Scottish teachers begin 16-day wave of rolling strikes

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Scottish teachers begin 16-day wave of rolling strikes
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The action will affect two councils a day until 6 February, starting with Glasgow and East Lothian.

On Friday Education Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville said she remained committed to a "fair and sustainable pay deal".

Members of the EIS, Scotland's largest teaching union, the NASUWT, Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association and the Association of Headteachers and Deputes unions were involved. "We wish every group of workers who is in pursuit of fair play all the very best and we stand in solidarity with them. This depends on whether a new formal pay offer is made to the teachers unions and, crucially, whether that offer is a significant improvement on the existing one.Any new offer would need to be agreed at a meeting of all 32 council leaders before it could be made officially.

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