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Strike FAQ’s – Feb 2024

Messages of Solidarity-David Jones, NEC Member Local Government 

24^th August – update on the pay and redundancies dispute

Industrial Action

As a result of the failure of the employers to make us an acceptable pay offer, we are now calling Industrial Action across the sector.

Please note that our strike action has been agreed with the EIS and UNITE to ensure our members are only being called to take action that will have the maximum impact.  We believe that this joined up action will help us to win our dispute and provide a fair pay deal for our members.

All Colleges where we hold a mandate for action are being asked to take part in a national day of industrial action on 7^th September 2023. These colleges are:-

Following this, we are calling a rolling programme of strike action where members in specific colleges will take strike action on certain days. This programme of action will be as follows:-

11^th September – New College Lanarkshire and Orkney

12^th September – Glasgow Clyde College

13^th September – Forth Valley College and Moray

14^th September – Glasgow Kelvin College and North East Scotland College

15^th September – Fife College

18^th September – West College Scotland and Newbattle

19^th September – Ayrshire College and UHI Argyll

20^th September – South Lanarkshire College

21^st September – Dumfries & Galloway and Dundee & Angus

22^nd September – UHI Perth College and Edinburgh College

25^th September – UHI Inverness and West Lothian College

26^th September – City of Glasgow College and Borders

Members can visit our pay website at www.unisonfe.scot/pay-2023  or by using the QR code at the bottom of this email where you can access our Industrial Action FAQs. This document will continue to be updated as more questions are raised by members so please check back regularly.

It is time for us all now to step up to help organise and support the action. Speak to your colleagues about joining us, consider stepping up to become an activist, volunteer for picket lines and help with placards and materials as well as supporting this fight publicly.

No one should have to pay for their own pay rise with their job.

Members Meetings

We are in the process of arranging members meeting across the country, and if you haven’t already been invited to one, you will be soon.  Please come along and ask us any questions you might have

We look forward seeing you over the next couple of weeks!

Request to involve ACAS

We updated you in our last communication that we had been offered dates to attend ACAS after we asked the employers to agree to approach them for mediation on the pay dispute. The date of 30^th August has now been confirmed and we will keep you up to date on how matters progress.

It’s time to act; get involved and show that we are together in this fight for fair pay. United, we can win.

We’re delighted to announce that you have spoken decisively in the statutory industrial action ballot in favour of industrial action. 93% voted for strike action and the anti-trade union threshold has been beaten convincingly by a 62% turn-out.

The message to the employers is very clear – our members are prepared to take action in the fight for fair pay, terms and conditions and national harmonisation of pay.

Now that the result has been communicated to you and the employers, we will now turn our attention to refining our strategy for strike action and will be convening a Branch Committee meeting on the 21^st of April to agree what the action will look like.

Ahead of that, please feed into your local steward if you have any views on maximising the impact of the action or if you would like to get involved in helping to organise around the action itself. Volunteers for picket lines should also make themselves known to their local steward.

A huge thank you to members, local stewards and everyone involved in delivering this result.

We will keep members updated on the next steps as we move forward.
In solidarity!