Further education lecturers strike over pay disparity

1 release from 1 party, 3 October 2023.

Each party’s website press releases, in order of publication

1. UUP call on Department for the Economy to support pay parity for FE lecturers

   • UUP
   • 3 October 2023
   • Call for action
   • Criticises the northern ireland executive, a minister or department
   • Contains a proposal

   UUP Education and Economy representatives Robbie Butler MLA and Mike Nesbitt MLA call on the Department for the Economy’s Permanent Secretary to commit to pay parity for further‑education lecturers, noting a 25% real‑terms pay fall since 2015 and a £4,000 gap with secondary‑school teachers.

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Parties with no matching press release found on their website

• Alliance: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• DUP: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website – coverage for this period is incomplete (partly recovered), so a statement may have been missed.
• Sinn Féin: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• SDLP: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• TUV: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• Green Party: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• PBP: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website – coverage for this period is incomplete (partly recovered), so a statement may have been missed.
• Aontú: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website – coverage for this period is incomplete (partly recovered), so a statement may have been missed.

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