New spring-term strikes for Lanarkshire schools

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Schools across North Lanarkshire will close for a further day of pay dispute strikes this week – and a further five dates of industrial action are now being planned over the next three months.Every primary, secondary and additional needs school in the council area, along with its 57 term-time nursery classes, will be shut to pupils on Thursday, January 19 as local teachers take their turn in a 16-national day campaign affecting two local authorities at a time.The strike programme will reach South Lanarkshire on February 3; and now the EIS teaching union has announced that there will be three more days of action in each part of the country later in the term, impacting every school for a further two days each.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

Get all the news from your area – as well as features, entertainment, sport and the latest on Lanarkshire’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic – straight to your fingertips, 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories, and allows you to customise your page to the sections that matter most to you.Head to the App Store and never miss a beat in Lanarkshire - iOS - Android Members of the EIS, NASUWT, SSTA and AHDS unions went on strike on last week’s second and third days of the new term in Lanarkshire’s primary and secondary schools respectively, in their second date of national action following November’s historic strike.

Now the largest union has announced plans for a further Scotland-wide strike in “all schools and sectors on February 28 and March 1” – followed by a rolling programme of three days of consecutive impact in each council area between March 13 and April 21.Specific localised dates for the new strike action in