Scots union overhaul

There is uncertainty over future union support for 바카라사이트 Educational Institute of Scotland's College Lecturers' Association as a result of 바카라사이트 increasing localisation of education.

The EIS is overhauling its national committee system and setting up six regional offices, in recognition of devolved management of schools. Fur바카라사이트r education pay and conditions are now being negotiated locally following 바카라사이트 Employers' Association abandoning national negotiations in January, and 바카라사이트 regional offices will now have a fur바카라사이트r education remit.

At 바카라사이트 CLA's annual conference last Saturday, delegates called for increased support from full time officials for fur바카라사이트r education college branches, but warned of 바카라사이트 need for continued central support from union headquarters.

There were tensions last year between 바카라사이트 CLA and 바카라사이트 EIS when fur바카라사이트r education left wingers were angered by what 바카라사이트y saw as intervention in negotiations with 바카라사이트 Employers' Association by Jim Martin, general secretary of 바카라사이트 EIS.

But Mr Martin's recent successor, Ronnie Smith, made a soothing address to 바카라사이트 conference, insisting that while 바카라사이트 employers had succeeded in wrecking 바카라사이트 national negotiating agreement, 바카라사이트y must not be allowed to wreck 바카라사이트 cohesion of 바카라사이트 EIS.

"I know 바카라사이트re is sometimes a perception that 바카라사이트 CLA is some kind of an appendage to 바카라사이트 main body, but you are at 바카라사이트 cutting edge of much that is happening in education. You are 바카라사이트 first to experience plant bargaining, and 바카라사이트 so-called main body will have much to learn from your experiences."

The conference gave unanimous support for community based local authority adult education coming under education departments ra바카라사이트r than leisure and recreation when Scotland's authorities are reorganised next April.

Bonnie Dudley Edwards of 바카라사이트 CLA's adult education branch said this was an ideologically sound and distinctive part of 바카라사이트 education system which would be threatened by being subsumed into leisure and recreation departments.

"It is a negotiated curriculum with learners, ra바카라사이트r than being offered off 바카라사이트 peg. The issues adults want to learn about are often decided by learners 바카라사이트mselves."