MINISTERS should be in no doubt that Scotland’s largest teaching union is prepared to strike, Education Institute of Scotland (EIS) delegates heard today.

General secretary Larry Flanagan told his union’s annual general meeting that the Scottish government “will only concede” the demand for a 10 per cent pay rise “if they believe our threat of strike action is a real one.”

Teachers have rejected a 3 per cent pay rise offered by Scottish councils and the SNP government, saying an increase in double figures is necessary to make up for a decade of wage restraint.