Created on: 22 Apr 2007 | Last modified: 19 Jan 2024
The General Secretary of the EIS has hit out today at the threats issued by several college employers towards EIS-FELA members who will be carrying out lawful industrial action from this coming Monday in pursuit of a fair pay settlement.
Earlier this week, in a first for Scotland's independent school sector, a historic recognition agreement was signed between Hutchesons' Grammar School – an independent school in Glasgow – and teacher trade unions, including the EIS.
Following the submission of this year’s pay claim for Scotland’s teachers through the SNCT, the EIS is calling for good faith negotiations from employers and the Scottish Government
College lecturers across Scotland have delivered a decisive vote in favour of industrial action on pay, as a long-running national dispute continues.
The EIS has said that health and safety must be a priority in schools to ensure a safe working environment for staff and pupils alike.
The EIS has called on the Scottish Government and local authorities to make a firm New Year’s Resolution to Stand Up for Quality Education in 2024.
The EIS is calling on government, local authorities, and all relevant agencies to do all that they can to reduce the impact of poverty on young people, their education and their life chances.
The EIS has called upon the Scottish Government and Scottish local authorities to commit to making teacher pay attractive to help ensure that talented graduates see teaching as a viable career option.
The EIS is urging lecturer members of EIS-FELA to ensure that they use their vote in the national industrial action ballot which is currently underway.
Commenting following today’s Scottish budget announcement by Deputy First Minister and Finance Secretary Shona Robison in the Scottish Parliament, EIS General Secretary Andrea Bradley said:
A resolution has been reached in the long-running industrial dispute at City of Glasgow College.
Andrea Bradley commenting on the publication of this year’s Summary Statistics for Schools in Scotland by the Scottish Government
Andrea Bradley commenting on the publication of this year’s Achievement of Curriculum for Excellence levels (ACEL) data by the Scottish Government
This PISA test data, telling only a fraction of the story, reflects aspects of the hard work and professional commitment of teachers amidst the most challenging of circumstances in the wake of the pandemic and continuing social inequality.
Today’s statement did not contain a great deal of detail on the practical steps to be taken and the increased support to be delivered to schools to tackle pupil indiscipline, aggression and violence.
The results of the BiSSR, published by the Scottish Government, have confirmed that incidents of violence, aggression and disruptive behaviours in Scotland’s schools have risen significantly over the past few years.
A major national survey of Scotland’s teachers, carried out by the EIS has laid bare the scale of the growing problem of violence and aggression in Scotland’s schools.
EIS-FELA lecturers at City of Glasgow College are set to resume a programme of strike action and action short of strikes following the result of a statutory ballot last month.
College lecturers at City of Glasgow College are set to continue their programme of industrial action, following the closure of a statutory industrial action ballot yesterday.
The EIS is appalled and deeply concerned by the escalating violence against civilians in Palestine and Israel, and at the deepening humanitarian crisis that the latest development in the conflict has prompted.
The dispute is over cuts to learning and teaching time, course closures, and redundancies. Recommended for the chop include vocational courses, access and lower-level courses; and learning support lecturers.
The EIS has responded to an announcement made by Education Secretary, Jenny Gilruth, during the SNP conference on plans to create a new Centre of Teaching Excellence.
EIS-Further Education Lecturers Association (EIS-FELA) representatives have raised concerns over what is believed to be the discriminatory nature of redundancies taking place at City of Glasgow College.
Members of the EIS-FELA have been on strike at Glasgow Clyde College, Dundee & Angus College and Fife College this week in a long running dispute over job security and pay.
Lecturers in three Scottish colleges will start three days of targeted strike action, in colleges based in the constituencies of key Scottish Government decision makers.
Scotland’s colleges have used UK anti-trade union laws, introduced by the Conservative government, to suppress Scotland’s lecturers from extending their industrial action in a long-running dispute over pay.
College lecturers are continuing with a national rolling programme of strike action today, at Edinburgh College and Perth UHI, in a protracted dispute over pay.
The SNCT Teachers' Panel has strongly criticised Scottish Government for the severe lack of progress in delivering the SNP 2021 Manifesto commitment to reduce teachers' class contact time to 21 hours.
College lecturers have this week started a second week of rolling strike action in a long running campaign for fair pay and job security.
Scotland’s college lecturers have continued a twelve-day rolling programme of strike action in pursuit of a fair pay award and job security.
Scotland’s college lecturers have today, Tuesday 12th September, continued a twelve-day rolling programme of strike action in pursuit of a fair pay award and job security.
Following four days of strike action at Hutchesons’ Grammar School, The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) dispute at the School is now settled on the basis of a 7-point agreement.
Scotland’s college lecturers have begun a twelve-day rolling programme of strike action in pursuit of a fair pay award and job security.
College lecturers have today (Thursday 7th September) begun a programme of sustained strike action, comprising of national, rolling and targeted strikes
Strike action continues at City of Glasgow college, rally to be held with General Secretary present 5th September 2023
The EIS has called on the Scottish Government and College Employers Scotland to take definitive action to ensure that college lecturers receive a fair and fully funded pay award.
