 2022 RPI inflation rose to 19.9%, a 40-year high, which saw workers across Scotland struggling to make ends meet. Whilst this inflation was not attributed to wage rises, as real wages within the UK have been steadily falling for more than a decade, workers were none-the-less […]
Left with no option, following months of frustrating negotiations, EIS-FELA members, across Scotland’s 26 Further Education colleges, began a campaign of action short of strike (ASOS) in pursuit of a fair pay award. College lecturers should have received their 2022/23 pay rise in September 2022. The EIS-FELA lodged a claim for a £5000 consolidated salary […]
What were you doing this time two years ago? For some of us, life almost appears to be back to ‘normal’ – the restricted life we experienced through the Covid-19 pandemic a distant memory. But for others, this is far from the case; the pandemic is not over, Covid-19 infections persist, and the easing of […]
This article is part of a series sharing learning from the EIS’s visit to the Australian Education Union and Sydney WorldPride 2023. “In a world that is seeing increasing backlash to the advancement of LGBTI rights across contexts, education trade unions must stand in solidarity with our own LGBTI members, our students and their families, […]
