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TEACHERS in Scotland are ready to strike for the first time since the 1980s unless pay is “restored to pre-austerity levels,” the country’s largest teaching union warned yesterday.
The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) said a below-inflation pay rise would be “unacceptable,” ahead of negotiations with the Scottish government and councils on the 2018-19 settlement.
Finance Secretary Derek Mackay has committed to lifting the 1 per cent public-sector pay cap and giving a 3 per cent rise to NHS staff, police, teachers, and others earning up to £30,000, with 2 per cent for those earning more.
Cuts are sweeping campuses as cash-strapped universities slash staff and politicians fail to act on a growing funding emergency. VINCE MILLS reports
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