The Educational Institute of Scotland has been embroiled in a wage dispute with the Scottish government and Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) over the past year with a number of strikes held across the country since November.
Teachers on the picket line outside Glendale Primary and Glendale Gaelic School in Glasgow last month
On Friday, the Scottish government confirmed that the new 28-month deal - the sixth offered to unions - is made up of a 7% rise between April 2022 and March 2023, a 5% uplift between April and December 2023, and a 2% increase between January and July 2024. The Scottish government claimed cumulatively, the deal amounts to an uplift of 12.4% by April 2023 and 14.6% from January 2024.
If accepted, it would reportedly amount to a cumulative wage rise of 33% for most teachers since January 2018 and would bring the starting salary for a fully qualified teacher to £38,650 after probation by January 2024. It would also mean an overall increase of more than £6,100 for the 70% of classroom teachers who are at the top of their main grade pay scale.'We have looked for compromise'Education Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville said:"Teachers make an invaluable contribution to the lives of our children and young people. This historic offer, if accepted by unions, would see teacher pay increase by 33% from January 2018 to January 2024.
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