TUC general secretary PAUL NOWAK speaks to the Morning Star’s Berny Torre about the increasing frustration the trade union movement feels at a government that promised change, but has been too slow to bring it about
Pay attention: Scotland’s teachers at the fore of the fight for fair pay
After a wave of activity in the build-up to the ballot, our members have delivered a stunning mandate for industrial action on pay that deserves universal support, writes Educational Institute of Scotland general secretary ANDREA BRADLEY
EIS members strike in Glasgow over pay in October 2018
DIANE ABBOTT exposes the misconceptions, rumours and downright lies perpetrated around immigration issues
With 12,000 fewer teachers since 2010 and dwindling resources, Scotland’s schools desperately need investment to support diverse learners rather than empty promises from politicians, writes ANDREA BRADLEY
Reversing outsourcing is the pre-election promise the government must honour, says Unison general secretary CHRISTINA McANEA
EMAN ABU ZAYED reminisces about the perilous time her family and neighbours endured in northern Gaza and how they were forced, in fear of their lives, to flee south
The EIS president who defended Marxist politics in the 1980s fought Thatcherite educational policies while organising Teachers for Peace rallies and ensuring Morning Star circulation in Scotland’s pit villages and factories, writes JOHN FOSTER
THE fightback of workers against the cost of greed, has been front and centre of the EIS’s attention during the period preceding the commencement of the rescheduled TUC Congress.
As the largest teachers’ union in Scotland, the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) is at the forefront of the protest and resistance from the teaching profession.
September saw unequivocal evidence of the strength of our members’ resolve in a two-question consultative ballot on rejection of a paltry 5 per cent pay offer after half a year of waiting, and on their willingness to take strike action.
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