Scotland’s largest teaching union has recommended its members accept the latest pay offer, suspending all planned strike action
Scotland’s largest teaching union has recommended its members accept the latest pay deal offered by councils and the Scottish Government.Following intense discussions, the new offer would see teacher pay rise by £5,200 in April, and would bring to an end more than 12 months of dispute between teachers and their employers, which have seen a number of days lost to strike action.
“This will result in the majority of teachers seeing a 12.3% increase on their current rate of pay by April of this year and by 14% by January 2024.” "The new offer follows intense discussions between the unions and Scottish Education Secretary Shirley Anne-Somerville earlier this week, and the Scottish Government said the latest deal would see most teachers' pay packets rise by £5,200 in April.
Teachers with the Educational Institute of Scotland were set to walk out in the constituencies of some Scottish Government ministers, including First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, next week as part of their pay campaign. The Association of Headteachers and Deputies in Scotland cancelled its planned participation in further strikes after a majority voted in favour of accepting the last deal put to unions.In a statement released on Friday evening, she said: “I welcome the EIS’s decision to suspend industrial action while they consider this offer.
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