Teaching strikes are expected to go ahead this week
Scotland's largest teaching union has rejected the Scottish Government's latest pay offer to avert strikes from taking place later this week, with one union boss describing it as "nothing less than an abject insult".
Andrea said: "Teachers overwhelmingly rejected a 5% offer more than three months ago and now, after months of prevarication and weeks of empty promises, Cosla and the Scottish Government come back with an offer that is worth that same 5% to the vast majority of teachers. "The unions have been led down the garden path by Cosla and the Scottish government and tell us they care about teachers and value their commitment over the last few years," the spokesman said.
"They are sick of being expected to put up with declining wages while working ever harder to meet the increasing challenges being faced in our schools," he said. "The financial situation for the Scottish Government is challenging and additional money for teacher pay means reduced public services elsewhere.
"Our programme of strike action, which will commence as scheduled on Thursday, will clearly show the strength of feeling of Scotland's teachers who will be out in numbers and with strong voices on picket lines and at regional rallies," she said.
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