UCU: Pay Parity with School Teachers

Motion

Motion text: FESC notes:
1. FE staff did not receive the 5.5% pay rise given to school teachers.
2. Non-academised sixth form teachers won improvements through strike
action.
3. The government’s £300m funding is for young people, meaning colleges with
large adult provision, such as SCCB, will not benefit.
FESC believes:
a. FE members are angry and demand action on pay injustice.
b. Pay parity requires national industrial action.
c. Binding national bargaining is essential for fair pay and funding.
FESC resolves:
i. To prepare an England-wide industrial action ballot for September 2025.
ii. To coordinate where possible with sixth form staff, NEU, and other unions.
iii. To campaign for binding national bargaining in FE.