BOSSES at City of Glasgow College have been accused of recording union meetings as striking college lecturers took to their final picket before the summer break today.

The college has also come under fire from EIS-FELA union for its anti-trade union stance, plans to cut the TUC learning centre, and soaring executive pay.

EIS-FELA activist Charlie Montgomery told comrades that college leaders had reached a new low, boasting to the board of management of having listened to recordings of union branch meetings and using them to make “absurd” allegations against the union.

Mr Montgomery branded management “contemptuous” of workers.

He told a picket at the college’s riverside campus: “That they are suggesting that they are either surreptitiously recording our branch meetings or are encouraging it to happen and then submitting them as evidence is an absolute disgrace.”

Warning that the union was considering legal action, he added: “The idea that our management thinks it’s OK, and good industrial relations to record meetings of a trade union branch is totally unacceptable.”

The revelation comes amid a bitter pay dispute that has raged across Scotland’s colleges for more than three years.

A spokesperson for the City of Glasgow College said:“At City of Glasgow College all individuals are treated fairly and valued equally.

“This commitment extends to maintaining open and transparent communications with trade unions. Likewise, we expect our trade union colleagues to treat College staff with dignity and respect.

“The protocols around Board Meetings and consultation meetings with trade unions are well documented and will continue to be adhered to."