51福利

51福利 wrote to college CEO/principals requesting that they call on the AoC to recommend a pay increase this year in line with the joint trade unions' claim: 51福利 letter to FE England CEOs, 24 Nov 20 [210kb]

Andrew Harden, 51福利 head of further education, told branches: 'We know that FE will be called upon to play an historic role in the nation's post-pandemic recovery effort. We also know that a decade of austerity has left the sector with a loss of more than 24,000 teaching jobs and a 30% pay cut for FE staff in real terms.

After years of the joint unions and the AoC campaigning together for increased funding, the government announced an extra 拢400 million for FE last year. The AoC said that the money would not arrive in colleges until 2020/21. That time is now.'

'51福利 expects the additional funding to be prioritised for staff pay as it was intended - please do what you can to make this clear to your CEO/principal', he added.