College lecturers to take national strike action, including targeted strikes in constituencies of Scottish Government Ministers, for a fully funded Pay Award
The EIS has announced additional strike dates in the ongoing dispute at City of Glasgow College (CoGC) over plans from the college management to cut course provision and jobs.
The Educational Institute of Scotland, has written to First Minister Humza Yousaf calling for action on the lack of job security for many newly and recently qualified teachers across Scotland.
The EIS has commended Scotland’s students and teachers following the publication of SQA qualifications results for this year.
Members of the EIS at Hutchesons’ Grammar School have voted for union recognition in a historic ballot at the school.
Members of the EIS-Further Education Lecturers Association (EIS-FELA) have been carrying out industrial action short of strike action (ASOS) in pursuit of the pay claim for 2022-23
The EIS has today (Monday) hit out at North Lanarkshire Council’s notification to around 130 teachers late last Friday afternoon that they would be out of work after the summer break.
Members of the Educational Institute of Scotland - Further Education Lecturers’ Association (EIS-FELA) at Edinburgh College have today (Monday) taken the first in a series of days of strike action in response to compulsory redundancies at the College.
EIS Comments on the announcement that the SQA reforms will be delayed until at least the next parliamentary year
The EIS has responded to the Parliamentary Statement by Education Secretary, Jenny Gilruth, on the reform of Scottish Education.
Picket lines are in place again at Hutchesons’ Grammar sites this morning
The General Secretary of the EIS has used her keynote address at the EIS Annual General Meeting (AGM) to outline the key campaigning priorities for the EIS in the year ahead.
The outgoing President of the EIS has used her keynote address at the EIS AGM to highlight the importance of active trade unions to ensuring enhanced support for Scotland’s education system.
The EIS has this afternoon (Tuesday) agreed to suspend strike action scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday at Hutchesons’ Grammar School.
Members of the EIS-FELA at Dundee & Angus College are balloting for industrial action, following a proposal by the college to begin compulsory redundancies by the end of June.
The EIS has agreed to suspend strike action scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday at Hutchesons’ Grammar School, a fee-paying school in Glasgow.
AGM 2023 details and announcements
Negotiators from EIS-FELA met again, with College Employers Scotland, in an attempt to settle a long running pay dispute.
Following the recommendation in the Muir Review to build a consensual vision for the future of Scottish education, the report sets out the vision, values and action necessary to make it a reality.
There has been strong turnout on picket lines as lecturers at City of Glasgow College (CoGC) began a programme of strike action over planned cuts and redundancies.
Teachers at Hutchesons’ Grammar School, an independent school in Glasgow, are today and tomorrow continuing their programme of strike action over the school’s enforcement of damaging contractual changes to teachers’ pension entitlements.
FELA Calls on Scottish Government for a rescue package for FE
Summit to be held on pupil violence in schools, EIS general secretary comments
A survey of lecturers has opened in response to the prospect of compulsory redundancies at Dundee & Angus College.
Teachers at Hutchesons' Grammar School, an independent school in Glasgow, have commenced a programme of strike action over the school's enforcement of damaging contractual changes to teachers' pension entitlements.
The Executive Committee of the EIS-Further Education Lecturers Association (EIS-FELA) has condemned the lack of fair working practices across Scotland’s public college sector.
Teachers at Hutchesons’ Grammar School, an independent school in Glasgow, have voted strongly in favour of taking strike action over the school’s plans to enforce damaging contractual changes to teachers’ pension entitlements.
Local EIS-FELA representatives met this morning with members of City of Glasgow College senior management to be told that the college workforce will be reduced by up to 100 through the use of compulsory redundancies.
The EIS raised serious concerns over reported comments from First Minister Humza Yousaf which suggest that the Scottish Government may pull back on its manifesto commitment to the roll-out of universal free school meals.
The EIS has condemned the Scottish Government’s decision to withdraw a combined £46 million of additional funding for Scotland’s Further and Higher Education sectors.
A survey of Scotland’s teachers, carried out by the EIS has laid bare the health and wellbeing implications of severe levels of teacher workload, chronic system underfunding and the impact of the current cost of living crisis on teachers and schools.
City of Glasgow College lecturers are now voting on whether to take industrial action over the College’s plans to reduce the number of lecturing staff
Today (Monday 13th March 2023), the EIS-Further Education Lecturers Association (EIS-FELA) has issued seven days’ notice letters informing college employers that a statutory ballot for industrial action will commence on Monday 20th March.
Teachers in Fife and Orkney were on the picket lines today, as the long-running dispute over teacher pay rolls on.
Teachers in North Ayrshire and Perth & Kinross were on the picket lines today, as the long-running dispute over teacher pay continues.
The SNCT Extended Joint Chairs met this afternoon at 1630hrs. Disappointingly, no new offer was brought to the table by Scottish Government and COSLA.
The EIS has today (Thursday) called upon the Scottish Government to commit to properly funding Scottish education, and fair pay increases for teaching professionals, in its budget statement today.
The EIS has written to the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, calling for urgent action on the rollout of universal free school meals to mitigate against the impact of poverty in light of the growing cost of living crisis.
Members of the Argyll College EIS-FELA branch are being told by the management of the college that their courses are ‘no longer financially viable’
The EIS has congratulated Scotland’s students following the publication of this year’s qualifications results.