Mark Hetherington

Lecturer in Communication and English. Political street fighter, educator, blogger, traveller, love golf and film. Anti Tory and everything that mob stand for.

[Mark Hetherington @spar69]

@Jo_Caulfield Excellent show as always, thoroughly enjoyed it. I’m off to buy a gratitude diary from
John Lewis…😆

[Mark Hetherington @spar69]

@Jo_Caulfield Spellbound is punchier. Play it loud. I’ll be there Friday 🙌

[Mark Hetherington @spar69]

@Jo_Caulfield Fabulous 🙌

[Richard Leonard @LabourRichard]

Listen to the @RMTunion and @ASLEFunion members who work on our railways, and scrap peak fares for good

[Mark Hetherington @spar69]

@DiscoTroll5775 @EISFela Me too.

[Peter Woods @PeteWoodsTweets]

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).

[Don MacKay @TheDonMacKay]

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 @spar69]

@SandraW79347 @CarmensStory Hasn’t he just 🤦‍♂️

[Guptae Singh @GuptaeSingh]

@edincol_eisfela @scotgov I'm not entirely sure we won. We took the original offer and a further 2k to lose 26 days of wages.

[Mark Hetherington @spar69]

@SandraW79347 @edincol_eisfela @scotgov Yes, I agree, nothing whatsoever. Especially given Swinney’s admissions that £600 million being cut from public sector. I see more strikes coming in 2025. Solidarity ✊

[Mark Hetherington @spar69]

@marknelsoncomic @djh84 Absolutely ✊

[Sandra Wallace @SandraW79347]

@Lecturer_Picket @GraemeDeyMSP @scotgov @theSNP @EISFela 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

[Martin Wilson @MartinW05276082]

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❓

[Sandra Wallace @SandraW79347]

@StudentActionFE @Lecturer_Picket @GraemeDeyMSP 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 @spar69]

@StudentActionFE @GraemeDeyMSP Voted no

[Martin Wilson @MartinW05276082]

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!

[Martin Wilson @MartinW05276082]

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%‼️