REBECCA LONG BAILEY MP writes that it is time not just to adopt policies that will revitalise the lives of workers, but speak honestly and openly about whose side we are on and who the Labour Party is for: the millions, not the millionaires
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

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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