Teachers set to strike

Staff voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action.

Teachers across the Forth Valley are to strike, in a dispute over pay.

Members of EIS backed industrial action.

The trade union has rejected a 5% pay offer.

96% of workers voted in favour of the walk-outs, from a voter turn out of 71%.

Commenting following the result, EIS General Secretary Andrea Bradley said:

“This ballot result provides the EIS with an extremely strong mandate for strike action over pay. Our members have sent yet another very clear message to their employers in Scottish local authorities and to the Scottish Government that they must do better on teachers’ pay.

Our members should have received a pay increase in April but, after months of unjustifiable dither and delay from COSLA and the Scottish Government, we are still waiting for an acceptable offer to be made. Quite frankly, our members have had enough of waiting and enough of feeling the financial strain of the cost of living on top of the significant stress of their teaching jobs.”

Strike dates so far include the 24th of November, with more expected to be announced in due course.