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Teachers rally outside Burns' cottage as strikes reach halfway point
Striking teachers from the EIS gather on the anniversary of Robert Burns' birth in 1759 outside his cottage in Alloway, Ayrshire. Picture date: Wednesday January 25, 2023.

STRIKING teachers gathered today outside the cottage where Robert Burns was born, as a rolling programme of strikes over pay reached its halfway point.

As Scotland celebrated Burns Night, which marks the birth of the famous poet in 1759, members of education union EIS rallied outside the 18th century building in Alloway, Ayrshire.

Staff in both South Ayrshire and Edinburgh walked out today, as 16 days of industrial action, affecting primaries and secondaries in two local authority areas each day, continued.

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