The fifth offer put to teachers, would have seen teachers who earn up to £80,000 given a 6 per cent pay boost backdated to April 2022
Schoolchildren across Scotland are set to face further disruption as a teaching union has rejected the latest pay offer from the Scottish Government.
On Wednesday, the EIS union's salaries committee met, which rejected the offer, before a special meeting of the union's executive committee made its decision to continue the strike campaign. "Teachers have already lost more than 1 per cent of their salaries through being forced into strike action so, essentially, teachers already more than paid for this revised offer themselves.
"In attempting to tag on next year's pay settlement, without any negotiation at all, the Scottish Government and Cosla are attempting to tie the hands not just of teacher trade unions but all public sector unions - and this is unacceptable to the EIS," she said. “We looked for compromise – as we were asked to do – and dug deep under very challenging financial circumstances to arrive at a deal that is affordable and sustainable.
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