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Teachers and their union, the Education Institute of Scotland, rejected a ‘final’ pay offer of 3 per cent, arguing that only a 10 per cent rise will reverse a decade of wage stagnation
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The Tories introduced the 50% strike ballot threshold to make industrial action harder. MATT WRACK argues that a Labour government has no justification for leaving it on the statute book
TEACHERS’ unions were dismayed that councils and the Scottish government failed to bring a new offer to pay negotiations this week.
The Education Institute of Scotland, the biggest education union north of the border, warned that strike ballots would be “inevitable” if a “substantially improved offer” is not made this month.
Last month teachers overwhelmingly rejected a “final” pay offer of 3 per cent. Unions, understandably, argue that a 10 per cent rise is needed to make up for a decade of wage stagnation.
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