Created on: 20 Jun 2024 | Last modified: 30 Aug 2024
EIS-FELA have voted overwhelmingly in favour of accepting an improved pay offer from college employers.
95% of lecturers voting in the ballot voted in favour of accepting the improved offer, with 5% voting to reject. Turnout in the ballot was 84%.
The offer delivers pay certainty and stability for our members for this year and next, together with backdated pay settlements for the past two years.
Additionally, there is an obligation on college employers to repay any salary that was ‘deemed’, that is to say deducted, from lecturers engaged in action short of strike during this dispute. The agreement also includes assurances in relation to no compulsory redundancies as a result of this deal.
With this ballot result, the EIS has now suspended all industrial action across Scotland pending the expected ratification of the NJNC Pay Agreement early next week.
