Forth Valley College staff to strike

Lecturers at Forth Valley College are to walk out in a dispute over pay next month.

Members of the EIS are to take action on the 19th, 24th and 29th April.

It's part of a national series of rolling strikes.

In a statement, EIS-FELA said: "College lecturers should have received a pay uplift at the beginning of September 2022 but following over a year of protracted negotiations, College Employers Scotland have stated that all they can provide is a ‘full and final’ pay offer of £5,000 over three years, this amidst the worst cost of living crisis in generations. For many EIS FELA members, the amount of money tabled in the second and third years of this offer sit below the levels of cost of living pay awards set by current public sector pay policy. The EIS-FELA does not accept that their members should be treated any differently to any other public sector worker and are simply seeking a pay offer which is reflective of their public sector status and their professional role in education."

Forth Valley College have been approached for comment.