Teachers in Scotland begin two-day strike action
Education Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville said she was "desperately disappointed" that the EIS had not suspended its strike action as talks continued.BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programmeFive offers have now been put to teachers, she said. The last offer would have seen an 11.5% increase coming to teachers in April, a 30% cumulative rise since 2018."We are trying our very best to find a compromise and resolution to this," she added.
The offer also raised the cap on the maximum rise from £60,000 to £80,000 per year, which only affects a small number of the best paid in the profession, including some headteachers. Teachers had hoped the mere threat of a strike would lead to a big improvement in the pay offer. But that hasn't happened.The dispute appears no closer to resolution.
Much depends now on when a new pay offer might be tabled and what it might be like. When one comes, will it be enough to get the EIS and the NASUWT to suspend action?Ms Bradley, of the EIS, said the latest two-day national strike was a "further clear signal that Scotland's teachers are not prepared to accept the deep real-terms pay cut that is being offered to them".
"Teachers feel taken for granted by the Scottish government and [council body] Cosla who seem to expect them to be satisfied with yet another year of pay erosion as their workloads become steadily more demanding," he added.
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