BITTER STRIKE AT JAMES WATT
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BITTER STRIKE AT JAMES WATT
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AN INCREASINGLY bitter dispute between management and lecturing staff at Greenock’s James Watt College has led to strike action.
Lecturers walked out on Tuesday and Thursday this week, saying that management has broken a number of agreements. This is angrily denied by the college.
A number of Cowal students made the ferry journey to college on Tuesday only to be sent home as their classes were cancelled. We had asked the college on Monday what Cowal students should do and posted on our free-to-read website that students would be notified by text if classes were disrupted.
However, David Houston, Dunoon-based EIS union rep at the college, told the buy viagra canada on Tuesday evening: “What concerns me is that management is not contacting students to tell them that, due to industrial action, classes are cancelled.
“Students are travelling over to Greenock from the Dunoon area and then being told that classes are cancelled and just to go home. In other instances students are being shown a video and then sent home. Students are out of pocket for travelling.”
EIS union deputy convenor Ian Cochrane gave the reasons for the dispute. He said: “Academic staff at James Watt College have voted to invite ACAS to mediate in their dispute with senior managers over the ripping up of long established agreements that EIS-FELA have with management at the college.”
Pushed on which agreements had been ‘ripped up’ he said that agreements on disputes procedure, negotiations for new policies, a no-compulsory-redundancy agreement and a salary conservation agreement had all been ignored by college management.
We put these allegations to the college, which issued a statement saying: “Members of the James Watt College management team are disappointed to learn of the various accusations being made by the EIS-FELA trade union in relation to the ongoing industrial dispute.
“The College strongly denies the accusations and refutes the claims that it has ignored various elements of due process with regard to industrial relations. The Management Team assert that collective bargaining agreements have been maintained throughout.
“James Watt College remains committed to conciliation talks with EIS –FELA and is hopeful a resolution can be reached in the near future.
“Over 1,000 students attended classes at our four campuses yesterday, despite the strike action. The college is doing everything possible to minimise the impact of the industrial dispute on learners.
“A text message service is in operation to alert students if their classes are cancelled. All affected students who registered a contact mobile telephone number with the college were sent a text message by admissions and administration staff on the evening before the strike.
“Students receiving bursaries have not had any money deducted from them as a result of lost learning days through strike action.”
At union instigation the two sides will now try to resolve their differences through mediation service ACAS.