Scottish college lecturers announce strike dates
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Lecturers at further education colleges across Scotland have announced more details of a planned series of strikes.
Members of the EIS Further Education Lecturers' Association were already set to go on strike on Thursday next week.
The union has now confirmed it plans to hold two strikes the following week and more after Easter.
If the dispute is not settled, they plan to go on strike three days a week indefinitely from the last week of April onwards.
The planned strike dates are:
Thursday 17 March
Tuesday 22 March and Wednesday 23 March
Tuesday 12 April and Thursday 14 April
Tuesday 19 April and Wednesday 20 April and Thursday 21 April
Tuesday 26 April and Wednesday 27 April and Thursday 28 April
Tuesday 3 May and Wednesday 4 May and Thursday 5 May
Tuesday 10 May and Wednesday 11 May and Thursday 12 May
Tuesday 17 May and Wednesday 18 May and Thursday 19 May
Tuesday 24 May and Wednesday 25 May and Thursday 26 May
Tuesday 31 May and Wednesday 1 June and Thursday 2 June
Tuesday 7 June and Wednesday 8 June and Thursday 9 June
Tuesday 14 June and Wednesday 15 June and Thursday 16 June
Tuesday 21 June and Wednesday 22 June and Thursday 23 June
The dispute is linked to the return of national pay bargaining in the sector.
Lecturers at most colleges are angry about a 1% pay offer and are concerned about the differences between pay at different colleges.
They claim there are disparities of up to £10,000 a year.
The dispute at colleges in Glasgow is over a distinct issue - the union wants these colleges to join the national pay bargaining set-up.
Colleges Scotland, the body that represents Scotland's colleges, has said the pay offer which it put before the union is the best deal possible.
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