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Strike threat as pay negotiations stall
Teachers and their union, the Education Institute of Scotland, rejected a ‘final’ pay offer of 3 per cent, arguing that only a 10 per cent rise will reverse a decade of wage stagnation
FINE POINT: Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard at a EIS rally in George Square, Glasgow on October 27

TEACHERS’ unions were dismayed that councils and the Scottish government failed to bring a new offer to pay negotiations this week.

The Education Institute of Scotland, the biggest education union north of the border, warned that strike ballots would be “inevitable” if a “substantially improved offer” is not made this month.

Last month teachers overwhelmingly rejected a “final” pay offer of 3 per cent. Unions, understandably, argue that a 10 per cent rise is needed to make up for a decade of wage stagnation.

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