Lecturer in Communication and English. Political street fighter, educator, blogger, traveller, love golf and film. Anti Tory and everything that mob stand for.
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Mark Hetherington retweeted
Listen to the @RMTunion and @ASLEFunion members who work on our railways, and scrap peak fares for good
Mark Hetherington retweeted
Can’t help but feel further insulted by the @scotgov seeing this.
28 days strike(+) @EISFela took to end up with considerably less than Teachers over 3 years; + 4.14% in year 4 (which was supposedly restorative).
New: A new pay offer of 4.27 per cent has been made to Scottish teaching unions
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Mark Hetherington retweeted
More bizarre rhetoric here👇🏻. Why did you he not resolve the FE debacle earlier. Evidently doesn’t care about the sector. At all. And I’m still waiting for an explanation as to why we are not worth the same as teachers??
@EISFela #fightforFE @NCL_EIS_FELA
Mark Hetherington retweeted
I'm not entirely sure we won. We took the original offer and a further 2k to lose 26 days of wages.
Mark Hetherington retweeted
I will not be accepting anything that does not give us parity with teachers this year. No year 4 nonsense unless restorative now and a decent offer for year 4. Otherwise it’s a NO from me. Not gone through all this for anything less @EISFela
Mark Hetherington retweeted
It’s taken 2 years of turmoil, 29 days of strikes last term, a willingness to strike for at least 14 days this term and lecturers showing they’re prepared to lose their entire salaries, INDEFINITELY, for CES and ScotGov to act.
What does this tell us about the future for FE❓
Mark Hetherington retweeted
I u Der stand it too. I would just caution any @EISFela member who is not happy to give it serious thought. Once accepted that’s it until 2026. There has just been announcement of a 10% rise in energy cap come October. We deserve better.
Mark Hetherington retweeted
You couldn’t make this up. Given that my FE employer will be withholding 100% of my pay, indefinitely, starting tomorrow, and will be including Saturdays and Sundays in their deductions, ScotGov’s Fair Work Action Plan commits to Scotland being a leading Fair Work nation by 2025!
Mark Hetherington retweeted
Remember, at least £1000 of the year 4 offer should have been restorative pay, to account for the abysmal 2020-24 offer. To allow CES to rectify this, it’s the sole reason THE DEAL WAS EXTENDED OVER A FOUR YEAR PERIOD
We are being asked to accept a pay uplift for 2025 of 2.07%‼️
Mark Hetherington retweeted
And an insulting offer it is too. Just been a 10% increase in energy price cap announced and the best you can do is 4.14% for year 4. NO from me. Urge @EISFela members to reject.
Mark Hetherington retweeted
A drug emergency was declared 5 years ago and the result is Figures are worse. The SNP have let the country down big time
Mark Hetherington retweeted
With ‘deeming’ being called out as abhorrent by all political parties represented in Holyrood, and the ScotGov finally seeing sense and ordering a halt to this despicable act, CES are in disarray. We deserve a Fair Work pay rise & the restoration payment. We now hold the power✊
Mark Hetherington retweeted
Not only that but restorative in year 4 further pushes their ability to reirs back to get it for their final salary for pension purposes. Let’s see what the deal is but I would urge @EISFela members to reject it if it is not giving us what we deserve. We’ve fought hard for it.
Mark Hetherington retweeted
Whether you're going to work, college, uni, or accessing another key service, we NEED affordable public transport!
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ALT A railway departure board with a Scottish Greens logo reads: End Peak Rail Fares for good.