WORLD WORLDWIDE UK News Journal Update - (en) UK, ACG: Further Education News (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

 College Principals Pocket Huge Pay Rises ---- College principals got pay

rises that were four times higher than what was recommended by the
Association of Colleges, the employer body for further education(FE).
---- While this is happening, qualified lecturers live on £26,000, below
the average salary in Britain of £31,876. ---- Twenty six of these
principals got at pay rises of above 10% in 2021-2022. Last year the
principal of Weston College, Paul Phillips got £362,000 , 9.6 times
above the average pay of his full time workforce. In fact, pay for
college staff has fallen 35% behind inflation over the past 12 years.

Staff at Weston College planned to go on strike in late September until
a last-minute offer on pay was started by management.

Phillips is the highest paid of these principals. Andy Barry, principal
of Bridgwater and Taunton College, got £180,000 up from 162,000 in 2021.
Gerry McDonald, principal of New City College, got a whacking £292,000
up from £241,000 in 2021.

Meanwhile in Brighton, Edinburgh and Glasgow

Workers at the FE college in Brighton came out on strike on Monday
September 4th with the announcement of  22 compulsory redundancies,
which followed 83 'voluntary' redundancies, a net job loss of 105.The
strikers on the picket line were joined by students, and a blocking of
traffic took place.

At Edinburgh College workers came out on strike after a union activist
was sacked. They are planning to up their three days a week strike to
five days a week. As at Brighton, pickers stopped traffic. Management
have been trying to get rid of the equivalent of 39 full time posts, and
over 180 workers are pressured over 'voluntary' severance.

At Glasgow City College, workers are fighting against 100 job cuts. They
went out on strike from 5th September- 8th September, with further
strike action on 11th -14th September and then 19th-21st , 26th and 29th
of September.

Small surprise then ,  that staff at 89 colleges are preparing to vote
in a strike ballot that ends on 10th October, over a 15.4 percent pay
rise for workers, and other issues like action on excessive workloads.
We urge those taking part in the ballot to vote Yes!

https://www.anarchistcommunism.org/2023/09/08/further-education-news/
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