Colleges throughout Scotland are getting hit by strike motion this week as members from two academics' unions stroll out.
The strikes being staged by the Scottish Secondary Lecturers' Affiliation (SSTA) and the NASUWT union come simply two weeks after an analogous protest by the EIS – Scotland's largest instructing union when nearly all faculties within the nation have been pressured to close on November 24.
This wave of strike motion is "unlikely" to have the identical impression, a 3rd of councils count on "vital" disruption. The strikes this week will primarily have an effect on secondary faculties, though some main faculties shall be affected.
The strike may have a unique impact on faculties throughout the nation with Glasgow Metropolis Council saying that "every faculty may have completely different plans because the numbers within the two unions taking motion – the SSTA and NASUWT – will range".
The strikes come as a part of a dispute over pay between the instructing unions and the Scottish Authorities and native authorities physique COSLA.
This spherical of motion will see strikes primarily towards authorities within the west of Scotland on Wednesday after which switching to the remaining council areas on Thursday.
Listed here are all of the areas that shall be collaborating within the strike and on which day.
College strikes - Wednesday, December 7
- Argyll and Bute
- Dumfries and Galloway
- East Ayrshire
- East Dunbartonshire
- East Renfrewshire
- Eilean Siar
- Glasgow, Metropolis of
- Highland
- Inverclyde
- North Ayrshire
- North Lanarkshire
- Orkney
- Renfrewshire
- Shetland
- South Ayrshire
- South Lanarkshire
- West Dunbartonshire
College strikes - Thursday, December 8
- Aberdeen, Metropolis of
- Angus
- Aberdeenshire
- Clackmannanshire
- Dundee Metropolis
- Edinburgh, Metropolis of
- East Lothian
- Falkirk
- Fife
- Midlothian
- Moray
- Perth and Kinross
- Scottish Borders
- Stirling
- West Lothian
In Edinburgh, the place motion will happen on Thursday, the council mentioned that "solely 10% of the workforce shall be concerned, we are going to preserve as many faculties open as attainable".
Aberdeen Council will even be impacted by strike motion on Thursday, with an inventory of closures accessible on the council web site, whereas Fife Council has confirmed that every one secondary faculties shall be closed to college students on the identical day.
The motion comes after academics rejected a proposal from the employers final month, with the SSTA branding it a "pathetic and insulting”"supply to academics.
Seamus Searson, SSTA basic secretary mentioned: "Hopefully, the employers and the Scottish Authorities will perceive that every one instructor unions in Scotland are united in looking for a good and affordable pay settlement and there must be a willingness to unravel the pay dispute.
"The most recent supply was shortly rejected by the academics’ unions and was intentionally divisive and insufficient.
"This obvious present of contempt to academics by this supply has hardened the resolve of members and compelled the SSTA to take the strongest type of motion."
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