Scotland Teachers (EIS) Strike Calendar
Strike Type: Education
Latest Updates (4)
A statutory ballot for industrial action has been opened due to concerns over teacher workload.
This action follows the failure to deliver on a previous commitment to reduce maximum class contact time to 21 hours per week.
The pre-2021 election pledge also included hiring 3,500 additional teachers to facilitate this reduction.
Despite funding being allocated to local authorities, these associated promises remain unfulfilled after several years of discussions.
Recent figures indicate a net decrease in the number of teachers in the region compared to previous years.
Previous efforts, including a consultative ballot showing strong support for action, did not yield immediate, concrete progress.
A specific deadline for an implementation plan passed without the required document being provided.
Consequently, a formal dispute was declared based on the lack of progress regarding contact time reduction and allocation of contracted hours.
EIS members have voted overwhelmingly to accept the current pay offer proposed by local authority employers and the Scottish Government.
This offer includes a backdated 7% increase from April 2022, and a 5% increase from this April.
Teachers will also receive a further 2% increase in pay from January next year, with the next pay settlement then scheduled to be negotiated and payable from August 2024 onwards.
Scottish teachers are to suspend their strike action after receiving an improved pay offer. Unions will now consult their members on the proposal, which would give them a 14.6% pay rise over 28 months.
Andrea Bradley, the general secretary of the EIS - the largest union - said they would recommend that members accept the offer.
The proposal involves a 7% rise backdated to last April, a further 5% this April and another 2% in January.
- The largest teaching union, the EIS, described negotiations as "cordial and constructive" but said no new offer had been tabled.
- Staff in primary schools will walk out on Tuesday followed by secondary school teachers on Wednesday.
- Members of the EIS, NASUWT, SSTA and the AHDS trade unions are due to take part in the action.
- Unions have rejected a 5% increase, arguing for 10%. The offer includes rises of up to 6.85% for the lowest-paid staff.
- EIS general secretary, Andrea Bradley, said, "It is disappointing, though not surprising, that no new offer was presented today, despite some positive progress in discussions."
- The Scottish government and Cosla said there was no additional funding available for an improved pay deal.
21 Strike Dates 0 Planned
Scotland 28th Feb 2023
Scotland 6th Feb 2023
(Inverclyde, Shetland) 3rd Feb 2023
(South Lanarkshire, Western Isles) 2nd Feb 2023
(Dundee, Argyll & Bute) 1st Feb 2023
(Clackmannanshire, Aberdeen) 31st Jan 2023
(Highlands, West Lothian) 30th Jan 2023
(Aberdeenshire, Scottish Borders) 27th Jan 2023
(Renfrewshire, Falkirk) 26th Jan 2023
(Midlothian, West Dunbartonshire) 25th Jan 2023
(South Ayrshire, Edinburgh) 24th Jan 2023
(Sterling, East Renfrewshire) 23rd Jan 2023
(East Ayreshire, Dumfries & Galloway) 20th Jan 2023
(Angus, East Dunbartonshire) 19th Jan 2023
(Moray, North Lanarkshire) 18th Jan 2023
(Orkney, Fife) 17th Jan 2023
(Perth and Kinross, North Ayrshire) 16th Jan 2023
Glasgow, East Lothian 16th Jan 2023
(Glasgow, East Lothian) 11th Jan 2023
(Scotland) 10th Jan 2023
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